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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 May 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school places for September 2025 can be accommodated for two children at a school (details supplied) to which their mother has applied unsuccessfully to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (29 May 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to repeated instances of dumping and fires on lands (details supplied); the measures the Department can take to support Fingal County Council and An Garda Síochána to address and prevent this ongoing problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28492/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (29 May 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 315. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to examine the case of employment issues for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 May 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of autism (level 3) has a school place in the local area for the upcoming academic year; if the new special school located temporarily on the grounds of a school will be open for the 2025/2026 academic year; when applications for places for this school will open; and if she...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: He is not answering them.

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: There is nothing more disgraceful than knowing we have thousands of families and children homeless or in insecure accommodation while we have thousands of empty council homes around the country boarded up and left to rot. We constantly hear the Government saying that bringing vacant properties back into use is key to tackling the housing crisis and yet we have over 2,600 council houses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be able to avail of an appropriate school place this coming September; if she is satisfied that progress is being made to ensure there are enough school places for those with additional needs in the north Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1407. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Hereditary Cancer Model of Care in Ireland; the funding that has been provided for this initiative and the plans for future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1408. To ask the Minister for Health if genetic testing is yet available to close relatives of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in order to detect genetic mutations and aid in early diagnosis and prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29535/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1617. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the approval of a vaccine injury compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30547/25]

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: We did not just wake up in this housing crisis; it has been going on for decades. We have seen plan after plan. Does the Minister remember rebuilding Ireland? That failed. Now we have Housing for All. In the meantime, and while this plan is going on, we have longer housing lists, people waiting to be housed, more unaffordable housing and record homelessness. Like many people outside the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis in the Dublin area that are wheelchair accessible; what is being done to increase the number of wheelchair accessible taxis in the fleet; if he is aware of any issues preventing more taxi drivers from operating wheelchair accessible vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to those workers suffering with effects of long Covid and currently availing of special leave with pay for Covid-19 when this scheme comes to an end on 30 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32630/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (18 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage directly with a school (details supplied) in terms of sanctioning a home school community liaison post for the school in order to help increase attendance, retention targets and educational outcomes among students and ease the administrative burden on the principal and staff; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the 1,600 additional special needs assistant posts announced in Budget 2025 have been awarded; if these 1,600 posts are all full-time posts and, if not, to provide a breakdown of the posts and their hours; the status of recruitment to fill these posts; when the SNA allocations for the 2025-2026 school year will be publicly announced by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage as a matter of urgency with a school (details supplied) in relation to the allocation of an extra special needs assistant, which is required for a student in an ASD class for the coming school year; if there is any cap or freeze on the recruitment of special needs assistants; if so to, the specific criteria being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will ensure a school (details supplied) has funding for an extra teacher; if she is aware that two second classes are to be merged into one resulting in a class size of 34 students; the measures she is taking to reduce class sizes to ensure children get the appropriate attention they need; and if she will make a statement on...

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: I, like so many others who watched that "Prime Time" programme, found it very disturbing and upsetting. Our older citizens who are in nursing homes deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Frankly, there is no excuse for what we witnessed on our television screens. I cannot imagine the upset this programme generated for families across this State, with people wondering if their...

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: Irish people living in the North can stand for the Presidency and serve as President, as Mary McAleese did, but cannot vote for the President if they live in the Six Counties. That unfairness is at the heart of this motion. We recently saw the Assembly support the call to extend voting rights to all of Ireland. The President is the representative of the Irish nation, and that nation does...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

Denise Mitchell: What about the GPO?