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Seanad: Well-being in Schools: Statements (4 Oct 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister’s initiative, which deserves support. I spent 11 years as a primary school teacher in north inner city Dublin, three of which were as a primary school principal. From going around schools speaking to principals and teachers, as the Minister does, I have noted many of them will not speak openly about the day-to-day traumas they witness because they do not want...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Women can be in charge of cars but not their own bodies, then.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I rise to raise a very sensitive issue and one which all Members should be in a position to support, which is cardiac care in Ireland and how children are dealt with. I request that we facilitate a debate in the House on this issue. I had a discussion with the parent of a child who passed away last February. The boy's name was Gavin Coyne and his mother's name is Maria. Gavin suffered...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I join my colleagues in thanking the Cathaoirleach, the Leader of the House and the staff of the Seanad for all their professionalism and courtesy over the period we have been here. While our next period of parliamentary jousting will take place in a different environment, I am sure that professionalism will lend itself to the new surroundings as well. I raise again, as I have done in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that we take No. 21, the Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017, before No. 1. Tacaím leis an méid atá ráite leis an Seanadóir Ó Céidigh mar gheall ar dhíospóireacht ó thaobh chúrsaí Gaeilge de. Tá sé thar am go mbeadh an díospóireacht sin againn anseo....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: He is fixating.

Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (19 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move:That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the further coordination of the activities of the National Educational Welfare Board or, in the Irish language, an Bord Náisiúnta Leasa Oideachais, in so far as they relate to matters connected with prevention of non-attendance on the part of certain students registered with recognised schools and for...

Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (19 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (18 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for attending. He will not need me to remind him that the scale and nature of the housing crisis affecting not just this city, but the entire country, is the greatest social challenge of our time. The Government recognises this and many initiatives have been undertaken to address the issue. One of the proposals that have been made by the Peter McVerry Trust...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (18 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister's response is reasonably positive. I get the sense that the issue of vacancy hot spots, as they were described, is being taken seriously and that the Minister is happy to engage with local authorities on it. I am a little disappointed with the suggestion that the publication of the strategy could be delayed until after the summer, but I understand these things happen...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am delighted to hear Fianna Fáil's sudden interest in the size of classes. I join the party's representatives to raise the issue as well as to propose an amendment to the Order of Business. I remind the Fianna Fáil representatives in this House that the previous Government managed to protect class sizes in their entirety and bring them down in the last budget over which we had...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to raise an issue of concern to many people across Dublin in relation to schools selling off their lands and the resultant impact on local communities. I understand from this morning's newspaper and a conversation I had with Councillor Deirdre Kingston of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council that Clonkeen College, a Christian Brothers school, has sold its land. This is of huge...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I join others who have referred to the disgusting images in Northern Ireland. Any culture built on hate is not a culture at all. Some of the racist and sectarian imagery on these bonfires is quite disturbing and a statement from the Irish Government to this effect would be welcome. I praise Senator Ó Clochartaigh. It is refreshing to hear the questions of asylum seekers and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Wow, 10 cent.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Better late than never.

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (12 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State. I appreciate that when dealing with his ministerial responsibilities he has inherited a system and must do his best to manage it. This is an incredibly important scheme. I benefited from this type of scheme when I was a young boy in travelling from Malahide to attend primary school in Baldoyle and I am well aware of its benefits. I raise an individual case...

Seanad: Equality of Access to Education: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move:“That Seanad Éireann: - affirming its commitment to providing equality of access to education at primary, secondary and third-level; - recognising the benefits, culturally and economically, of the historic decision to invest in publicly-funded secondary education in Ireland and recognising also that the introduction of publicly-funded third-level education further...

Seanad: Equality of Access to Education: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank everybody who has contributed to the debate, particularly those Senators who are supporting the motion. I am a little disappointed by the negativity in the Chamber and those who are intent on engaging in a party political point scoring exercise. If they read the motion, they will see that there is not one negative word in it. It is aspirational and seeks something better for young...