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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Additional Government policy is needed to encourage the use of electric vehicles. One of the principles in the Government's own EV charging infrastructure strategy is that for the majority of EV users, home charging will be the main solution. However, in new, more densely populated housing areas in my constituency such as the Adamstown strategic development zone, the SDZ in Clonburris,...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I do not have much time but in that very short period, I reiterate my support for this earlier introduction of the ARP. I also commend my former Green Party colleague, Deputy O'Gorman, on his work in this regard. It is hugely important that this scheme continues. I note the Minister said today that all we are doing is extending it for a year and it is not about the wider discussion, so I...

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

Paul Gogarty: There are many pressing national and international issues we need to discuss. In this context, given that the total Opposition time has been reduced by almost 70 minutes and Government-related time has been increased by 56 minutes, the time for the Government to be held to account is being significantly curtailed.

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

Paul Gogarty: The Taoiseach has to acknowledge his role, and that of his party, Fine Gael and the Lowry line-up in the whole debacle of calling time for Government Independents non-Government time. Will he now push for the Dáil to sit at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays to address the time balance? Even better, he could review this plan. Abusing the Ceann Comhairle is wrong, the way the Ceann Comhairle was...

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

Paul Gogarty: Overall time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete transition year, but whose school either does not provide the year or holds lotteries that exclude students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14076/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools, that have autonomy on enrolment but nonetheless must complete the designated curriculum, are given leeway in terms of running a transition year programme or limiting numbers and subjecting students and parents to lotteries; whether there are plans to make transition year a mandatory component of the senior cycle; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what legal mechanisms exist for parents whose children have been refused a transition year place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on the assumption that a child who wished to complete a place in transition year, but was denied the opportunity due to not being picked in a school lottery, to clarify that her Department will accept any application to repeat fifth year on that basis, so that students can take their Leaving Certificate exams at an appropriate age relative to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what advice parents should be given if their children do not get offered a desired place on a transition year programme; whether leeway would be given by education welfare officers to parents who arrange work experience and educational trips for their children in terms of missing official school days; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate parents who have suitable arrangements in place collectively or individually and who wish to give their children a transition tear experience in the absence of a place being available in the school, by means of a home tuition grant being made available to these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deadline for schools to provide final numbers for transition year each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school has reached its quota for transition year places and has to create a lottery, whether the school can apply for supplemental supports from the Department in the event it decides in the best interests of students to facilitate additional numbers. [14151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Safety (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for school trips, including transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14152/25]

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I thank the Labour Party for bringing this very important issue onto the agenda for discussion. I note the Government side is not opposing it and thank it for that. There have been quite a number of studies carried out on this area in Ireland, but the research has not really been acted on. Family Carers Ireland has provided a wealth of information to Members here today and have provided...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: For sure.

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Trade and security are intermingled. In an Irish context, we face many challenges. Issues relating to Brexit have not gone away but these are small issues compared with the deterioration in EU-US trade relations in areas such as tariffs, subsidies and digital trade rules. We have challenges too with China in the context of market access, intellectual property issues, etc. The supply chain...

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: The tenant in situ acquisition scheme may have been a temporary measure initially but it is one that has proved absolutely necessary in protecting some of the most vulnerable in our society. It was by no means perfect but bureaucratic ineptitude at national and local level led to it being a lot less than it could have been. I have had multiple examples of small landlords with long-standing...

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: We have come to this housing debate God knows how many times now. I think we have had about six or seven debates on housing. In one sense, it recognises the importance of the issue. However, as Deputy Tóibín said, we are having a lot of statements. We are going around in circles without actually moving forward. The Housing Commission's report, for example, has been going for...