Results 181-200 of 645 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Work Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Youthreach centres in Dublin; and the number of students attending each of those centres, in tabular form. [42804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts since his appointment, in tabular form. [42805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing SUSI by 20% adjacent and non-adjacent over two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the breakdown of the funding for the future funding of €23.6 million announced at the beginning of the year to fund and support 23 research projects focused on AI, healthcare, agriculture, energy and transport, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) to enable skills development, to list what these skills are and the cost for each skill, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) specifically for the research sector including what the increase in the PhD stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the apprenticeship budget of €54.2m which was allocated from 2021 to 2023 to SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority to facilitate additional craft places; if he will provide details on specifically what these additional places are across the system, the amount each craft place will cost, in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of his Department’s annual funding of €900,000 to support the expansion of the Irish language by students and staff in HEI’s for 2024 and 2025, specifically the amount allocated as block grants per institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the annual funding of €1.8 million from the HEA for the development of Acadamh na hOllscolaiochta Gaeilge at University of Galway for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to extend the SUSI grant system for postgraduate fee contribution of €5,000 for qualifying students for the upcoming academic year 2025/2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to provide alternative models of learning for children who struggle with the larger conventional classroom model and prefer learning in smaller groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40163/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Electoral Commission (17 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department offers senior cycle students talks or workshops from election registration teams about the election voting process, to ensure that children aged 16 are informed of their rights to register to vote; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40165/25]

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: As a mother of a trans son, I wish to say loud and clear that my heart bursts with pride, not only because he is my son but because in the face of social stigma, misinformation, fear for his safety and a world that often misunderstands or fears difference, he has remained true to himself. He is the bravest person I know and, like many in this country, he does not even realise it. He does...

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: The lack of dentists and orthodontists across the State is a long-running problem that I raised when I became a councillor in Clare County Council and have since raised in the Dáil since my having become a TD. Not only has there been no progress in this time but things have gone from bad to worse, despite the lip service paid to the problem by the Government. There was a 46% reduction...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome the establishment of a commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools. I commend all survivors on coming forward. I send a special thought to those who cannot come forward or those who are no longer with us due to this. This is very long overdue. This scandal has damaged countless lives, and for far too long survivors have carried the burden of silence,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming in. I have been speaking to a lot of students' unions. UCD students' union has said the nature of the two-tier student experience is no longer the norm; it has become a privilege. It is also saying that students are under severe stress. They are feeling isolated and lonely. This is because they are commuting because they cannot find...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: If I can just interrupt, there are no regulations. Students do not feel safe or secure. There is no secure tenure for them. They can be put out on the street at any time. They are also afraid to speak up because they could be put out. The accommodation pool is bad but students are afraid to speak up in case they lose it. There must be some sort of regulatory protection for students, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: The problem is that a lot of students are afraid to complain in case they lose their places. That is a real concern for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: That is the case. That is the reality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I still say that regulations must be put in place.