Results 21-40 of 1,032,436 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Joan Collins) in 'Committee meetings'
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have to be honest. That is a shocking response. It is a case of "Pass the buck; it has nothing to do with us." It is a pity the senior Minister is not here. As I said, this is also about arts and culture and the commitment of the Government to ensure access for young people to those things. The Minister said the school is a private entity. It is a not-for-profit registered charity...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)
James Browne: I fully understand and appreciate the concern raised in relation to the decision to close Newpark Academy of Music. No disrespect was shown. I was simply setting out the factual position that the academy does not come under the Department of Education's remit. I have no doubt the decision has been devastating for all of those involved. That said, the role of the Department of Education is...
- Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)
- Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In doing so, I am moving that the Bill, entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as an Coimisiún um Ghlúnta sa Todhchaí or in the English language as the Commission for Future Generations for the purpose of reporting to the Government in relation to the establishment of an...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (30 May 2024)
James Browne: I thank Deputy very much for raising this very important issue of the extension of access to the junior certificate school programme digital libraries to those schools that joined DEIS after 2022. The junior certificate school programme is a national programme sponsored by the Department of Education and National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA. Introduced in 1996, it is a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (30 May 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State very much. It is safe to say there was nothing in that reply that will send me home with the wind in my sails this evening. Notwithstanding that, I note there are probably young secondary school teachers who will tell me they were in junior cycle when it was agreed to carry out a review of the JCSP as part of the implementation of the framework for junior...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (30 May 2024)
James Browne: I thank the Deputy again for raising this important matter. The junior certificate school programme aims to provide a curriculum framework that assists schools and teachers in making the junior cycle more accessible to those young people who may leave school without formal qualifications. It attempts to help young people experience success and develop a positive self-image by providing a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)
Schools of Music
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On 22 May, the 40 or so staff of the Newpark Academy of Music, in which there are approximately 600 students, were informed in a shock and unexpected notification that the school was to close. Those staff will lose their jobs and those 600 music students will no longer have a school. The Newpark Academy of Music has been operating for 45 years serving the community and doing outreach...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputies for their contributions. The introduction of the new pay-related jobseeker's benefit is a major reform of how we support jobseekers in Ireland and will bring us in line with our European neighbours. Pay-related benefit will provide a greater support to people who lose their jobs and find themselves in the position of dealing with that income shock while continuing to meet...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It was in my speech.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: That works out at about €46.80 per annum, which is an increase of about 0.1%. In September 2021, Sinn Féin's leader, Deputy Mary-Lou McDonald, said the party would increase PRSI by 4%. That is much more than the total of 0.7% I am proposing over five years. I will quote Sinn Féin's leader. She said, "Our proposal is, over the course of a number of budgets, to bring...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister would not be right.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I think I would be right on this one.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not think you would.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: Sinn Féin promises everything, but somebody else will have to pay for it. That is essentially what Sinn Féin is saying.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Read back over my speech. I was very clear.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: There must be no interruptions.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: In response to Deputy Naughten, the vast majority of carers are women. I provided a pension to carers. Female participation in the workforce has never been higher and I absolutely want more women back working. I launched the updated pathways to work just this Tuesday. There is a significant focus on helping to get people back to work. Regarding the poverty and gender impact analysis,...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)
Question put.