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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: After a wait of 27 years, Scoil an Chroí Naofa in Ballinasloe is getting a new building. I am always to be heard talking about this. After 27 years, planning permission is approved and the project will happen in three years. The school's pupil numbers are only going to increase, on top of the increase there has been. The amalgamation of the two secondary schools will cater for 1,000...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Ideally, it will happen before next year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Ms Kirwan seems to be doing everything. I hope she has an excellent team.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: How is it going to work practically? I deal with principals day in, day out who are at their wits' end trying to manage getting either emergency accommodation or repairs, dealing with summer schools and getting additional people in. On a project management level, how can this be streamlined? What are the Department's plans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Imminent sounds positive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is that for principals? We need to indicate the person who will do the work here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: On the implementation of that and getting someone in, will the Department have recommended contractors to do this within each county?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: That would be really wonderful. It will bring down costs, particularly the cost of heating and everything else for schools. It is much-needed but the implementation process is a concern. On my last question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I will be very brief, and Ms Kirwan might reply to us again separately. It is on counselling. It was mentioned in the report that there are no results because it started in 2023. At the moment, there is a pilot for seven counties around counselling in primary schools. What is the plan to expand that pilot? When is that going to happen? I do not know if the Department has time to respond...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: The expansion of counselling.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: For the seven counties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is that just within those seven counties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is there no funding to expand?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Whelan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I thank everyone for coming to the meeting. It is amazing to think the Department of Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science has only been in existence for two years. It has been in place for three years but we have only had two years of the performance report we have before us. Well done to the officials. This is a brand-new organisation and Department. There is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is that not incredible?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Well done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Apologies, I do not know the OPC. Is there a timeframe? Are we talking six months or a year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: That is good to hear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Integrating systems.