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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: It is a busy afternoon, Ceann Comhairle. I thank Deputy Tully for raising this very important matter. I am glad to have the opportunity, on behalf of the Minister for Education, to update the House on the response. On primary school staffing, the key factor in determining the level of staffing resources provided to an individual school is the staffing schedule for the relevant school...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy for raising those concerns and this issue. I am glad to have the opportunity to work through the Department of Education's planning and how the model was arrived at whereby Ériu Community College will relocate from Hansfield to Hollywoodrath. To plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, the Department divides the country into 314 school...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I pay tribute to the Deputy's ongoing advocacy for the special education sector and special educational needs resources. He has been a strong advocate for that over the last term. I am taking this question on behalf of the Minister for Education. I will outline on behalf of the Minister how the Department and the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, continue to support children...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: It is a complex matter, as I understand, and there have been a few twists in the tale already, which is probably unfortunate. I thank the Deputy for raising the question and for his continued advocacy for Ballincollig, Cork and the wider special educational needs sector over the past four and a half years. He has been a strong advocate for them. The Department continues to engage...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Licences (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Senator for raising this very important matter. I acknowledge his ongoing work and dedication to building relationships with legislators in other jurisdictions, working with both the Irish community and the broader community in other areas. This question is very much a thematic of his approach and I know that does not happen by accident but by hard work and diligence. These...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Licences (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Senator and I have carefully noted what he said. The argument is well made and I will be certainly happy to take that away and to do further analysis on it. I will ask the RSA to provide further detail on the analysis it undertook. I note also with interest that the Senator suggested that a Canadian province licence is compatible where there is perhaps an exchange agreement...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. I am aware of his ongoing advocacy for his constituency, especially the County Monaghan area. I know that this project is of great importance to him and the users of the service. I will take this opportunity to state the Government’s commitment to supporting disabled people to live ordinary lives in ordinary places, even...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I again recognise the Senator's continued advocacy for this centre and for communities in County Monaghan. I once again restate the Government's commitment to providing services and supports for people with disabilities, empowering them to live independent lives, providing greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhancing their ability to tailor the supports required...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Prison Service (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Senator. At the outset, I wish to acknowledge her advocacy for this sector and many other issues in the justice area. As she said, I had the pleasure of working with her on the justice committee for a number of years. I also thank her for arranging a visit to Mountjoy Prison in which I participated. She worked with the inmates through the medium of drama, essentially, an art,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Prison Service (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: Again, I thank the Senator for raising this issue. I note what she said in her responding remarks. As the Senator is well aware, sentencing practice and sentencing per se is a matter for the courts and the trial judge as opposed to any politician or government. The Prison Service is thereby obliged to accept into custody anybody who is sentenced. That is wholly a matter for the courts to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the Senator for raising the matter. I stress that enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for the Government. The SET allocations provide additional teaching support for students with special educational needs enrolled in mainstream classes in primary and post-primary schools....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Senator for raising the question and giving me the opportunity to reassure him and the House that the Department of Education and the NCSE are committed to ensuring that all children can access an education suitable to their needs. Additional teaching and SNA resources are being provided in budget 2025 to ensure a record number of SETs and SNAs in schools in 2025, supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: The Road Traffic Act 2024 makes changes to default speed limits on three classes of road, in line with the Speed Limit Review which my Department published last year. These changes mean that default speed limits for national secondary roads will come down from 100km/h to 80km/h, those for local roads will come down from 80km/h to 60km/h, and those for roads in built-up areas from 50km/h to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: The operation of traffic lights, including signal timings and calibration, is the sole responsibility of the road authority in question. The Deputy may wish to bring his query to the direct attention of Dublin City Council and Kildare and other relevant County Councils.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: 320. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue where a person has been waiting for a hip replacement surgery for an extended period of time (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43609/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: 323. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a major lack in GPs in the Naas area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43618/24]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: It is a pleasure to be before the committee for my first and probably for my last time in the term of this Dáil. It is good to join the members. I nearly went to the wrong side of the committee room out of force of habit. I will give a brief opening statement on the Bill. It passed through Second Stage quite recently. I appreciate the committee's accommodation in taking Committee...