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Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Like Senator Higgins, I appreciate the importance of this provision. It is contact with the person involved, which is so crucial. As the Minister has previously referenced here, there are concerns about whether one speaks to the correct person, and that the registered letter is not opened by someone in the house who may not be the person that the letter is directed to, which is the essence...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Tánaiste to the Seanad. As Minister, he has championed so many policies. His commitment today concerns statutory sick leave. This is about his commitment to achieving his goals for workers' rights. It really shows how Fine Gael's policies are ensuring rights for those on all wages, especially those on the minimum wage. We know that more than half of all businesses...

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister. This Government is one for every citizen of our country. Fine Gael is a party that is fighting for all in our society, including the most vulnerable. The Government and our country have welcomed more than 35,000 people from Ukraine, mainly women and children. We are a country which, through a pandemic and a lockdown, introduced unprecedented supports that were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I want to highlight that the Battle of Aughrim Visitors' Centre was reopened yesterday. Especially after the lockdown and Covid-19, people have been coming back to visit many of our heritage sites all around the country. Although we can travel now, there is still much to see in our local areas. The Battle of Aughrim was a historic battle that took place in 1691 between Williamites and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I might ask the team members replying to keep the responses short, if possible. I will try to keep my questions short. I thank the DAA for coming in. It has been absolute disaster. I know this. I have heard about it. I come from Roscommon-Galway and Knock Airport is our main airport. This affects not just families who are on holiday. People doing business have cancelled their flights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: In other words, the State is the main shareholder. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Therefore, the DAA is running this airport on behalf of the Irish State. The Dublin Airport Authority is acting on behalf of the Irish State and that service has been supplied on behalf of the Irish State for the people of Ireland, the tourists, the people who come into this country and the people who leave this country. In terms of the unions, our Chair asked a question earlier. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Will there will be a full-page advertisement in every newspaper to tell people that there will no longer be delays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: People are cancelling their business flights.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I appreciate that the staff are doing everything. Mr. Philips said he is working with unions to develop a more attractive package and get people in. Training is, of course, taking time. It was mentioned that of 100 staff, 40 are being trained. Within the next two or three weeks, will there be a lot more staff in place?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: It just shows that there is a team of people here in the west fighting for funding for the population of the west. We are the seventh largest population with 180,000 people living in County Galway. We are the second largest county and that means a hell of a lot of roads in Galway. As a Galway county councillor elected in 2019, I am fully aware of the devastating impact in terms of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: It is important, as the Minister of State indicates, that taxes collected in the local area would come back to that local area. That is in regard of the local property tax. It is important to recognise that core funding for Galway County Council is the issue. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, and the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, must engage with Galway County Council in this regard....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: We are supporting so many people who will participate in Dublin Pride this weekend. Many people will be travelling up from other parts of the country. I refer to the important work being done by teams and people working within the Oireachtas. A lovely Equali-TEA event was held this morning. I also wish to highlight LiveStock, a wonderful music festival that will be happening in Aughrim....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Excellent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. It is great to see the number of SNAs. Will she comment on the increases in recent years? In my local area of Roscommon and Galway the increase has had a huge impact. Many more schools offer special needs classes and more children are being brought into the mainstream. We are dealing with inclusion. This is what all of this is about. It is that we treat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That is fantastic. It is very good to hear. It is good to get a breakdown of the numbers. Ballinasloe has a number of primary schools with special classes. We also have one of the 120 special needs schools in the country. It deals with children with severe to profound special needs. It is crucial that we have these services. There are more than 11,000 SNAs in mainstream classes and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State for her contribution over this hour. She mentioned training in UCD and I wanted to follow up. Her opening statement referred to 80 hours of teaching and written assessments. That is a significant commitment. Approximately 500 people have done the course to date and another 1,000 are starting in September. Does the Minister of State believe this course could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Especially with the ETBs and a link in with technological universities across the country, it could be good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank all of our witnesses for coming here today, as well as attending as observers in our previous session with the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan. I very much appreciate what the witnesses have outlined in that, in other words, we need sort of a minimum qualification for SNAs in our sector. You would see something similar even in the healthcare assistant side, where the level 5...