Results 441-460 of 21,085 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Faoi cheannasaíocht Fhine Gael agus Fianna Fáil, tá deireadh tagtha le tithíocht inacmhainne. Léiríonn an phraiseach ar Bhóthar Oscair Mhic Thréinir nach bhfuil scéim tithíochta inacmhainne an Rialtais ag obair. Is í an eagla anois nach mbeidh na cíosanna san fhorbraíocht ar phraghas réasúnta do ghnáthdhaoine...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria on which a DEIS application for a school (details supplied) was not successful. [29884/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline, where a school secretaries new contract stipulates 52 weeks and not 41; the additional funding that is made available to the school to cover this additional cost; and the additional funding available to cover employer PRSI contributions. [29885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of review or appeal requests that have been submitted by schools in relation to the new SET allocation models, per county, in tabular form. [29886/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria assessed when choosing the location of the pilot schemes for school transport. [29887/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional SENOs recruited to date, per county, in tabular form. [29888/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children the NCSE is currently assisting in sourcing a school place for next September, per county, in tabular form. [29889/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently on temporary contracts, per county, in tabular form. [29890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals, per county, in tabular form. [29891/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional classrooms by a school (details supplied). [29892/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the arrangements being made to ensure that the parents of children with autism in the Taghmon area of Westmeath will have an appropriate school place for September. [29893/24]

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Here we are again, having statements in the Chamber following the news of an utterly chilling act of violence committed against a woman. We are all horrified by the brutal and barbaric assault committed on Natasha O'Brien by Cathal Crotty. The man who perpetrated this crime received a suspended sentence. The Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, has appealed the sentence and I welcome...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [27974/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the informal European Council in Brussels. [27973/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: For the past year, the Government has assured us that the proposition on the future funding of RTÉ would be brought before the Dáil before the summer recess. We have just over a week to go. In the 20 months to April of this year, more than €500,000 has been paid in TV licence fines by ordinary people. In that same time, almost 5,000 people received a conviction for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also extend sympathy and solidarity to the families of those precious lives that were lost in counties Mayo and Westmeath. The fundamental problem we have here is that the Taoiseach is failing to face the actual reality on the ground, which is that there is not high-visibility policing in Dublin’s inner city. It is not there. The Taoiseach cited Pride and occasions where there...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last Saturday week on 23 June, Canadian tourist, Neno Dolmajian, was attacked on O'Connell Street in the early hours of the morning. He was viciously beaten, sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Mater hospital. He died there yesterday with his parents and his sister at his bedside. I want to express my deepest sympathies to Mr. Dolmajian's parents, his family and friends. Neno...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raised with the Taoiseach previously the case of Jack McNiffe from County Kildare and the issue of July provision. Funding for students in special classes for the summer programme of the July provision had been reduced from €60 per student in 2022 to €45 in 2023 and now to €30 in 2024. The Taoiseach challenged me when I raised the issue before and he questioned the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: He has the right view.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, but you can do both.