Results 41-60 of 193 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Labour Party as an rún seo. Fáilte to all the young carers, those from Family Carers Ireland who are in the Visitors Gallery and those watching. I support this crucial motion because for too long, young carers in this country have been invisible as they work in their homes providing vital assistance to loved ones in their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: As this is my first Topical Issue, hopefully I will get the timing and all the rest of it right. I thank the Minister of State for taking this and wish him the very best of luck in his new role. I do not think I have congratulated him yet. Today, I am asking about families in Dublin 8 who are looking to have a multidenominational secondary school for their children. They have been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer. Yes, it is not the answer I want but God loves a trier. The reconfiguration process has been very slow to date. The previous programme for Government had it that, I think, 400 schools would be transferred. Unfortunately, that number has not been reached yet and I did not see it in the programme for Government this time. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve road safety in Dublin 8; if there will be enforcement of the clear way on Cunningham Road; if Memorial Gardens and surrounding access roads get a path, traffic calming, road markings and a stop sign and children crossing sign at the gate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on works under the emergency works scheme in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [12548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 807. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available to develop a basketball court in Crumlin; the Government’s plans to support a plan (details supplied) which aims to increase the number of registered basketball players from 31,200 to 42,000 by 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update of the number of convictions under 'Fagins Law' since it was adopted in tabular form. [12543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plan to expand the youth diversion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE gastroenterologist registrars based at St James's Hospital in the years 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [12544/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dementia advisers based in CHO 7 in the years 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [12545/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric urologist based at CHI Crumlin in the years 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [12546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1865. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE funded substance misuse liaison nurses in CHO7 in the years 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [12547/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Work Supports (26 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I congratulate the Minister of State on his new role. I wish him the best of luck and look forward to working with him over the course of this term. I will be speaking on pathways to youth work at third level. Youth work in Ireland is decades old. There are many types of youth work and they exist in every community in the country. Youth workers do a job that is sometimes mistaken or...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Work Supports (26 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution. The increase in funding for youth work is very welcome. The role I had immediately after youth work was working in the school completion programme. While there have been increases in funding for both of those sectors, during the austerity era youth work and the school completion programme were cut so dramatically and so drastically that...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: This motion is about giving voice to the people of Ireland. It is a matter that goes beyond policy; it is about democracy. The Government's attempt to remove the triple lock without public consultation is not just a policy change but a fundamental shift in Ireland's stance on the global stage and yet the people have not been asked. During the most recent election, neutrality and the...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: -----because it is not about that. I want to be very clear on that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's plans to provide adequate protections for students renting in digs accommodation. [14649/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I wish the Minister the very best of luck in his new role. I look forward to working with him. How does the Government plan to protect third level students who are in digs accommodation? Over recent weeks and months, we have had people into the audiovisual room explaining the very difficult situation they are in with regard to their accommodation. Digs accommodation may not be the first...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister for that. I agree that there needs to be a variety of accommodation. My own daughter is in college and travels quite a long distance to get there-----