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Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the increase in the number and types of apprenticeships that are available. There is no doubt that the workforce and our working lives are very different to when I started working on building sites many years ago but the basic issue remains the same. We treat apprentices differently from other workers. They are learning on the job but they are also working on the job and they...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Many of us met advocates from the Irish Wheelchair Association yesterday. One of the issues they raised was the loss of personal assistants, PAs, and the difficulty in trying to get more. Some of this has to do with pay parity and pensions for workers in sections 38, 39, 56 and 10 bodies in the charity and voluntary sector. These skilled workers are voting with their feet and leaving in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision will be made for the cost of resitting a driving test; and the efforts being made to reduce the waiting times for repeat tests. [30324/23]

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the publication of the youth justice strategy. I commend everyone who works with young people to try to guide them from the path of criminality to living and contributing to our communities. The strategy will guide a multitude of projects, agencies and support services for young people in our communities. There is no doubt whatsoever that early intervention and prevention of...

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: It is wrong context. You talk about context, but it is wrong context.

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: We all know that the term "free education" is a myth at this stage. As we have heard, a staggering 66% of parents find back-to-school costs an additional financial burden. The cost of schoolbooks remain high. There are elevated student fees and costs for travel, accommodation, uniforms, stationery and extracurricular activities. Every year, the issue of iPads is raised. People have to...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I wish everyone all the very best for Saturday and the Pride march in Dublin. It is something that many of us look forward to for the energy and fun, while we also recognise the serious message of the day concerning LGBTQI+ rights. I can remember my first Pride march in the early 1990s, leaving the Garden of Remembrance with my two children, Seán and Kerrie, who were in a double pram....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and percentage of staff based at either the Irish Embassy in New Delhi or Consulate General Office in Mumbai, who are fluent in speaking and or writing in Hindi. [29437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the frequency with which the help and emergency push-button system on train stations' platforms are tested to ensure that the help or emergency buttons are in full working order. [29427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new DART and commuter rail carriages coming on board in the next few years will have automatic retractable ramps covering fully the gap between station platform and train carriages at all stations where these new carriages will be in use; and if not, if Iarnród Éireann will carry out the necessary improvements needed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the incapacitated child credit from €3,300 to €3,500 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW intends to put out a tender for the provision of restaurant/café service at Dublin Castle during the remainder of 2023. [29426/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on class sizes increasing by approximately 35% to 40% due to a reduction in the staff allocation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 35 additional WTE psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [29424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in each teacher training college for initial teacher training for primary school teachers for the past three years, including 2023. [29425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met the CEO of Screen Ireland; the issues that were discussed; and when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [29423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of introducing a cost-of-disability payment of €20, €25, €30, €40 and €50 per week to support the additional costs as a disabled person living in Irish society, as set out in a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda cars and vans that have been added to each Garda district within the DMR division to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serious and fatal road-traffic collisions that gardaí attended between Junction 6 and Junction 15, in both directions on the M50, in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Dublin crime response team. [29431/23]