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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Thanks very much Hugh. That was an excellent presentation. He is extremely articulate and is a great credit to himself, his family and the Patrician Academy. It is not too far from me, although it is not in my constituency. I am from Togher in Cork city. I believe the Patrician Academy is getting a new refurbished building soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a final question before Senator Dolan takes over. One of the points that has arisen repeatedly is that schools cannot do everything by themselves. Teachers and boards of management will do their best, but one thing that is needed to tackle bullying is to ensure that schools have enough access to trained counsellors and that child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I confirm that I am in Leinster House. I am sure everyone has been following the hearings. which have been enlightening but also upsetting at times. There is some cause for hope. At all times we were aware that we were dealing with a difficult but enormously important topic. Something that has stayed with me is the fact that bullying has always been a major problem but now it follows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: At the beginning, I made a point on data. I do not need another response on this and Deputy Ó Ríordáin and Senator Dolan have followed up on it. It does not seem that the data being gathered is adequately dynamic and gives a full picture. Problems probably have to reach a very high threshold before they end up in a whole-school evaluation. I suppose surveys show a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As Hugh says, it can be absolutely debilitating, crippling and very tough so we need to ensure it is prevented and that it is dealt with when it happens. I thank him for his contribution. Go raibh maith agat agus go n-éirí leat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I hope that goes well. We really value your insight. It has been some time since those of us on the committee have been in the school system. Many changes have happened in that time, including in respect of anti-bullying policies in recent years. I hope many of them have been beneficial. I will ask some general questions. Much of what we have been talking about concerns the importance...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene and engage with a company (details supplied) to ensure that no worker at Cork Airport will be laid off for ten weeks at the end of 2021. [31850/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial supports he will put in place to ensure the recovery of Cork Airport. [31851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene and engage with a company (details supplied) to ensure that no worker at Cork airport will be laid off for ten weeks at the end of 2021. [30185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recent changes to household means policy 2021 issued in April take into account recent changes in circumstances; if not, if the net average income average over the past 52 weeks applies without discretion.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a change in a person’s financial circumstances due to the impact of Covid-19 can be taken into account when assessing income criteria; if not, if the previous 52 weeks nett income must be considered. [32524/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discretion councils can apply when assessing income limits regarding the qualifying criteria for inclusion on the social housing list. [32525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators Provision (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring there is a defibrillator in every primary school, secondary school and special school. [32534/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators Provision (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that there is a defibrillator in every school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators Provision (17 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there funding is currently available for schools to apply to purchase a defibrillator. [32539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (16 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2021 summer provision programme as in other years previously allows for children in special schools to make up the additional 20 hours with home-based tuition in which the school programme is only two weeks 20 hours. [32174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects that the high-level working group on collective bargaining will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate funding to primary schools to purchase library books that was cut in Budget 2008. [30673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost per annum to restore the grant given to primary schools to purchase library books which was cut in Budget 2008. [31137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home school community liaison officers currently employed; the number of schools they work in; and the current cost of employing these officers. [30538/21]