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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of the school inclusion model pilot scheme; the number of schools included; and the average full-year allocation per school. [52655/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form. [52656/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for post-primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form. [52657/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of employing ten new school secretaries. [53022/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child seeking access to a speech and language therapist; the number of children that have access to a speech and language therapist; and the average number of sessions the children receive per year. [52680/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason €60 million was returned to the Exchequer from her Department; if efforts were made to ensure the funding was spent on the needs of children; if not, if she discussed with the Departments of Health and Education and Skills if there were purposes for which the funding could be used for children, for example, in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Dundalk Institute of Technology and SOLAS: Chairpersons Designate (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish Mr. Malone the best. I was impressed with his presentation. He is clearly well qualified for the position and, like previous speakers, I acknowledge a regional view was taken and a cross-Border view was also taken, which is important and welcome given the location of DkIT. He identified that there is a less than optimal number of students crossing the Border from the North to study...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Dundalk Institute of Technology and SOLAS: Chairpersons Designate (17 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I echo the last point. The percentage of female apprentices last year was 4% and at some previous stage it was 2%. I commend Mr. Aylward. He seems entirely qualified for the position. His presentation was very impressive. Like Deputy Byrne, I will highlight a few areas. Many of the same themes were raised by Deputy Thomas Byrne. We had a very interesting engagement with the world skills...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will pick up on two points raised by Deputy Martin, one concerning equal pay for equal work. There is growing frustration among some of the cohorts who have not seen equalisation happen. The Minister will be aware of that. I hope that can be dealt with as early as possible. There was a Topical Issue debate on this yesterday but I was not in a position to participate in it. Will the...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: No.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Intervention from the Minister is needed to prevent strike action.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could the Minister be a bit more specific? He says he is coming to the last steps but what happens next? Will the Department produce a report on DEIS, or a consultation document? When will the analysis be done and what will happen?
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 (as amended) to enable complainants to be heard and legally represented in relation to applications to adduce evidence about the clothing worn by a complainant at the time of the alleged offence; to amend the provisions in respect of previous sexual history evidence and to provide for...
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This relates to the management of the telephone call list maintained by the Prison Service. I wrote to the Minister for Justice and Equality on the matter in September. While the letter was acknowledged, there was no substantive response. This came to my attention as a consequence of the murder of the late Amy McCarthy, who was killed in Cork on 30 April 2017. Her partner and the...
- Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We know what to expect from Fine Gael.
- Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Renting in this economy and society is extremely hard, even if one has a decent job and a secure income. It can mean paying a quarter, a third, or even more of one's income to secure half-decent accommodation. It may mean giving up for a long time, perhaps forever, the possibility of ever owning one's own home. The possibility of a permanent home is removed as such people do not qualify...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (10 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the funding of the school books scheme by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, in tabular form. [51322/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (10 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new resource teachers. [51323/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (10 Dec 2019)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new SNAs. [51324/19]