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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Admissions (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister said that every child will get an appropriate school place. Is she saying to the parents in Citywest, many of whom have contacted me to say that they do not have primary school places for their children, that they will get places for their children in Citywest? At the moment, they are being told something else. For example, one was told by a principal that her daughter could...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Admissions (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. I will send on details of these various families in Citywest. Citywest is a very good example. I hope that by September, everyone will have an appropriate place in Citywest but the fact that we are at this point is a reflection of a lack of planning. Citywest must be one of the fastest growing areas in the country in terms of population. Development after...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: Vótáil.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: Vótáil.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I just said vótail.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Ceann Comhairle said it was agreed, then I said "Vótáil". That is how it happens. When was I meant to say it?

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: Will the Ceann Comhairle tell me when I was meant to say it?

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I did say it immediately.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: We have an amendment that I would like to move. I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 2: A. To delete the following: "— that there is a legal obligation on those who own a television set to have a television licence, and that any amnesty would be inherently unfair on those who are compliant with this obligation; — that the licence fee currently brings significant...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I called it at the same time I called the last one.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The writing is on the wall for TV licence. That is the reality of what is happening outside this House. Hundreds of thousands of people are voting with their wallets and are boycotting the TV licence fee. As a consequence of that act, there seems to be a very significant debate in government about what is to come next. That is really what we should be focused on today. We should have an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [2810/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [4022/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [4034/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase funding and resources for secondary schools to ensure that no child is left without a secondary school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6382/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on progress towards divestment of Catholic schools and establishment of non-denominational and multi-denominational schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6383/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase funding to schools in order that no additional income from parents in the form of voluntary contributions is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6384/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that enough places in special reading schools for children with severe dyslexia are available for all children who need it, and not only those in the first percentile for reading as is currently the case; when adequate places will be provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the number of SNAs is allocated for an area; how is it decided how many autism units will be utilised/included/added in each area; and how the Department determines how many complex needs schools/disabled needs schools will be built for the people in the area. [6300/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to how many autism units will be utilized/included/added in each area, how that the Department reaches a decision about what is need compared to what is already available; if it the same process for primary schools and secondary schools; and if this information for each area is available for the public to review online or...