Results 4,041-4,060 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 44. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated population of the Carrigaline local electoral area. [62621/21]

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Listening to the contributions on this legislation, I think there is a sense of sombreness but maybe a sense of weightiness too. I think everyone is taking the Bill very seriously. I do not believe it is being treated in a partisan way. I think people understand the weight of what is involved here. It is also worth acknowledging that this is an advance on previous iterations of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that were enrolled in third year of secondary school in the 2018-2019 academic year. [1856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that were in transition year in the 2019-2020 academic year. [1857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in sixth year of secondary education in the 2021-2022 academic year. [1860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that were in third year of secondary school in the 2019-2020 academic year that chose not to take transition year and instead to enter straight into fifth year in 2020-2021. [1858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that were in third year of secondary school in the 2019-2020 academic year that are now enrolled in sixth year. [1859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the running of junior certificate exams in 2022; and if she will afford greater choice on the exam papers in recognition of the disruption junior certificate students have experienced. [2533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing leaving certificate students a choice between calculated grades and written exams; and if not, the reason for same. [2530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review on mask wearing in school settings has concluded; when the updated guidance on mask wearing in school settings will be published; and if she has considered the use of FFP2 masks for school staff. [2531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the meetings of the stakeholders group on State examinations. [2532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the consultation on DEIS following the announcement of expansion of DEIS funding in budget 2022. [2534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (19 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the expansion of DEIS as included as a measure in budget 2022; when public consultation will open; and when the additional schools can expect to be designated DEIS status. [2535/22]

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2021: First Stage (25 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As the Taoiseach knows, the EPSEN Act came into law in July 2004. He was the Minister at the time. With its signing into law came great hope for children with special educational needs and their families. It contained many useful provisions but the reality is that in 2022 we are still waiting for the Act to be fully implemented. Children born in 2004 will turn 18 this year. Some of the...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — Leaving Certificate students faced significant disruption to their learning when school buildings were closed between January and March 2021, particularly those without access to electronic devices or a stable internet connection; — many Leaving Certificate students have had lengthy periods of self-isolation, as they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for joining us. My first question is brief. I apologise if this was covered in the previous meeting. I was not present. There was a bad storm that day. The NCCA review started in 2018 or so. I understand that that report has been with the Department since last summer. Maybe this ground was covered the last day. When does the Department expect to publish that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is only so much that Mr. Tattan can say to me because it has not been published. Some stakeholders have expressed surprise that it has not been published at this stage. Mr. Tattan will have a sense of what is in it. All according to the Department's plan, even if he cannot say what is in the document at this point, when is it realistic to expect that changes would be made to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There was a series of themes throughout the hearings. I am sure the witnesses have been following them. They have been very thought-provoking and there have been a lot of very interesting contributions. I agree with the points made by previous speakers about apprenticeships. We need to give those a very significant lift, increase the number of people going into apprenticeships and...