Results 61-80 of 193 for speaker:Jen Cummins

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

Jen Cummins: -----because there is no on-campus accommodation, which would be ideal for a great many people. It is also very expensive. I live in Dublin 8 and quite a lot of student accommodation was built in the area over recent years. However, it is totally unaffordable for the average student with rents of €1,250 per month. If it is a five-week month, it is €1,350. That accommodation...

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

Jen Cummins: The flipside is that parents sending children into digs accommodation cannot be sure they will be fully protected. That is also a challenge. I agree with the Minister that there definitely needs to be balance from the perspective both of the landlord or digs provider and of the student. These students are often in their first year and do not have a big network so we need to have that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of expenditure of public funds to private schools; the purpose of the funding, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of enrolment applications in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years, compared to the number of students enrolled in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin South Central; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of plans to build primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied). [14128/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is classified in their receipt of disability allowance as an adult dependent. [13934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to continue the success of Ireland’s membership of the European Southern Observatory by expanding access or creating more opportunities such as postdoctoral research for Irish astronomers. [13321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the implementation of support infrastructure for the European Southern Observatory for Irish astronomers similar to those announced following Irelands accession to CERN. [13322/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (27 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's plans to keep the reduction in student capitation. [14648/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (27 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the demands by an organisation (details supplied) for protections for staff on precarious contracts in the tertiary education sector. [14650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail the plans to provide affordable student accommodation across the country to address the accommodation crisis. [14647/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: During the Taoiseach's maiden speech in June 2020 following the election, he mentioned the school completion programme. I do not know whether he knows that school completion co-ordinators and project workers throughout the country were delighted that it was mentioned in his maiden speech. As he probably knows, I worked for a school completion programme, Ballymun Anseo, as Deputy Paul...

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: Like my colleague, I was a youth worker for many years and worked on the school completion programme. Anyone who has worked with young people knows just how amazing they are, how hopeful they are and how clear they are in their vision for the future. They love their friends and their families. When things are going well for young people, it is a positive experience to be around them....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: 262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install an EV charger in Chapelizod. [15683/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (1 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding her Department's plans to expand and change the criteria needed for teacher qualification in order to address the teacher shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocated funding for the school completion programme, with confirmation of whether each local management committee has indicated that the budget allocated is sufficient, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15092/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to increase schools funding in the context of rising utility costs. [15093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including a special education school on the campus of one of the sites designated for schools in the Clonburris SDZ. [15681/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (1 Apr 2025)

Jen Cummins: 575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address crime and ensure safety in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15682/25]