Results 21-40 of 96 for speaker:Peter Roche

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Proposed Redesignation of Schools for Children with Mild General Learning Disabilities: Principals of Special Schools (10 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: The witnesses are most welcome. Like others, I need to inform myself more about what is being advised and the changes being made. Aoife's letter is compelling. Sometimes, when change is advised or recommended, an element of fear comes into it. Regardless of what is being proposed, fundamentally, special children need special educational teaching, coaching and mentoring. It would be a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (10 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase support for Irish diaspora organisations in countries where current funding levels are relatively low despite active community engagement; if targeted funding increases are being considered for such regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37629/25]

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I acknowledge the extension of the last train from Galway to Dublin on Saturdays, which is now running at 8.50 p.m. as opposed to 7.25 p.m., which is a step in the right direction. It is important also to highlight the inconsistency in the service during the week. The last train departs at 10.25 p.m., yet on Saturdays, when demand for cultural and social events peaks, the cut-off is at the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: The issue I bring to the Taoiseach's attention relates to LEADER funding. I will throw the spotlight on how the allocations affect us in east Galway. Per head of population, Roscommon receives €97; Offaly, €76; Mayo, €64; Clare, €53; and poor east Galway, €37. I ask that consideration be given to rebalancing how LEADER funding is divvied out and that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I thank both sets of witnesses for coming before the committee. Listening to both opening statements, I have to ask why this is continuing. Quite a number of years ago, we thought much of this was behind us. I am taken by the deficiencies mentioned in both statements. I sincerely thank the witnesses for being so graphic in how they have outlined those deficiencies. Both organisations are...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I will be very brief and I am not going to ask any questions. The witnesses are pushing an open door coming here and asking this committee to take on board the contributions they have made and what it is they are seeking. It almost feels like Storm Éowyn is operating outside again. I hope it is not because when we are in a bunker like this, we do not know what is going on outside. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the increases in SUSI grants have kept pace with the cost-of-living increases in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37405/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the expansion of apprenticeships since the publication of the action plan on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37404/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I welcome the witnesses. I commend them on the outstanding contribution that they are making to society in support of all of those children we are talking about today in terms to access to education. Somebody mentioned the right to thrive. What the witnesses have done is compelling. It almost feels like a bit of burden to have to listen to the woes and deficits there are that should not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: It was mentioned that, once a need was established, be it for a building or whatever, the length of time it took to be met meant that the student had often finished with national school. Therein lies a crisis. I am more enlightened after today's contribution from the witnesses. It just proves the body of work that the Department has to do. It is as simple as that. There are deficits and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I thank Ms Walsh and Mr. Kearney for being here and for their statement. I had an experience recently where a student had been identified as someone who would need a special needs resource in a school in east Galway. Internally, the school did exactly what we would expect it to do, which was to make an application for the resource, but it was refused. It should not have been, but it was,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: First, Mr. Gloster and his staff are welcome. It has not been long from the establishment of the committees until we have found them before this committee. I welcome that. I am not going to, under any circumstances, add to their grief or put any undue pressure on them. My first contribution this morning is one of good news. I had a good reason to spend some time in hospital visiting a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: My second point, while not bad news, relates to waiting times. They are a challenge in every hospital. I represent east Galway where the main hospital, like all of County Galway, is University Hospital Galway, as well as Merlin Park hospital just down the road. One of the problems I see and have encountered, especially for those who have to visit these hospitals regularly, is the maxed-out...

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State. I thank them and their officials for being with us. I have a contribution to make rather than a question to ask. It is based on my experience. I happen to be part of the board of Galway Rural Development of which I have been the chairperson for quite some time. The Minister may have met our CEO in recent times. Extraordinary things...

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I thank the Minister of State. The Minister said the funding is intended to address deprivation. How is that measured in the overall context?

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposed greenway planned to run through Kinvara, County Galway; if he will provide an update on the timeline for its development expected completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36472/25]

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: Like others, I welcome the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. I commend the Department of Education and Youth on undertaking that critical work. Although many positives have been reported, the findings of the review confirm what some families, educators and advocates have long felt. We still need to work harder on delivering inclusive, equitable...

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Peter Roche: I thank the Minister and her Department official staff for being here. It feels a little like we did not leave here since last night when we had what I consider to have been a very productive, open and transparent meeting with the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, which was also most welcome. There is a great rapport between the two Ministers in tackling the issues that we, as...

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Peter Roche: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I will forward the Minister's office staff the correspondence that I received by way of confirming the circumstances.