Results 81-100 of 123 for children speaker:Colm Brophy

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (7 Dec 2017)

Colm Brophy: 231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount received by each club and group under the local youth club equipment scheme 2017 by ETB in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52560/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (18 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: 192. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 and 625 of 10 October 2017, when a decision will be made in respect of the funding of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Colm Brophy: 518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she plans to spend the additional €1.5 million allocated to the youth services sector in budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43954/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Information (4 Apr 2017)

Colm Brophy: 687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of requests her Department received for material to be made available in Braille format in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of these requests which were accommodated by her Department; the cost implication and the person or body which provided the translation service. [16388/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commemorative Events (8 Mar 2017)

Colm Brophy: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on a submission made to his Department regarding the provision of lumper potatoes to schools teaching children about the Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12269/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: ...usage in this area. Will the witness confirm that to be so? I heard him say he would take it on board, so I reassure Dr. Collins that the biggest thing the grandparents of Ireland who are minding children have complained to me about over the past five or six years is the fact that someone destroyed the economy of our country, that they are delighted to have the children in the house and...

National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Colm Brophy: .... Unfortunately now, nine years on from the first National Famine Commemoration Day, all too few people in this country even know the day exists. Very few talk about the event and even fewer children learn about this day when they study the Famine in school. This is not the fault of the people. In particular it is not the fault of the people who have worked very hard over the years...

National Famine Commemoration Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: ...a number of key reasons, which I will repeat today. We should embed in the national consciousness the importance and significance of the Famine. Having a fixed date would enable us to work with children, schools and the next generation because they would be able to clearly see the Famine marked every year. This would enable the State to provide a much more rounded commemoration and to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Dormant Accounts Fund (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 774. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total sum of money that will be available to her Department from dormant account funding for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3864/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Dormant Accounts Fund (31 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 775. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projects she plans to support with the dormant account funding allocated to her Department for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 1704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the need to ensure increased funding is provided for the development of youth services, including capital funding for facilities, in suburban areas built in the greater Dublin and east Leinster commuter belt over the past 15 to 20 years in which there is likely to be a substantial increase in teenager population over the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Colm Brophy: 1705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide capital funding for the provision of new youth services facilities in areas of high demand. [1530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (6 Dec 2016)

Colm Brophy: 484. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the work of the Ferns 5 national steering committee and the implementation of the recommendation of the Ferns 5 report. [38329/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Provision (6 Dec 2016)

Colm Brophy: 485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for capital funding in 2017 for development of new youth service facilities and youth cafés. [38330/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Colm Brophy: ...It has not been filled. I accept that a process was engaged in to try to fill the post which was unsuccessful. I find it strange that it was unsuccessful. The impact this is having on parents and children in Dublin south west cannot be underestimated. I have had parents contact me who have been waiting since November 2015, which is a 12-month delay. I have had schools contact me who...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (19 Oct 2016)

Colm Brophy: 172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she intends to spend the additional €5.5 million funding allocated for youth work programmes in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30992/16]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2016)

Colm Brophy: ...in residential areas, including long-term, persistent or illegal parking near to junctions and corners of roads. It is an incredible contributing factor, particularly to accidents involving young children, when vehicles are parked in that way. When children are emerging from their houses or drives, be they walking, on bicycles or whatever, there is the potential for them to emerge...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children First Guidelines (28 Sep 2016)

Colm Brophy: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures to be rolled out to ensure the implementation of Children First guidance in schools as provided for in the action plan for education; and if it is intended that all school staff will receive training in Children First. [27632/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children First Guidelines (28 Sep 2016)

Colm Brophy: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the provision of additional support to the professional development support for teachers, PDST, to support the implementation of Children First in schools as provided for in the action plan for education. [27633/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children First Guidelines (28 Sep 2016)

Colm Brophy: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the introduction of compulsory Children First training in teacher training colleges and for newly qualified teachers as part of their induction training. [27634/16]