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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated set-up costs attached to facilitating hot meals being made available in each primary school that currently does not have hot meals and that parents would be charged cost price for. [25963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated set-up costs attached to facilitating hot meals being available in each secondary school that currently does not have hot meals, that parents would be charged cost-price for. [25964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of running a leaving certificate helpline for the entire duration of the school year in conjunction with the National Parents’ Council. [26565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of running a leaving certificate helpline for the entire duration of the school year without any financial or staffing contribution from the National Parents’ Council. [26566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the way that the leaving certificate helpline worked in 2021; the length of time it was available for; how was the workload of setting up and running the helpline split between his Department and the National Parents’ Council; the amount it cost in total; and the amount her Department contributed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current level of capitation per pupil at primary and at secondary level; the expected level of capitation that will be provided to schools per pupil at primary and secondary level in September 2022. [26568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs currently employed. [26571/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of employing one additional SNA. [26572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of employing one additional special education teacher. [26573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education teachers currently employed in primary, secondary and in special schools. [26574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 88. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all positions within the children’s disability network teams are filled and there are no gaps in staffing. [26863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (26 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 93. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the report by the review team into the disposal of perinatal organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital will be furnished to the families affected as soon as possible and without further delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26862/22]

Food Price Rises: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Workers and families across the State, including in my community in Cork city, cannot catch a break. They are forced to make incredibly difficult choices which no family should have to make between paying a bill and putting food on the table. That issue will rise further up the agenda as time goes on. They have to choose between turning on the heating or filling the car to go to school or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank our guests for being here for this useful engagement. I previously had the opportunity to engage with at least two of our guests when they wore different hats. I congratulate them on their recent appointments. I missed the committee visit to the Bishopstown campus because I had Covid-19 at the time. I have since had the opportunity to visit. The questions I intended to ask were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I allow our other guests to respond, I might ask Ms Feehily to address an issue she raised in her opening statement, that is, the issue of borrowing funding and the mechanism in that regard. She might speak to that issue when she is answering the other question. Have we any sense of a timeline from the Department as to when these issues-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On attracting people to compete with industry and instruct people, is there an issue with pay?

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is an area that affects the lives of countless families. I acknowledge that very often many local authority staff do the best they can to try to facilitate and support people in very challenging circumstances. With regard to rules, procedures and budgets there are obstacles to ensuring that people are properly supported. Some of them have been identified. One of the biggest issues I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It has been a rather depressing week for special education. Yesterday's absolutely last-minute announcement of special needs assistant, SNA, allocations has continued years of disrespect to those crucial education staff. I read with interest an article in The Irish Timestwo days ago where a Government source described the plan of the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, in respect of proposed...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This area of legislation has been talked about for many years. The 2015 Act was imperfect, but even it had a long and winding history to get that far. Our history - and I include our very recent history when I say that - is, unfortunately, blighted with stories of people with disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, who have been institutionalised, locked away and hidden away from...