Results 1,101-1,120 of 2,658 for speaker:Réada Cronin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the formal policy/procedure for assistance given by her Department to parents/guardians of children without a school place to assist them in getting an appropriate tutor for their child, given parents/guardians themselves report serious, unassisted effort is necessary in such regard, and that not every child requiring a tutor might...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Grant Scheme (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the hours and subjects offered to children in secondary school, but currently without a school place; whether her Department is satisfied these hours and subjects are sufficient for such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he intends to take to ensure that those people working in Section 39 organisations (details supplied) will achieve pay parity with their counterparts in Section 38 organisations or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44518/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Section 3 investigations conducted by Tusla in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, outlining the number in each geographical/educational area; and indicating whether primary school or secondary school, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44516/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of the Section 3 Investigations carried out in each of the years 2019 to 2023, inclusive, how many involved allegations in each of sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect or multiple type of abuse in each year, in tabular form, and delineating whether primary or secondary and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a solution to a situation regarding a school bus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44066/23]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I am also very glad to speak to this Bill on this Stage. Its wide provisions are welcome, particularly the piece in Part 2 to which the Minister of State referred earlier whereby a person who provides a character reference on behalf of a convicted sexual offender would be available to be cross-examined by the court. That is really welcome. I am also happy to say this is particularly...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: Gabhaim buíochas don Ghrúpa Réigiúnach as an rún seo. There has to be a real concern about the morale in the Garda and their stated positions recently. I do not want to get parochial around this. I have spoken about the fact that we have such low Garda numbers in north Kildare before. I believe that we are at a critical stage. I welcome the fact that the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether, given the shortage of primary teachers, and to assist those anxious to work in the area, she will liaise with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on reducing the length of the current PME postgraduate teacher training courses to perhaps one year; to remove from those who are already fluent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether, for those graduates anxious to enter primary teacher training, she will reduce the term of the current PME postgraduate teacher training courses to perhaps one year; to remove from those who are already fluent in Irish, some holding a master's degree in same, the compulsion to attend the Gaeltacht, both initiatives removing financial...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I agree.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I accept that. The workers who work in the Curragh fire station are extremely experienced individuals. Munitions are also kept in the Curragh Camp in Kildare and it is important that we have a fire service there. I went to have a look at the facility. When you lose something like that, it is gone and it is hard to get it back. Apart from the monitoring of munitions, every six months...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I would be delighted if that is the case.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will prioritise, as a matter of urgency, the retention of the fire station at the Curragh, its services being critical not only to our Defence Forces on-site, but also to the wider community, where frequently they are the sole fire service available, with such services being staffed and provided by highly skilled, committed, valuable...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I would like to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will prioritise, as a matter of urgency, the retention of the fire station at the Curragh Camp, its services being critical not only to our Defence Forces on-site, but also to the wider community, where frequently they are the sole fire service available, with such services being staffed and provided by highly skilled,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Tánaiste for his answer although I am a little bit perturbed that this would - I know he was working overseas at the time but it is a bit perturbing----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: It is a bit perturbing to hear that the first the Tánaiste heard about this was in the media. That is upsetting. I have met with a few of the families of the people who are working in the fire station there in the Curragh. Since I joined the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, I am really struck by the great sense of duty of the people who come in to talk to us, members of...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I wrote a couple of pages on this issue but I could have written a book on the state of school transport in north Kildare. The Minister knows how often I have been in touch with her about this, particularly about the 41 children from Rathcoffey and Straffan who are trying to get to school in Celbridge and Maynooth. She knows how often I have stopped her in the Chamber to tell her about the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reports (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the report on the Consultative Forum on International Security will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42552/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the structure and operations of the Civil-Military Defence Women's Network set up in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42553/23]