Results 21-40 of 329 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I know there is a move to make mild general learning disability schools more catch-all schools to have a broader admissions policy. I am a bit concerned about that and I raised it in the Dáil. I did not get the Minister's answer last time. I am still concerned about that. There is merit in ensuring we can provide for every child in the school. I think this country is rich enough to...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: We may not necessarily agree on that because I think we need to keep those schools and to open additional schools for others. I know it is not about moving those children back to mainstream or into mainstream or whatever, but I am concerned they will be lost in the system. I welcome the educational therapy services, and I look forward to them being rolled out further in as many schools as...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I have a question on hot school meals. I welcome that the Department is looking at the nutritional value of those meals. I recently visited a school that had brought in local providers. I was quite hungry at the time, but they looked incredibly nice. I visited schools in England. They were resourced with their own canteens and local staff, so they were not relying on private businesses....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate and measurable actions she will take to reverse the increase of children living in poverty. [32986/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (18 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will commission an impact assessment of accommodation overcrowding on children. [32987/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to introduced targeted investments, in childcare, especially in early years education. [32988/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address the number of families who cannot access affordable childcare. [32989/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to raise this issue. It is great that the Minister of State is visiting these centres because they are amazing. While I understand that boards are responsible for the pay and conditions of each staff member, the funding given centrally to the community training centres is not enough. Although the staff are supposed to be put on the same pay and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Community training centres, CTCs, provide an excellent education to young people in second chance education. There are 31 community training centres located around the country. Young people aged 16 to 21 who have left mainstream education before the leaving certificate can attend these centres, which provide a range of training and other supports to them, achieve QQI levels and progress to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the status of board-appointed trustees of CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32240/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the role of the interim board of trustees of CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the members of the CIÉ superannuation scheme will be made aware of who the interim board members are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list the members of the interim board of trustees of CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the CIÉ superannuation scheme's governance is compliant with the occupational retirement provision (IORP II Directive); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32244/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31785/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31786/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for school places in mainstream primary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for school places in mainstream secondary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for school places in special schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31790/25]