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Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: Especially if they have to repeat modules in August.

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: The Minister had a very late evening yesterday and here he is again, working hard and fresh with his answers. I thank him. I am delighted to see the move forward in this area. I have four sets of questions. On accommodation, in each university or third-level institution, will there be student accommodation on site? The Minister does not have to tell me all the figure if he does not...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as an rún seo a thabhairt. For the previous nine days or so, chaos and confusion has reigned. It has been an omnishambles of a will they, will they not? There have been three different proposals as to how putting the student contribution fee up by €1,000 might look. Fees will go up by €1,000, followed by discussions about a...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: That is very welcome but words are one thing. We need action. I did not come in here to lecture the Minister, although I was a lecturer in DCU and as was my educational role previously, I will set some things out. Sometimes in this House, we forget what the rights of young people are. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights explicitly states that everyone has the right to education and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (8 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether TUSLA staff have been provided with a practice directive policy or internal guidance concerning the use of physical restraint in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37863/25]

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

Jen Cummins: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support people learning Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37899/25]

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

Jen Cummins: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit teachers qualified in Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37900/25]

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

Jen Cummins: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit more teachers with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37901/25]

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I represent Dublin South-Central which is a densely populated area. A huge amount of building is going on, particularly in areas like Bluebell, Inchicore, Ballyfermot, Park West and around that area. Our access to rail is actually quite limited. The Luas goes through it but it is constantly jammed. Bus services are being re-evaluated at the moment in terms of BusConnect and people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the witnesses, especially the parents, for coming in. It is very difficult to come in to a committee. I am very new on this committee as well, so I still find it a little scary coming here. However, I am not talking about my personal experiences, whereas the witnesses are. I commend them on that. It is not right that they have to come in here and fight so hard for their children....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and the overview provided. How will parents notify the NCSE that they need an additional space? Should they ring the NCSE? What happens? Will there be a social media campaign and maybe a campaign on the airwaves and television about that? We all know about that because we are here but I am not sure other parents know about that so how will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: Parents do not get circulars.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: It might be easiest for me to set out all my questions. Take a situation where a child reaches 18 and should progress to the next stage but cannot for whatever reason and while the parent and the school are saying that, the NCSE is refusing that. That needs to be re-evaluated because the parents and schools should take precedence. Does the NCSE have a role in transport for children with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health patients currently receiving treatment in facilities in the United Kingdom funded by the HSE; the length of time each patient has been receiving such treatment; the total cost of these arrangements over the past 12 months; the reasons patients continue to be treated outside the State and whether there are any plans or strategies...

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: It is a defining moment for the preservation of our history. The GPO is fundamental to our past but it is not a relic. It has huge potential. I am lucky to live in Dublin South-Central, where Deputy Ó Snodaigh also lives and where history and historic buildings are preserved and celebrated. They include the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Kilmainham Gaol, and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Of...

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: In recent months, since the Government was formed, there have been announcements about additional school places for children and young people with additional educational needs, be it in special classes in mainstream schools or in special schools. There have been promises that special education will improve. I know the Minister of State and his officials are trying their best in every way to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: Some of the parents in our school system are having to act like fundraisers because the schools are not fully funded. I know the Government has increased the capitation grant, which is welcome. However, having spoken to many different schools, DEIS schools in particular, I know that fundraising is very difficult because families are struggling with general day-to-day costs. The same is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: -----but I am wondering about forward planning. I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how young adults who leave State care and have no access to their parents' citizenship documents due to no contact can access passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance for his plans to address the current situation in a residential site (details supplied) in accessing home insurance which is preventing people buying the apartments. [35947/25]