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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...disadvantaged by the error. Objectively, therefore, an injustice will have been done to them. Can any of us be surprised if a court decides they should be awarded deferred places? We need to examine this. Perhaps there is some opportunity in the places that will be offered to students who sit the exams in two months. I do not know whether some kind of mathematical exercise can be done...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The leaving certificate class of 2020 has endured an extremely difficult year. "Endured" is the only word for it. Three months before the examinations the schools were shut due to the public health emergency. As weeks passed, students faced the uncertainty of whether they would even sit the leaving certificate examination this year. There was postponement, cancellation and then...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: .... Many people who made major sacrifices over the course of 12 months are deeply disappointed and are frustrated by the fact that the recourse open to them is very limited. I ask the Taoiseach to examine the possibility of making a more substantial appeals process available to students. I also ask him to make a final and concerted effort to expand the number of third level places in view...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (30 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...that school is being forced to move all the way to Citywest, a choice that is not sustainable for many parents. People are concerned about the sustainability of the school. I ask the Minister to examine the position of that particular school. I take note of the final part of the Minister's answer that additional teachers and space will be provided. I would like her to tell me more...

Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...be addressed. There is also an issue concerning special needs assistants, SNAs. The Minister of State said she will cover the absence of SNAs. There are no SNA substitute panels. That needs to be examined and rectified. The Minister of State can take that as a constructive proposal. We have substitute panels for primary schools and secondary schools and there is a need for panels...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: .... We need additional release days for teaching principals to allow them to focus on making their school safe. We need more secretarial supports and schools need return-to-school aides, similar to examination aides. The Department is way behind the curve on all of these badly needed actions. In regard to online learning and the digital divide, the Government spent €60 million on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (14 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...referred to enhancing the organisational independence of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board. I hope that happens. Perhaps it needs to be entirely reconstituted. There may be a need to re-examine some of the cases it has dealt with or, at the very least, its approach in recent years. The State has incurred costs and it needs to accept that it is in the wrong and that there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is examining the abolition of the direct provision system and the replacement of same with a form of international protection and reception which can better respect human rights and dignity and to ensure own door accommodation for asylum seekers; and if an improved system of decision making in relation to applications...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (9 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...Affairs and Social Protection her views on the fact that schools may now be running out of budget for school meals for the final month of the primary school year; and if she will consider examining the extension of budgets for schools that are affected in this manner to ensure that no child loses out on nutrition that their families might also rely upon. [10178/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider arranging an alternative examination for potential leaving certificate students that will now not receive a calculated grade such as, for example, an online oral [9298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible to arrange a written leaving certificate examination [9299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the SIM model for SNA and special needs allocations does not allow for significant shifts within a class cohort within a year; and if he will examine this further [9306/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that service delivery staff had been employed for a number of weeks of the year by the State Examinations Commission will now not be employed disrupting their pattern of employment; and his views on whether functions can be found for the staff to ensure that they are kept in employment in view of the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...we can take out of the queues of cars outside schools and onto buses, the better. That would be of benefit in terms of traffic, climate change and many other areas. Additional funding for the State Examinations Commission would be welcome. There were issues in respect of the junior certificate and the additional examinations this year. I wish to flag the campaign backed by the Irish...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...and caused a chill in her. The request I made to the Minister in my letter was simple. It was that when somebody is charged with a very serious violent offence, the Prison Service should examine any existing phone number lists it maintains for prisoners to see if there are phone numbers of relatives or people connected to the potential victim and they should be removed. That is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...McGuinness asked the Taoiseach why there had not been an inquiry, for which the majority of the Dáil had voted. The Taoiseach rejected that and set out that the intent of the scoping exercise was to examine the different aspects and claims of the case and to attempt to scope out what an inquiry would look like. The Taoiseach also noted that the matters for investigation extend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Costs: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...to this issue and he might be in a position to respond. We have not discussed uniforms much but perhaps school boards of management, the JMB, the education and training boards and the CPSMA could examine the issue. While some schools have done great work in ensuring that as much of the uniform as possible is generic but other schools require a unique shirt or blazer and so on. That is a...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...that is appropriate. It would be difficult to have a review of the grounds given considerations such as security, prejudice and criminal investigations. I am not sure it would be possible to have an examination by the High Court judge of the Garda Commissioner's grounds unless the Garda Commissioner was in a position to be perfectly frank and I am not sure that could possibly happen in a...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...is a very dark stain on our history. It is welcome that this legislation has been brought forward but to some extent it was prompted by serious criticism from the Ombudsman and court cases. We are examining the legislation following recent stories in the news such as the recent case taken by Louise O’Keeffe and, similarly, those taken by women who were resident in the Magdalen...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...are right. I do not believe the three cent, or sixpence, limit is applied in practice, but the rate proposed in the Bill is a huge increase on the rate in the existing legislation. We need to examine revising it downwards from €10, a proposal we would view favourably. On a technical issue - I would like the Minister of State to examine this - I would have supported the...