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Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The current legislation is not fit for purpose. The Bill before us needs to come into play right now. A body of work is being done by all our HEIs and the stakeholders that have been involved but we need to crave success and excellence and there needs to be a sense of competition between our technological universities and our HEIs. We need to reach those rankings again. We need to ensure...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. It is great to be here. This is my first time at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Autism and it is wonderful to have it, thanks to the Cathaoirleach. I have just gone through Mr. Kearney's opening statement and I thank him for the detail given there. It is very important. As he has mentioned, we have 13,000 school students with autism. That is a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The figure of 3,500 is over three and a half years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Does Ms Prendeville see it as being possible to roll this programme out regionally? We have 19,000 SNAs. How do we roll out the level of education we wish to provide to all our SNAs if we are only catering for 1,000 people a year? Does Ms Prendeville think other colleges could provide this programme and that we could increase the numbers involved each year in that way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The lockdown.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Is there any value to having an in-person type of engagement for SNAs as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That is great, but how do we get more people trained up? It is a great course and I know many people who wish to do it. Another issue in this context is that many people are subbing in SNA roles. From what I understand, though, this programme is currently only available to those who are full-time SNAs, but many people are working in these roles part-time. We wish to get more people to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Is it up to the schools to say that even people subbing are eligible to do this course?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The schools decide.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: What about the part-time aspect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Can I ask one last quick question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I will get a written response, if that is okay. My final point is that SNAs who are subbing and going into schools sometimes do not receive information about the children with whom they are dealing. Do the witnesses wish to comment on this aspect? The teachers are managing this. People are subbing and coming into a school environment. Many schools are trying to manage bringing in people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: To let the SNAs have the knowledge in advance to allow them to know how best to manage the children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Kearney.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: The preliminary results from the census have just come out and for the first time since 1841, we have 5.1 million people living in Ireland, which is pretty incredible. It is really crucial that we see Ireland as a country, State and democracy that is standing tall on its own two feet. The initial preliminary census data takes into account more than 2.1 million homes, which is an increase of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: It just shows that there is a team of people here in the west fighting for funding for the population of the west. We are the seventh largest population with 180,000 people living in County Galway. We are the second largest county and that means a hell of a lot of roads in Galway. As a Galway county councillor elected in 2019, I am fully aware of the devastating impact in terms of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: It is important, as the Minister of State indicates, that taxes collected in the local area would come back to that local area. That is in regard of the local property tax. It is important to recognise that core funding for Galway County Council is the issue. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, and the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, must engage with Galway County Council in this regard....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: We are supporting so many people who will participate in Dublin Pride this weekend. Many people will be travelling up from other parts of the country. I refer to the important work being done by teams and people working within the Oireachtas. A lovely Equali-TEA event was held this morning. I also wish to highlight LiveStock, a wonderful music festival that will be happening in Aughrim....