Results 241-260 of 1,730 for speaker:Aisling Dolan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I thank Ms Kirwan. She may know the area I am referring to quite well. We potentially have another 200 homes coming onstream before next September, which are not included in the figures from the census or the GIS. How is the Department linking in with local authorities in this regard? I have talked to all the school principals and I know the schools are full in the town area. There is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Does that information come from the planning offices of the local authorities?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Do the county councils take it on themselves to contact the Department to notify it of additional developments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Does the Department have somebody who contacts the county council on a regular basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Will Ms Kirwan provide a response to the committee on exactly how that engagement happens and how regularly it takes place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I would also like to know who the person is with responsibility for that in Galway and Roscommon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: At what point does the Department talk to the school transport section when there is no additional accommodation and there is a need to have access to, say, a two-teacher school in a rural area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is there a regular meeting between the school planning and school transport sections on all relevant issues across the country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I would be delighted to support Ms Kirwan in working towards a more structured engagement. Are any of the officials responsible for the school transport section?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: My main question is when the school transport review will be published. I am sure colleagues, including the Cathaoirleach, have asked the same. Is there any idea as to when it will be available? Second, structured engagement needs to happen in crisis areas where there potentially are challenges around school capacity in September. There must be structured engagement and a highlighting of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. O'Leary. I have one other point to raise with Ms Kirwan. I would love to invite her to see the really positive things that are happening in Ballinasloe. Our town is growing, with nearly 1,000 children in primary school and another 1,000 at post-primary level. Both of the secondary schools are 100 years old. Garbally College, the boys' school, and Ardscoil Mhuire, the girls'...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: All the questions are going to Ms Kirwan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: After a wait of 27 years, Scoil an Chroí Naofa in Ballinasloe is getting a new building. I am always to be heard talking about this. After 27 years, planning permission is approved and the project will happen in three years. The school's pupil numbers are only going to increase, on top of the increase there has been. The amalgamation of the two secondary schools will cater for 1,000...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Ideally, it will happen before next year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Ms Kirwan seems to be doing everything. I hope she has an excellent team.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: How is it going to work practically? I deal with principals day in, day out who are at their wits' end trying to manage getting either emergency accommodation or repairs, dealing with summer schools and getting additional people in. On a project management level, how can this be streamlined? What are the Department's plans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Imminent sounds positive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is that for principals? We need to indicate the person who will do the work here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: On the implementation of that and getting someone in, will the Department have recommended contractors to do this within each county?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)
Aisling Dolan: That would be really wonderful. It will bring down costs, particularly the cost of heating and everything else for schools. It is much-needed but the implementation process is a concern. On my last question-----