Results 501-520 of 582 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on talks between her Department and the School Completion Programme; and whether the talks are ongoing and progressing. [48816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount committed and paid by religious organisations to date, following the Ferns report, including any future commitments, in tabular form. [48817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department pays to religious orders or trusts for the rental of school property, broken down by county, in tabular form. [48818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to a centre (details supplied). [48821/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to ensure students in small schools have access to hot school meals as a result of their provider ceasing the supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 779. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the reasons some schools are currently unable to provide hot school meals to their students, in tabular form. [48711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 777. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for revised procurement documents for hot school meals; when they were issued to schools and providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 778. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the support being provided to affected schools and parents to mitigate the disruption to schools unable to provide hot school meals. [48710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to mitigate the level of food waste being experienced in schools as a result of hot school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if parents will be given the option to opt out of school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48713/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to inspect more schools this academic year than last academic year. [48714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for publication of the nutritional review of hot school meals. [48716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for publication of the nutritional review of hot school meals. [48717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Homeless Accommodation (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1105. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approach of Tusla to housing pregnant homeless people where there are welfare issues. [48820/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1269. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the relationship the HSE has with an company (details supplied). [48500/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1302. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the recruitment of public health nurses in Drimnagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48695/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: I raise the issue of the new SNA review guidelines with the Minister. At a time when we should be increasing the support for our students, the Government - despite saying disability is a priority - seems determined to make it more difficult for children to get adequate support. The new SNA review guidelines appear focused on gatekeeping and rationing and not supporting children. The review...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak about school transport, but in particular the urgent issue of accessibility for children with special educational needs. The transport system we have was set up in 1967 to bring children to school safely and reliability. It is managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. However, it not working for every child....

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: This House can talk about many different things. Today we are talking about child poverty. I thank the Labour Party for bringing this motion forward. I have to say that talk is cheap and action is limited when it comes to child poverty and this Government's record. I worked in some of Dublin's poorest communities for close to 30 years. I do not need to remind people in this House that...

Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Jen Cummins: Vapes and nicotine products are the absolute bane of parents' lives. I have been contacted many times by parents asking what can be done about vapes, their contents, how they look and how they are sold. I am speaking not only as a TD but as a mother and somebody who has worked with children and young people for many decades. As previous contributors have said, school principals and school...