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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tonight leaving certificate students and their families are hurt, frustrated and angry. I have received many emails, phone calls and messages and, to be honest, many students are absolutely gutted. They made it very clear the disruption to learning, the stress and anxiety, and the challenges in covering the course have been so significant that a hybrid model was the only way to ensure...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We will take it that the Minister agreed that it was warranted to look at the hybrid model. I will take that at face value given that the Minister had meetings around it and she explored it. The reasons that have been advanced against the hybrid model first assume that the leaving certificate is itself equitable in a given year, but that is not true. It is not entirely without merits but...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Standardisation applies to the class cohort when you are trying to fill in a gap to achieve a baseline. It is not that the lack of individual results for that student, if it can be filled in, affects that individual student, but the Minister knows that. The point I am making on grade inflation is that until today the Government was presenting grade inflation as a reason not to do it,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the arrangements that will be made for the junior certificate 2022 that recognise the disruption that students have faced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4822/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The other element of today's considerations relates to the junior certificate. Junior certificate students feel rather forgotten by the Department. Today's announcement barely made reference to them. The Minister's statement this afternoon referenced that junior cycle exams would run in June as normal. She has already acknowledged that the situation has been anything but normal for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with having the examinations. That was my position any time I was asked but if everything had moved up a division, the approach taken for the leaving certificate would have been an appropriate solution to the junior certificate. It is very disappointing that no further adjustments have been made to the junior certificate papers. Leaving certificate students have understandably been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am aware of the changes to the CBAs but I do not see the consistency. I am disappointed that the Minister has not gone further in respect of the leaving certificate but, if we are to be consistent and we are acknowledging that the time lost to leaving certificate students was such that it required adjustments to the papers, why is it not the case that the time lost requires changes to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I read the submissions of the organisations represented here today. Apologies for my late arrival; I had another engagement. I thank the witnesses for attending. I think this is a most important issue. From reading some of the submissions, I think that in a way it goes without saying, but it is worth putting on record, that yes, sometimes these issues only arise in the minority of cases...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in achieving at least 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030 as committed to in the Programme for Government. [4821/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the supports she is providing to school leaders while they continue to navigate Covid-19 protocols in schools. [4820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her long-term plans to ensure that canteen and physical infrastructure is provided to all schools nationally. [4823/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulties that new and developing schools are facing in accessing special educational supports. [4819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will communicate with residents whose homes back onto the yard of a school (details supplied) and the school leadership in relation to railings being installed onto the boundary wall. [5105/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who deferred a place on the CAO in 2021 for entry to university in September 2022. [4440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat the leaving certificate in 2021 who have applied to the 2022 CAO. [4441/22]

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State is probably familiar with the TV programme "Breaking Bad". The Minister of State may recall that around the time it was first broadcast, a meme was doing the rounds known as "Breaking Bad UK edition". It showed the character Walter, having been diagnosed with incurable lung cancer, asking "This will bankrupt me, how will I pay my bills?" The doctor replied, "The...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have three minutes and about 3 million things I want to say. I begin by picking up where Deputy McGuinness left off, with MTU. The raising of the flag over the rebranded MTU was a very positive day for education in Cork, Kerry and the whole region. I acknowledge there are still issues that need to be resolved with the transition. It is important the Minister is aware of that and keeps...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical report required for the national driving licence could be included in the medical card scheme. [5303/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 181. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his plans to reduce the cost of childcare for ordinary families. [5365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether children and young persons are one of the cohorts most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic given the loss of social outlets during lockdowns; and the funding he will provide to ensure a fair and equitable recovery for children and young persons including but not limited to the Tusla family...