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Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I am sorry, through the Chair.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Can I move the suspension of the sitting until the votes in the Dáil have concluded?

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I propose that we suspend the sitting until the votes in the Dáil have concluded.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: In section 37 of the 1998 Act there are subsections (1) to (6), and within subsection (6) there are paragraphs (a) to (f). Is there a section 37A that I am not seeing?

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That is what I am looking at.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I refer again to the website of the Department of Education. It states: The board of management manages the school on behalf of the patron and is accountable to the patron and the Minister. The board must uphold the characteristic spirit (ethos) of the school and is accountable to the patron for so doing. We are coming back to the characteristic spirit of the school and the ethos the...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Now.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Now.

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: We all want to see more places for children with special needs. That is the overall intent. The boards of management and patrons of schools are probably reflecting on and discussing this new legislation that is coming on board. Boards of management have an obligation generally to ensure there are classes for children. That is what they do and it is the purpose of schools. They provide...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The Department of Education provides support for training of school boards of management. The departmental website states that the five core modules are the board as a corporate entity, employment law, financial management, legal Issues and child protection guidelines. There is the potential to expand the training of school boards of management. The Minister may wish to consider it being...

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I want to see more of the night-time economy so I welcome this motion. I know there was a briefing today. I apologise because I was unable to make it. I take on board Senator Warfield's point that there were hundreds of nightclubs in this country in previous years. In Ballinasloe, we had three nightclubs when I was growing up, which was fantastic. Unfortunately, that is not the case now....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That makes me smile - left and right - considering what this Government has brought forward for workers' rights and in light of what we will achieve.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: We are the ones fighting for a cost-of-living wage. In addition, we have the most people in employment - 2.5 million. I am proud of the Government's achievements. There is much more to be done by this Government in its remaining two and a half years in office.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I pay tribute to Sir Mo Farah in the UK, an Olympic star on the track. I pay tribute to his bravery and resilience. This morning, he came out with his story of how he was trafficked as a child from Somalia to the UK. As a vulnerable child he was brought to another country and forced to work for a family. He was not able to go to school. He eventually went to school at about 12 years of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Gaillimh abú.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The last time the Minister was here, he spoke about students' unions and it was highlighted that there was a definition in a prior Act which indicated the meaning of a student union. It is very clear that students want to make sure their organisations are representative, that people are elected onto them and that it is those bodies that represent the students at governing authorities across...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I was a contract researcher working on the Horizon 2020 programme. An incredible thing about Ireland and our third level system is the amount of funding we have been able to draw down due to the excellence of our principal investigators, PIs, and researchers. They draw awards from the Exchequer, through Science Foundation Ireland, the Irish Research Council, the Sustainable Energy Authority...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I will speak on the amendments that have been tabled, and follow on from what Senator Malcolm Byrne said about the advocacy role of an t-údarás. It is an agency of the Government. There is also a role for the board of an t-údarás, which is outlined in sections 15 and 16, and concerns the membership of an t-údarás. It has 11 ordinary members plus a chair, with...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I acknowledge the credentials of people in this Chamber, especially the spokespeople, and the people bringing forward all of the amendments. I am aware that Senators on both sides of the House were looking to bring forward amendments and the Department and its officials were engaging over the many Stages on this over the past number of years. On the amendments to hand, I will highlight a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: We have spoken about a number of matters today and yesterday. It is very important that we argue on policy points, rather than make personal attacks on whoever is in the Chamber, be it the Ministers who come to the House or our colleagues. It is also important that we base our arguments on facts. That is crucial. We have a crucial role to always look to an evidence base when we are...