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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a case of moving from the pilot and expanding the model piece by piece. It does not mean it will be in place everywhere straightaway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In relation to that, Mr. Doody is talking about more bespoke solutions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has been a cut.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has been a cut and the Minister of State is saying it is all being reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would be grateful if someone could come back to me on the De La Salle secondary school in Dundalk in respect of the actual building.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would like to check a couple of things with the Minister of State. She indicated there were 44 new therapists. What type of schools will they work in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Sometimes there is not always clarity about the school inclusion model. Everyone likes the idea of the school inclusion model because the therapies are provided where the need is and where the children are. Everybody can benefit from the teachers and SNAs in relation to best practice. The model is to move from pilot stage. What does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There was absolute logic to the decoupling. It is about having the occupational therapists and all the other therapists in place. We all agree that we need to see that quicker and better. I do not think anyone was shocked that the system worked. Will the Minister of State give an update on summer provision? There is a great deal about cuts in the public domain. The Minister of State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It would make sense to keep it under constant review. The school inclusion model seems to be the way to do it. Logic, intuition and everything else would say that, and the evidence backs that up. The big issue I have across the board is that we have never sat down properly and asked how we best use the resources we have as regards these therapists, of which we will not have all that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: These issues may have been brought up. I brought up an issue with the school building programme relating to autism classes with the Minister of State which has been sorted to a degree for next year. However, if the build had happened much earlier, we would not have had the issues because the plans had proposed two autism classes and some other facilities. Principals and others have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is the forward planning. At times there seems to be a hold-up even when plans are in place. Sometimes, the school authorities will say they do not have the same sort of power or whatever and need to go through the Department, consultants and whatever else, meaning that time gets lost.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I asked about the affordable scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I commend the life of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, the voice of the GAA and, at times with a touch of magic, the voice of Ireland. I also recognise the contribution to journalism of Tommie Gorman, particularly at what was a very difficult and important time for Ireland as regards the peace process. I had a great conversation with him one day on the basis of shared Sligo...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yesterday, Daft.ie released its latest house prices report. Shockingly - or not shockingly - it showed house prices continuing to spiral out of control. In the year to June, the average price of a home increased by almost 7%, to €340,000. In Dublin city, average house prices have hit €543,000, up almost 5%. In Louth, average house prices are now almost €300,000. That...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [26075/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I want to bring up the issues of district heating and communal heating systems. This not the first time I have brought up the issue of Carlinn Hall in Dundalk. We talk about district heating systems and communal heating systems, which is what is there and which is operated off gas. Obviously, there are particular laws and planning changes that need to happen because I do not believe these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress of the Solas-commissioned independent evaluation of the specialist training provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26452/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the creation of terms of reference for the review of personal assistance services funded from the fund for students with disabilities across tertiary education settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26451/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how information on medical questionnaires, sent to GPs by the Defence Forces when people apply to join, is treated by the Defence Forces; if previous health conditions, such as depression, are a bar to the application continuing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/24]