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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what provisions are in place, or planned, to ensure the best supports possible are provided for schools which have a high number of students with additional learning needs, for example the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, in which 62% of students have an identified additional learning need but are experiencing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process for identifying and selecting facilities for national schools, the basic requirements and additional criteria which are desired and what consideration is made for future growth and development of these facilities to meet demand and ensure the best educational and work environments for students and teachers. [23932/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the rationale for housing the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, in the basement of a shared building which is wholly inadequate for the school's size and needs and provides no space for growth or development of this school service into the future; if this meets the standards for a positive school environment;...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: Answer the question.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair. I will be very brief because I am conscious of time. I am a member of this committee. We put forward a lot of amendments to strengthen this committee. I am fair. I am not taking any of the Minister's time and am giving up my time. I do not want anybody coming in here scoring political points. They bring the tone of this committee down. This a lastchance.com...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with what the Cathaoirleach said.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is definitely agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with that. There was an article in the Irish Examiner on derelict buildings last week. It will be interesting to see what the response of Mrs. Karrouze will be. We will definitely come back and revisit this. It is a trend happening all over the country.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (23 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) cannot return to their home, despite being promised 32 hours a week home care and is at present residing in a community hospital for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23341/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I know the Minister of State is only taking this Topical Issue on behalf of the Minister for Education. In the written response he has provided - I am blessed with power reading - it states, "Fermoy was one area surveyed in 2012 and 2013 under the patronage divestment process where there was sufficient parental demand to support changes in school patronage." The response further states,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning. At the outset, I want to welcome the fact that Ireland joined Spain this morning in recognising the state of Palestine. It is nice to have a bit of good news amidst all of the doom and gloom. To get back to the issue at hand, I want to read from an article published recently in The Echo which states that pupils at Fermoy Educate...

Housing Situation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I ask the Government to withdraw its countermotion. What we know so far about the Housing Commission report is that it calls for a radical reset of Government housing policy. That is what we call for in our motion. From what we have heard so far, the report indicates we have a deficit of over 256,000 houses. Some 23,500 homes would have to be built every year in addition to the targeted...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will have to wait for more than two years to get broken dentures replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22284/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses. It has been a Pandora's box, to be honest. It was a comprehensive opening statement. The statistics and the numbers are rising because the spectrum is broadening. We have to talk about one specific point and how we can accommodate it. I do not want to nit-pick but we are a committee, but we are also legislators. If there was a legislative change to make things...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: The teachers will probably kill me. They are under enough stress as it is without more being put on them.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for their answers. I was fortunate enough to sit on the autism committee. A good deal of material came in regarding education and accessing services. That we are having this conversation is great. I suspect that people on the other side of the table sometimes think that, when they appear before a committee, they will get ripped apart and there will be a big...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes, and that has to be acknowledged too. I thank Ms Feeney.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: No, Chair, but I agree with that. We have seen what has come back and it is fairly substantive.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with that. We received a comprehensive response from the Secretary General. We will see what the petitioner says.