Results 81-100 of 322 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: The counsellor-student ratio should be 1:1,000 but at the moment I think it we are at 1:1,500. We need to bridge this gap. I am glad to hear about Togetherall and that it is a 24-7 service but is there a waiting list for it? Students struggling with their mental health today should not have to wait weeks for help. They should not have to choose between paying rent or paying for therapy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: We all want to work together for fairness, justice and equality in education and one of things we can do to help us is the reform of the SUSI grant. For too long, SUSI has been a barrier rather than a bridge for many of our young people. This is supposed to be a scheme which enables access to education but instead for many it is yet another wall that blocks their future. Let us speak...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I am glad to hear the Minister will be looking at this but there are other people who for myriad reasons - some deeply disturbing - have had to leave home and are living with other family members. They are independent but do not have bills, rent or other things in their name and are finding it difficult to get evidence that they are separate from their parents. As there is a breakdown in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reform the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, assessment criteria for independent living given that students under 23 years are assessed as dependent on their parents even if they live independently, as are those over 23 years who cannot leave home due to the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26577/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: There are issues with the SUSI grant and people being able to access it. Will the Minister reform the SUSI assessment criteria for independent living? Students under 23 are assessed as dependent on their parents, even if they live independently, and those over 23 who are forced to live at home due to the housing crisis are assessed as dependent on their parents. Will the Minister reform SUSI?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: My apologies, I mixed up the questions.

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome this motion from Independent Ireland. As someone who was an unpaid carer for my husband before he passed, I have lived the reality of a system that does not value care work, whether it is done in the home, in our communities or in nursing homes. I know first hand the emotional and physical toll and the financial hardship carers face every single day. However, I would do it again...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: More than 15,000 children are now overdue their assessment of need. That is 15,296 children who could be left with a decline in their quality of life. It is 15,296 children whose development and learning will be potentially impacted, who could be missing out on opportunities for support, who could be missing out on therapy and other services that could help them reach their full potential,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the promised increases to the disregard for carer's allowance to €625 for a single person and to €1,250 for a couple, will come into force; what the disregard for a carer's savings will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25376/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 748. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she could outline the interventions that can be made to assist in the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an autism diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25163/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 771. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the interventions to be taken to assist with the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on the revenue generated by third level fees, from 2020 to date in 2025, correlated and broken down by year, in tabular form. [26023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the estimated full-year cost of reducing contribution fees by €1,500 in year one, by €1,500 in year two, with an overall reduction of €3,000 over two years, by year, in tabular form. [26024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the estimated full cost of extending the 'fund for students ' with a disability (FSD) across all further education and training FET courses, over two years, by year in tabular form. [26025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the estimated full cost of extending SUSI to postgraduate fees for qualifying students over two years, by year, in tabular form. [26026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the estimated full cost of increasing SUSI maintenance by 15%, both adjacent and non-adjacent, over two years, by year, in tabular form. [26027/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: We are treading a precarious line when it comes to our National Ambulance Service and its duty of care. I was recently contacted by the parent of a 21-month-old boy who had a seizure out of nowhere. This young child was unconscious for several minutes, but it took 66 minutes for an ambulance to reach him. Time and again we have instances like this where people are experiencing unimaginable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (15 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the waiting times for long-stay visa applications under the "join family" category are influenced by the permit type of the person they are joining in Ireland; the current waiting times for families of those on critical skills employment permits and those on general employment permits; and if he will make a statement on...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I speak today about something that touches every community, family and sector of our economy. I refer to the power of further education in an ever-changing Ireland. We are living in a time of profound transformation, technologically, economically and socially. In such a dynamic world, education is not just a tool for personal development; it is the backbone of national resilience and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Investigations (13 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request an impact risk assessment on the health impact of autism and Alzheimer’s disease due to increases chemtrail activity over Ireland. [23483/25]