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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I understand. Castleblakeney National School is a new school build. Due to length of time and severe health and safety issues it requested four additional accommodation classrooms. It now appears that has been mixed up. I wish to get clarity on St. Cuan's College in Castleblakeney. Last week I raised the solar panels, the climate action fund and the Department of Education. This may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: School capacity is a major issue for us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I take it, therefore, that it will open shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: And to families in those areas.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: As a Taoiseach's nominee, it is an honour to be a representative from the west for the Roscommon-Galway region and a voice in the Seanad over the past three years. His recognition of the importance of balanced regional development is also reflected in the investment in the national broadband plan. It connects every home, farm and business and will drive jobs in the west with remote working...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, who has responsibility for special education and inclusion. There is little to no capacity available for national school places in Ballinasloe town. What is the strategy from the Department of Education for school places for children in Ballinasloe now and for the next five years? What happens when home tuition grants have to be put in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Eglish National School is trying to get a bus to bring 23 children to school. It co-ordinated and got letters from principals from the surrounding schools, so it is not just Ballinasloe urban area and the three primary schools there. Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Treasa in Killure, County Galway, St. Catherine's National School in Aughrim, County Galway, Newtown National School in Creagh,...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. Road fatalities are of course devastating, and we have heard Senator Flynn's own account. It is a devastating event for families who lose loved ones and for people who are left with life-changing injuries. Yesterday, there was an incredible announcement from Cabinet, which was the approval of more than €462 million for the N5 bypass in County...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Is it okay to have ten seconds?

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Acting Chairperson. I will highlight very clearly that estates do not have access. When will the safe routes to school programme open again? It opened before and there was a deluge of applications. That programme is all about people, families and parents being able to have ways to drop off or pick up their kids. As for the school bus transport review, how is Bus Éireann...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: It is great to be able to speak about crime in debating this Fianna Fáil motion. It is also great to be able to welcome the Fianna Fáil Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, who is working for the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee.

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I am so sorry. It is good to clarify the target for recruits and the figures that have been mentioned. Roughly 450 recruits are in active training and there is a target of achieving 700 to 800 recruits by the end of the year. There will be two extra classes towards the end of the year. There are 470 in active training and 100 new gardaí have attested. That is already 570 new...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome everyone back. A lot of families have had bereavements in the past while, so I thank everyone for their sympathies in that regard. I highlight the investment that has happened in my local area and the importance of doubling the bed capacity in Portiuncula University Hospital. It has been crucial. Almost 12 beds have been opened in the hospital. The single capacity is being...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: The Minister is very welcome to the House to speak on the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022. I am a member of the joint policing committee in Roscommon, which covers the brand-new division of counties Roscommon, Longford and Mayo. It is a huge geographic area. While the population is different from that of urban centres, fleet numbers and vehicles for Garda divisions...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Today we have a fantastic announcement from the higher Education Authority, HEA, on the extension of third level courses. A number of university courses have been shortlisted to progress to the next stage both in healthcare and in veterinary. We know that recruitment is a challenge particularly in regional areas. Recruiting GPs and experts in regional and rural areas has always been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister and his Department officials. It is exciting to see the HEA expression of interest. It is nearly 1,400 places on courses, if I have counted correctly. The Minister said it involves 11 institutions across medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and veterinary. My interest is in the focus on balanced regional development. How do we ensure students are based in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister for staying with us as I know it is a busy time for him. On some of the things the Minister mentioned, he spoke about pre-entry nursing and apprenticeships, and the importance of people, students and young people, knowing there are all of these different routes to getting the career they would like. In the years ahead, when one thinks about the future and how the world...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I appreciate the Minister is doing the national review of State supports for PhD researchers. As I mentioned before, I was a research contract for a good bit. We need some flexibility here. I agree in that we get a lot of Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding for awards that are for four or five years. We build excellent research teams. These research teams may stay in college, and they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Aisling Dolan: It is pretty amazing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Aisling Dolan: That is incredible.