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Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. Road fatalities are of course devastating, and we have heard Senator Flynn's own account. It is a devastating event for families who lose loved ones and for people who are left with life-changing injuries. Yesterday, there was an incredible announcement from Cabinet, which was the approval of more than €462 million for the N5 bypass in County...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Is it okay to have ten seconds?

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Acting Chairperson. I will highlight very clearly that estates do not have access. When will the safe routes to school programme open again? It opened before and there was a deluge of applications. That programme is all about people, families and parents being able to have ways to drop off or pick up their kids. As for the school bus transport review, how is Bus Éireann...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: It is great to be able to speak about crime in debating this Fianna Fáil motion. It is also great to be able to welcome the Fianna Fáil Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, who is working for the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee.

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I am so sorry. It is good to clarify the target for recruits and the figures that have been mentioned. Roughly 450 recruits are in active training and there is a target of achieving 700 to 800 recruits by the end of the year. There will be two extra classes towards the end of the year. There are 470 in active training and 100 new gardaí have attested. That is already 570 new...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: As a Taoiseach's nominee, it is an honour to be a representative from the west for the Roscommon-Galway region and a voice in the Seanad over the past three years. His recognition of the importance of balanced regional development is also reflected in the investment in the national broadband plan. It connects every home, farm and business and will drive jobs in the west with remote working...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I congratulate Katalin Karikó from Hungary and Drew Wiseman from the US who won the Nobel Prize for medicine for their work on the mRNA vaccines.I want to speak a little about the story behind this and about these two researchers who moved to the US and who fought for funding. They then worked at BioNTech SE. BioNTech SE is a couple from Türkiye who moved to Germany and were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome all of the officials from the Department of Education. It was great to hear the update from Mr. Loftus that the Department provides for "almost 1 million students and over 100,000 staff," which make us realise the mammoth task achieved by the Department. I acknowledge the speed with which additional accommodation is provided, as I have seen in my own area. I represent the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: The first two items are so the Department of Education can engage in terms of commitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Can I finish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I understand. Castleblakeney National School is a new school build. Due to length of time and severe health and safety issues it requested four additional accommodation classrooms. It now appears that has been mixed up. I wish to get clarity on St. Cuan's College in Castleblakeney. Last week I raised the solar panels, the climate action fund and the Department of Education. This may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: School capacity is a major issue for us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I take it, therefore, that it will open shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: And to families in those areas.

Seanad: Senior Cycle Reform: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House for this debate on senior cycle reform of the leaving certificate. Ireland ranks highly across the world in its educational attainment and the quality of education we deliver. We see this both at our post-primary, secondary school level but also at third level, which is fantastic. Ireland ranks high over the European average, even when it comes to...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister coming to the House to speak to us on the opportunities and places at third level. He recently announced funding of more than €5 million for the further education and training, FET, sector. That is topping up funding he issued in April into the FET sector. Under his watch in this new Department we have seen a phenomenal focus on the opportunities under further...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Not at all. They are very welcome. I will return to my points, which the Cathaoirleach will have to remind me of. I was speaking about the apprenticeship programme, which has 70 courses available. Those opportunities are so people can work for a period of time and get a qualification. The qualification can be a diploma, a degree, or can go the whole way to a PhD. We have that across so...

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: The Minister is welcome. He is here to deal with a very difficult subject. I acknowledge Senators Doherty and Seery Kearney, who worked with our group to put forward this Private Members' motion. It is crucial that the Minister sees that motion calls for action on the part of the HSE in the context of these families that are awaiting surgery. It really is about taking urgent action to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: It is important that we will be discussing the upcoming budget. People from Ballinasloe had an opportunity on “Morning Ireland” today to voice their concerns about the cost of living. People spoke about the importance of supports for college students and the challenges posed by rising costs. There was a young man in the solid fuel business who was trying to change his...