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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank our guests for attending. The NCCA truly is a representative body for teachers, unions and parents and it has nominees on its board as well. The SEC is a stand-alone body that reports directly to the Minister. I see an advisory group here that is working with subject experts. From what I understand, a nominee from the SEC also sits on the NCCA. That is important. I admire the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: If we are looking to the future and if we want to prepare our children and students for that it is about having access to technology.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: What are the timelines for assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Can we give confidence to the students who wish to go on and take up studies in the UK that they will receive their results in a timely way this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That is good to hear. I thank Ms Feeney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Does that apply outside of urban areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Ms Forster should feel free to email the committee with any further responses. I am conscious of other committee members' time. I thank Ms Forster.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I would very much see that when it comes to students and young people. I mention Microsoft schools for example, which we are seeing at national school level. We have to move on this quickly and make sure our students are prepared.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Today, the funding the future report was launched. It is crucial. It will involve an investment of €307 million in our third level sector. We have close to 245,000 students in higher education in Ireland, an increase of almost 20% from 200,000 in 2010. It is crucial the investment reduces lecturer-student ratios and is used for infrastructure and facilities. It is also about...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I want to acknowledge and speak a little about the conference that is happening in Tullamore on Saturday on agriculture and rural development. It is important for us to come together. A great list of speakers will be involved. We also have the principal from Mountbellew Agricultural College, Edna Curley, who will speak with groups about what is important in how we develop communities,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I want to pay tribute to our Seanad colleagues, Senators Ahearn and Ward, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney. It was a difficult experience to travel to Ukraine and to bring back the real experiences there and tell us what it is like on the ground. That helps our resolve and helps us to show how important peace will be. I know that on Sunday, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I also acknowledge how you spoke, Acting Chair, about your own experience. Hopefully, that will mean an awful lot to people listening today as well. This is an historic day. The Birth Information and Tracing Bill means that all adopted children can now access records. As the Minister clearly states, in all cases, any child that was born in Ireland that was sent abroad is included under...

Seanad: Europe Day 2022: Statements (11 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. The European Union was a vision of bringing our countries together after the horrors of the Second World War for peace, understanding that all nations have to work together for success. Some 50 years ago, Ireland voted to join the European Union and seek peace and prosperity. That was in the 1970s, at a time when there was so much poverty. There was so...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (11 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. I recognise and congratulate the MLAs that have been elected in Northern Ireland. We celebrated Europe Day on 9 May. It was about peace and prosperity. We have seen how it has been so crucial for peace and prosperity. We see the threats to democracy across and outside of European borders. On the island of Ireland,...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (11 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: This morning, I attended a briefing at and tour of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, with the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, Professor Shane Higgins, the master of the hospital, Ms Mary Brosnan, the director of midwifery, the senior clinical team, and other Members of the Oireachtas. The hospital building dates from the 1930s. There are two wards, one with 15 rooms....

Seanad: Media Report on Governance in Local Authorities: Statements (12 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke. I was elected as a Galway county councillor. As with Senator Flynn. it was a brand new world for me.I had little understanding of what is done by a local authority. It was a steep learning curve to understand how the local authority in any particular county, such as, for example, Galway County Council, is involved in so many aspects of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I wish to follow up on some of the points that have been raised. May I ask our legal expert, Mr. McGarr, whether Holles Street is currently on a freehold lease?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Is Holles Street owned by the State then?