Results 81-100 of 143 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: -----because it is not about that. I want to be very clear on that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Work Supports (26 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution. The increase in funding for youth work is very welcome. The role I had immediately after youth work was working in the school completion programme. While there have been increases in funding for both of those sectors, during the austerity era youth work and the school completion programme were cut so dramatically and so drastically that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Work Supports (26 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I congratulate the Minister of State on his new role. I wish him the best of luck and look forward to working with him over the course of this term. I will be speaking on pathways to youth work at third level. Youth work in Ireland is decades old. There are many types of youth work and they exist in every community in the country. Youth workers do a job that is sometimes mistaken or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of expenditure of public funds to private schools; the purpose of the funding, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of enrolment applications in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years, compared to the number of students enrolled in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin South Central; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of plans to build primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied). [14128/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is classified in their receipt of disability allowance as an adult dependent. [13934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to continue the success of Ireland’s membership of the European Southern Observatory by expanding access or creating more opportunities such as postdoctoral research for Irish astronomers. [13321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (25 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the implementation of support infrastructure for the European Southern Observatory for Irish astronomers similar to those announced following Irelands accession to CERN. [13322/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer. Yes, it is not the answer I want but God loves a trier. The reconfiguration process has been very slow to date. The previous programme for Government had it that, I think, 400 schools would be transferred. Unfortunately, that number has not been reached yet and I did not see it in the programme for Government this time. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: As this is my first Topical Issue, hopefully I will get the timing and all the rest of it right. I thank the Minister of State for taking this and wish him the very best of luck in his new role. I do not think I have congratulated him yet. Today, I am asking about families in Dublin 8 who are looking to have a multidenominational secondary school for their children. They have been...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Labour Party as an rún seo. Fáilte to all the young carers, those from Family Carers Ireland who are in the Visitors Gallery and those watching. I support this crucial motion because for too long, young carers in this country have been invisible as they work in their homes providing vital assistance to loved ones in their...

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as an tairiscint seo. I ask the Government to engage with the Opposition on housing because, frankly, the policies the former is putting forward are ensuring that people go into homelessness, and that includes families, children and hard-working individuals. They are facing homelessness and there is absolutely no reason for it. This scheme is a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve road safety in Dublin 8; if there will be enforcement of the clear way on Cunningham Road; if Memorial Gardens and surrounding access roads get a path, traffic calming, road markings and a stop sign and children crossing sign at the gate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on works under the emergency works scheme in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [12548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 807. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available to develop a basketball court in Crumlin; the Government’s plans to support a plan (details supplied) which aims to increase the number of registered basketball players from 31,200 to 42,000 by 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update of the number of convictions under 'Fagins Law' since it was adopted in tabular form. [12543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (19 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plan to expand the youth diversion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12551/25]