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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding of €5 million to address the significant lists of children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus who are facing long wait times to access life-changing procedures; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182/22]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask these questions together and try to be as efficient as I can. I am not sure which subhead this would fall into, possibly A10, but possibly A4 as well. I will start with leaving certificate students. As the Minister knows, I disagree with the decision she took regarding the approach and many students were disappointed. My question is focused on budgetary matters. Students have...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: They still have to sign on.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Perhaps the Minister could provide even a ballpark figure in writing after the meeting. I asked that question of the number of DEIS schools. Perhaps we could get a general idea of how many schools will benefit. Again, it is not acceptable that the Department's negotiating position is that secretaries should have to sign on. That is the position, that is a fact and that should not be the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a few brief questions for the Minister and Minister of State. One for the Minister relates, perhaps tangentially, to the subject of health and obesity. Most secondary schools will now have a hall, but a fair proportion still do not. As matters stand with capital funding, unless there is a new build or refurbishment that is effectively tantamount to a new build, schools are not...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: No. I will leave it at that for now.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This legislation is a good start and it is vital we treat white-collar crime with the same seriousness as any other form of crime. It has an enormous impact and its victims are all of us in many respects but at times particular groups or individuals are affected. It is vital for people to be prosecuted and fined in the correct way, and there should be sufficient resources. That is a...

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In September, the Women of Honour bravely came forward to tell their experiences of bullying, harassment, discrimination, misogyny, sexual assault and rape. They were forced to go public with their very difficult and distressing stories because they had been so badly let down by the State and the Defence Forces in getting accountability for what they had experienced and because they were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his plans to bring further apprenticeship opportunities to young persons in Cork city in particular the re-establishment of painting apprenticeships. [6364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the SUSI review and bring forward measures to improve the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average pay per hour worked for SNAs working in primary schools and in post-primary schools, respectively; and the number of hours worked over the course of one school year by SNAs in primary schools and in post-primary schools, respectively [5839/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an athbhreithniú ar chóras na ndíolúintí ó staidéar ar an nGaeilge a gheall an tAire Oideachais i Lúnasa 2019; an bhfuil sí ag cloí leis an tagairt i gCiorclán 0053/2019, lch. 7, go ndéanfar athbhreithniú tosaigh ar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills i bhfianaise na bhfigiúr a nochtadh san athbhreithniú ar chóras na ndíolúintí ó staidéar ar an nGaeilge, an féidir leí seasamh leis an ráiteas i gCiorclán 0053/2019 Níor cheart díolúine a dheonú ach amháin i gcúinsí eisceachtúla; agus an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén pleananna atá ag a Roinn cúrsaí Gaeilge a chur ar fáil do dhaltaí scoláirí a fuair a gcuid oideachais iasmuigh den Stát le nach mbeadh orthu díolúine ó staidéar ar an nGaeilge a lorg; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [5955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a fhoilseoidh sí an fhianaise thaighde atá mar bhunús do bhronnadh díolúintí ó staidéar ar an nGaeilge; agus an aontaíonn sí nach bhfuil an cur chuige ag teacht le beartais chuimsitheacha na Roinne Oideachais; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [5956/22]