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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I raise again the issue of DEIS plus. The proposal for DEIS plus comes from a number of school principals in Ballymun, Tallaght and Dublin 17 which is in my constituency. They suggest that we need extra trauma-based supports for the most acutely disadvantaged schools in the country. Approximately 100 such schools have been identified nationwide. I know the Government often says to me that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Yes, that is the idea.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not know what question the Tánaiste was answering but he was not answering mine. In the Fine Gael video, they did not have the courage to say "sick pay" out loud. The Tánaiste did not say it out loud either in his answer to me. If he and I are too sick to come to work, we get paid anyway, but low-paid workers in insecure, low-paid jobs, who are predominantly young people,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The next phase. It is a substantial issue that I am raising. The Tánaiste did not answer-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Fine Gael has made a decision.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Tánaiste should talk to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform about it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: These are rights taken for granted right across the European Union.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am not sure if the Tánaiste saw the Fine Gael video posted online yesterday about their 15 ways to help business. I saw it; I watch little else these days. The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, starts to speak at point No. 12. He writes the words "Sick Pay" on a flip chart. He then goes on to say, "We are going...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size of primary schools, on a county-by-county breakdown, for the 2023-24 school year. [21975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the appointment and retention figures for mainstream teachers in all primary schools including DEIS band 1 schools by two pupils from September 2025. [21743/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore 250 assistant principal 1 posts and 1,450 assistant principal 2 posts to the primary school sector from 1 September 2025. [21744/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing grants (details supplied) for the primary sector by 20% for the 2025/2026 school year. [21745/24]

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The recently published NCSE policy document, which is called An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society, details a level of research that was done to try to move the country towards a more inclusive education system in the future, where all children with mild general learning disabilities, MGLD, and other disabilities will be catered for in their own local school and only children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a progress report on the extension to a school (details supplied); and the projected timelines for the project. [21017/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a progress report on the new secondary school in Cherrywood, to include a timeframe. [21018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the works taking place to ensure there will be sufficient secondary school places for the growing population of north Bray, Cherrywood and Shankill. [21019/24]

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am proud to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate on behalf of the Labour Party. Robert Schuman, a Luxembourger by birth and a German by heritage, spent his life contributing to French politics. Like many of his generation, the experience of two world wars that devastated the Continent drove his determination to forge a Europe bound by trust, respect and peace rather than...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It absolutely is true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is true.