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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average student teacher ratio at post-primary level in DEIS schools. [46750/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Expenditure (13 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of designating ten, 20, 30, 40 and 50 schools as DEIS band 2, in tabular form. [46751/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Expenditure (13 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of designating ten, 20, 30, 40 and 50 schools as DEIS band 1, in tabular form. [46752/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Expenditure (13 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reopening applications for DEIS band 2 and designating DEIS band 2 existing schools that would meet the criteria at present. [46753/19]

Inquiry into the death of Shane O’Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom iarraidh ar an Aire glacadh leis an rún agus leis an leasú os comhair an Tí. Ba mhaith liom ómós a thabhairt do theaghlach Shane of Farrell as an obair atá déanta acu. I pay tribute to the O'Farrell family on their commitment and determination. This issue and everything surrounding the death of Shane O'Farrell are important for several...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to raise the programme for Government's commitments on education. The Government made big promises in the programme, which neither it nor its partners in Fianna Fáil have delivered on over the past four years. Diversity and choice for parents in the school system have not been delivered. Core funding and capitation grants for schools and funding in third level are simply not up...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the rejection of Judge Haughton's terms of reference for the scoping exercise into the death of Shane O'Farrell, this being relevant to An Garda Síochána and Garda reform. This situation is extraordinary. Earlier this year, Deputy McGuinness asked the Taoiseach why there had not been an inquiry, for which the majority of the Dáil had voted....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This Cabinet committee is tasked with considering health policy, including the Sláintecare report. The joint committee that launched this report aims to reorientate the health service to a universal single tier system. However, the Government's implementation strategy, as we always feared, is not moving the health service to universality. The barriers to care remain sky high. Charges...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The programme for Government commits to the plans set out by Irish Water to continue to upgrade the dilapidated national water infrastructure. Currently 615,000 people in parts of Dublin, Kildare and Meath do not know whether their water is safe to drink. That is a huge proportion of the population. While the Minister has, it is fair to say, inferred the outcome of a meeting later this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask my questions now. Was that instrument related to, or a repetition of, what occurred in March? Can the Minister affirm that the plant in Leixlip is fit for purpose, reliable and has the ability to protect water in the long term?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach has made a lot of the fact that the rate of increase is slowing. What does that say to people in reality? The Taoiseach is telling people they are still drowning, just not drowning as quickly they were, but it is going to keep getting worse. He is closing the door long after the horse has bolted and has offered nothing to deal with the crisis that is facing renters. Under...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Five hundred people are homeless.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am talking about a rent freeze.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is done in many cities throughout the world.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is a daft.iereport out today. For the 14th quarter in a row, average rents have risen. The average rent in Cork is now €1,372 per month. In Dublin, it is over €2,000 per month. This rental crisis - and it is beyond question a crisis - is crushing workers and families. It is costing people €2,000 per month, which equates to €24,000 per annum, to put a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Representations (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if contact has been made to the relevant embassies; and if a multi-agency delegation will be sent to Saudi Arabia in order to make contact with the person to offer assistance. [46135/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to reform the process for applications for naturalisation in view of the recent judgments of the Supreme Court (details supplied) delivered on 31 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46517/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Some months ago, if not a year ago, I raised an issue in regard to rent pressure zones with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. While rent pressure zones are not perfect, because they are not applied uniformly, some anomalies have been created. I raised with the Minister a particular anomaly in regard to Carrigaline, at which point he said that he...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not captured.

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There was some confusion with the Whips office so I thank the House for the time. I trust the Minister will indulge me for a moment. My leaving certificate history project was on the miners' strike in Great Britain and the associated fall-out. One thing that struck me was how isolated parts of Wales, Yorkshire and Derbyshire endured destitution after the mines closed. There were...