Results 2,941-2,960 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of teachers who are post-2011 entrants to the teaching profession. [44084/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a contingency plan will be published for students of the leaving certificate 2021. [44085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be put in place to recognise the additional heating and refuse costs for schools in 2020 and the lost income from room rental. [44086/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments under the school dental service in Cork city in each of the past 15 years by child. [43837/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the average age at which children had their first appointment under the school dental service in each of the past 15 years. [43838/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the average age at which children had their first appointment under the school dental service in Cork city in each of the past 15 years. [43839/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have been employed for the school dental service in Cork in each of the past ten years. [43840/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to unfilled dentist vacancies (details supplied). [43841/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 321. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected to return to second class check-ups for school children under the school dentistry programme in Cork city. [43842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 322. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected to return to fourth class check-ups for school children under the school dentistry programme in Cork city. [43843/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 323. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether in the absence of check-ups earlier in childhood, that a sixth class check-up will mean many dental hygiene issues with have been neglected or exacerbated and thereby harder to resolve. [43844/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if it is still his objective that children get a dental check-up at second class under the school dentistry programme. [43845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if it is still his objective that children get a dental check-up at fourth class under the school dentistry programme. [43846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (15 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a full reply to correspondence. [42868/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank all of the representatives for being here today. It is much appreciated. My first question is for the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and for Education and Training Boards Ireland. The ETBs are responsible for youth work and it seems to me that the pandemic has been especially challenging for young people. Social outlets are closed down and even the schools were closed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will make a brief point and I do not require a response to it. I wish to flag an issue in terms of youth work about which we need to be conscious. Youth work has an important role to play in integration. I have come across communities that are more diverse than they would once have been and there have been issues and tensions among young people. I do not need a response but we need to...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is an old cliché about asking for directions only to be told that one should not start from one's particular location. The Irish healthcare system is the classic example of that in policy terms. I speak to constituents who have arrived here from other countries in recent years and cannot fathom the system we have, including the mixture of public and private provision, the cost of...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It must be said that this has been an extremely challenging year for workers and businesses, but also for the Department of Social Protection. I refer to the landscape that exists now . I acknowledge the work done by the Minister and her predecessor in this regard. I particularly thank the staff of the Department of Social Protection. During the first period of crisis, it was a time of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with the point made by Deputy Paul Donnelly now and by Deputy Ó Broin previously. The cost of living and many other costs have increased significantly since 2011. Many local authorities such as Cork County Council, in whose areas rent and the cost of living are very high, are on the second tier where the maximum income for housing eligibility in a particular set of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is a specific issue that requires to be addressed but it has not been in almost a decade.