Results 2,061-2,080 of 6,312 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost incurred each year by her Department for the running of the leaving certificate helpline in 2020 and in 2021. [17749/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of State Examinations Commission externally moderated, school-based assessment entails in the context of senior cycle reform; if teachers will be required to grade their students; and the details of the State Examinations Commission moderation will entail. [17825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an algorithm will be used by the State Examinations Commission to moderate teachers’ marking of continuous assessment components in the context of senior cycle reform. [17826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that schools will be chosen to act as network schools for the purposes of senior cycle reform; and if schools will be invited on a mandatory or voluntary basis. [17827/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assurances that will be given to network schools that their students who are taking part in the initial trial of the senior cycle reforms will not be negatively impacted in terms of their grades and access to third-level in comparison to their peers in non-network schools. [17828/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the occupations that are included under the definition of craft apprenticeship. [18026/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I will be very specific with my first question. My subsequent questions might be a bit more general. My first question is for Mr. Smyth. He made the point very well on the issues surrounding trainee clinical psychologists and educational counselling psychologists. I will make a general point first. We discuss mental health a lot in these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could Ms Murphy state whether people have to incur costs in accruing hours of clinical experience in psychotherapy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Forgive me but my next question is somewhat negative. I will direct it primarily at Mr. Ryan and Drs. Duffy and Morning, but if Mr. Smyth and Ms Murphy want to respond also, that will be fine. The figures from the My World Survey show an increase of 15% to 20% in the number with severe anxiety and an increase in those reporting severe depression from 14% to 21%. These are not small...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (31 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 31. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure all positions within the children's disability network teams in County Cork are filled and there are no staffing gaps. [17024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the current waiting list for CAMHS services in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (31 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher (details supplied) can access incremental credit on a pro rata basis for the time spent working on a permanent job-share arrangement in a school in England. [17222/22]

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Children and young people who are fleeing Ukraine have had their whole lives uprooted in the most horrendous of circumstances. We need to provide them with some sort of normality as soon as possible and that necessarily entails prompt access to education. Principals and school boards across the country have made incredible efforts to find space in our schools for Ukrainian children. It is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach will be familiar with the Educate Together secondary school in Cork. It now has 400 students and the first students are doing their leaving certificate this year, so the school is open about six years. During that six years, the school has been in two locations, neither of which is directly in the catchment area. It is currently based in Wellington Road. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (30 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update will be provided on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and the timeline for completion of same. [16909/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if information on the appeals process for schools that did not receive DEIS status in the recent announcement will be provided. [16911/22]

Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It has been said by my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, that what is happening to children throughout the State is shameful. I commend Deputy Tully on tabling the motion. We are returning to this issue because in the intervening period since we last raised it the Government has been found to be in breach of the law. It is in breach of the Disability Act. We need to think of this issue more...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Cork City; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Carrigaline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the significant increase in demand for substitution in recent weeks given the high number of Covid cases and the increasing staff absences in schools as a result. [16025/22]