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Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Fair enough. That is positive. In that case I will hear what the Minister of State has to say before I say anything more.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I can see the Minister of State is getting frustrated and I can see he is frustrated because perhaps this is something that has bubbled up. I know his intention and the intention of the Department is to provide clarity on licensing and regulation and that is fair enough but there are legitimate concerns. The Minister of State is aware that I raised these concerns in April on Committee...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Several people on the community and voluntary side, and people in the profit-making bingo organisations and the halls that are run for profit, have said this to me. It may well be the case that some of the smaller bingo operations will not be affected adversely by the legislation but it is the case that there are bingo operations that fall into the larger category and have pots over the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Earlier this year, the Judicial Council Bill was passed. It provides for sentencing guidelines in legislation for the first time, something that was long demanded by organisations representing the victims of crime and that was secured by Sinn Féin. Recently, there has been some discussion on preparation work for the personal injuries guidelines committee. This is welcome because the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The landlord was fined and rightly so. There are good landlords, as the Taoiseach has said, but there are bad landlords who are behaving like this. They are brazen because they know the deck is stacked in their favour. They know the whole system is stacked in their favour and the tenant is powerless. In every debate, the Taoiseach keeps begging for time. He says that the Government needs...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will finish on this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Maybe it is time for the Taoiseach to start listening. Why not introduce a rent freeze, a measure which would have the backing of the whole House and not just a minority?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The kind of behaviour I am talking about is favoured by the system and the structure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Sometimes they are right to be angry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Homelessness is at record levels.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We cannot care for and house our people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: “She was six months pregnant when she explained the situation to her landlady. The landlady told her that she would have to leave before the baby arrived ... Her excuse was that the neighbours in the apartments 'wouldn’t like the crying'. [She] waited until late in her pregnancy to tell the landlady because she was afraid of what the reaction might be.” These words...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special education teacher allocation model still gives an additional weighting to gender on the basis of on the number of boys attending each school; if so, the evidence to support this approach; and his views on whether it is appropriate and necessary. [47618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the supports being given to children with additional needs in the Cork city area and in particular in mainstream classes, ASD units and special schools. [47494/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Applications (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-opening applications for schools to apply for DEIS band 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47491/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding being allocated to third level institutions; his view on whether it is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a digital literacy education programme at both primary and secondary level in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for new school places and new school buildings in the Cork City area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47495/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided to the higher education sector in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the projected funding allocated for 2020; the amount of the additional funding allocated funded by employers via increases in the national training fund levy; and the amount funded directly by the Exchequer....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (19 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the additional contribution by the State, exclusive of that funded by employers, in respect of pay restoration; the amount to meet demographic increases; the amount that represented a real additional investment in higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47240/19]