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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus leis na hoifigigh atá os ár gcomhair tráthnóna. This is an issue that, anecdotally, people would have had some sense of. Unfortunately, with regard to the Traveller community, there would have often been a tacit awareness that in many instances they were not getting the full benefit of the school places that they held down. Great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I emphasise a point on which the Minister did not respond and while I accept the officials cannot respond, I hope it will be taken into account. I am not sure bullet point H makes sense. I am not sure if additional work should always be provided or if that would always be suitable. What are the consequences if a school does not comply? It is not immediately clear to me that it would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: WorldSkills Competition 2019: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Congratulations - comhghairdeas libh go léir. I thank the witnesses for coming before us. At the risk of singling him out, I think I saw Mr. Twomey in The Echoin the run-up to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: WorldSkills Competition 2019: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: He is a Coolea man, I think, but I congratulate all the participants. It is an amazing achievement. There has clearly been a strong track record over recent years. I have a few questions for the participants but also for SOLAS. New courses are opening up and we are moving in the right direction, but we are still a long way behind the likes of Germany and Austria in that I think they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: WorldSkills Competition 2019: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does Mr. Brownlee wish to respond to some of the points raised at the end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Chairman for his patience. I thank all of the gardaí and staff who are present. When I was in my office, I was listening to Assistant Commissioner Finn alluding to the proposed community garda complement of four in 40 in Cork. I understand the current complement is three in 25. I have raised this issue twice before with the Commissioner. I wrote to him and, in fairness,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed by his Department. [37092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed by his Department on a full-time basis. [37093/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent posts for SNAs allocated by his Department. [37094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring grants for student teacher attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses. [37095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of achieving full pay equality amongst SNAs and school secretaries respectively. [37096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with a union (details supplied) since it announced its latest intention to explore the possibility of industrial action. [37097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of achieving full pay equality for teachers at both primary and post-primary level respectively. [37098/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Irish Universities Association (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Mr. Miley and Mr. Casey for the submission. Yesterday, I attended a meeting of business leaders from the Cork region at which third level funding and education generally was raised as one of the key issues. For them, it is right up there with infrastructure and housing. Many of those present were the owners of growing businesses or start-ups, but all of them expressed concern in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Irish Universities Association (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There was a question that was not answered about the risk involving international students.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I spoke to the witnesses at a briefing here in April, I believe, to express my concern about the mail centre and to say that it was important it stay open. That was not the decision An Post arrived at. There was a lot of anger, frustration, concern and worry among the staff there. While it has been dismissed as irrelevant, there was a lot of discussion among employees about the McKinsey...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It offered no observation at any stage as to the future of the Cork mail centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mr. McRedmond is saying to me that at various stages advice was offered to some extent or other that it would be preferable to close Athlone, Portlaoise or Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Did the financial criteria consider the value of the site at Little Island?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Will An Post release the Accenture report? Is that possible?