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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to raise this issue. It is great that the Minister of State is visiting these centres because they are amazing. While I understand that boards are responsible for the pay and conditions of each staff member, the funding given centrally to the community training centres is not enough. Although the staff are supposed to be put on the same pay and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Community training centres, CTCs, provide an excellent education to young people in second chance education. There are 31 community training centres located around the country. Young people aged 16 to 21 who have left mainstream education before the leaving certificate can attend these centres, which provide a range of training and other supports to them, achieve QQI levels and progress to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the status of board-appointed trustees of CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32240/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the role of the interim board of trustees of CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the members of the CIÉ superannuation scheme will be made aware of who the interim board members are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list the members of the interim board of trustees of CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the CIÉ superannuation scheme's governance is compliant with the occupational retirement provision (IORP II Directive); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32244/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31785/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31786/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for school places in mainstream primary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for school places in mainstream secondary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for school places in special schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dublin 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12, in tabular form. [32564/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools providing summer education programme in the post code of Dublin 12. [32565/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that have left school before completing the Leaving Certificate or Leaving Certificate Applied, in the past five years, in tabular form. [32566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31791/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31792/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending the current fee contribution grants for eligible undergraduate part-time students to part-time post-graduate students. [31793/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Many schools across the country are struggling to keep the lights on. That is not my opinion; that is fact. A new survey has highlighted the huge increase in the costs that schools are grappling with. In the past five years insurance costs have increased by one third, while utilities soared by 50% and cleaning costs by 80%. However, funding for schools has not gone up. The capitation...