Results 781-800 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Haulage Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 718. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of significant truck driver shortages reported in Cork, up to 40 vacancies locally, the measures that will be taken to fast-track HGV licensing, streamline cross-departmental employment permits, and support sectoral recruitment in Cork’s haulage industry. [46810/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Financial Services (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 719. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to stimulate investor confidence especially in high-growth sectors in Cork and the Munster region with Q2 venture capital investment plunging 80% to €116.5million [46822/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the ongoing issues regarding school transport provision in the areas of Whitechurch, Blarney, and Upper Glanmire; the immediate measures being taken to ensure that children attending schools (details supplied) can access school bus places for the 2025-2026 academic year given that a number of families in these areas have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the home tuition scheme, or the introduction of alternative departmental supports, to allow qualified teachers to provide educational provision for students who are unable to attend mainstream school due to school refusal or the lack of an available school place, through the establishment of educational hubs,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department holds figures for the number of children currently availing of the home tuition scheme; if so; if she will provide these figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 850. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body that has overall responsibility for the operation of the school transport scheme; the role of her Department and the role of Bus Éireann in the delivery of the scheme; if she will report on the adequacy of capacity and the number of eligible children who were unable to secure a seat for the current school year; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the introduction of gender balance quotas, or other targeted measures, to encourage greater male participation in the teaching profession, including in the early years and preschool sector, given the significant gender imbalance and ongoing staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department holds statistics on the gender breakdown of teachers and educators at early years/preschool, primary, secondary, and third level; and if she will provide the most recent available figures. [45946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of cases in which funded, purpose-built, special education units in primary schools are being used to house a mainstream classes rather than the intended special education provision; and if she will outline the steps her Department will take to address this matter ensuring that children requiring specialist support are provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monitoring and follow-up procedures, in place to ensure that schools are using Department-funded, purpose-built special education units for their intended purpose; and if she will provide details of how compliance is checked both at the time of project completion and on an ongoing basis. [46462/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions or sanctions that are available to her Department when a school uses a purpose-built special education unit for purposes other than that for which funding was granted; and if she will outline how the Department ensures accountability for public expenditure in such cases. [46463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline how her Department ensures that children who were due to be accommodated in a special education unit, but are instead placed full-time in a mainstream class, receive the level of specialist support, resources, and therapeutic input they are entitled to. [46464/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department holds figures on the number of primary school pupils nationally who were placed on reduced school hours during the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will provide a breakdown by county. [46465/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of cases where primary school pupils were placed on reduced school hours for the entire 2024-2025 school year; and if she will outline what steps her Department is taking to address such practices, given that reduced timetables are intended to be short-term and exceptional. [46466/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monitoring and oversight mechanisms that her Department has in place to ensure that reduced school hours are only used in line with Department guidelines; and if she will outline how compliance is tracked across schools. [46467/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment her Department has carried out on the educational, social, and emotional impact on children placed on reduced school hours for extended periods; and if she will confirm whether additional supports are made available to such children. [46469/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions or sanctions available to her Department in cases where schools fail to comply with the guidelines on reduced school hours and maintain children on reduced timetables beyond what is permitted. [46470/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training and qualifications required of teachers assigned to special education units in primary schools; if she will confirm the number of teachers currently working in such units that have completed specialist training in special education; and if she will outline the steps being taken to ensure that all teachers in special classes have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training and qualifications required of special needs assistants working in special educational units in primary schools; if she will provide details of any compulsory or optional training programmes supported by her Department; and if she will outline how her Department ensures that SNAs in special classes are equipped with the skills and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the UK’s severe shortages of qualified physics teachers, affecting more than a quarter of state schools, if she will outline strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of STEM educators, particularly in remote areas such as Blarney, Mallow, and Glanmire. [46817/25]