Results 3,221-3,240 of 6,137 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could we consult some of the other people who might have heard me?
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It was definitely said, and it is important because-----
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes, we did.
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: No.
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is a vitally important point. We tabled a motion and an amendment was tabled to it.
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: You asked the question. I said "No". I also said "Vótáil". I appreciate that perhaps you did not hear me-----
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----but I did everything in accordance with the procedures of the House and I do not believe it is fair or equitable that the motion itself, that we just spent two hours debating, is somehow annulled because of that.
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could I appeal to the good grace of the Government, which would surely be aware that I would have called "vótáil", and indeed I did call "vótáil", that it accepts that a division was challenged? I do not ask the Government to accept the motion - that is obviously its prerogative - but to accept that a division was challenged. This is just about fair procedure.
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could I-----
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: You will be aware, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, that it would have been my intention to call "vótáil". I did call "vótáil". I did say "Níl". According to you, a motion we put quite a bit of work into is now to be set aside for the Government amendment.
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Government has had 20 minutes in which to speak and neither the Minister nor the Minister of State actually addressed the purpose of the motion, which is to underline the fact that we faced this crisis, and that this jurisdiction was one of the slowest developed countries in Europe or elsewhere to reopen closed schools, because our school system is underfunded, understaffed and...
- Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — schools have been closed for over 130 days and the new school year is due to start in just over four weeks; — the closure of school buildings brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has had a very negative impact on the education of a generation of Irish children, despite the considerable efforts of parents, teachers and...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that attend primary and secondary schools. [18200/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual capitation grant amounts to schools since 2008. [18201/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for book rental schemes both in primary schools and in secondary schools by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [18202/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for the school transport scheme by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [18203/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of securing free transport for the 120,000 students that took part in the school transport scheme in 2019-2020. [18204/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing free school transport to each child availing of it in 2020. [18793/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Jul 2020)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes at primary school level with 30 pupils or above. [18652/20]