Results 101-120 of 459 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of children in the past five years that have left school before completing the Leaving Certificate or LCA; whether they were in mainstream school, special education, DEIS or private schools, in tabular form. [35209/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of children by age leaving school in the past five years that have left school before completing the Leaving Certificate or LCA, in tabular form. [35210/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of children who left school in the past five years before completing the Leaving cert or LCA; and who continued on to a form of further education pathways. [35211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) have a class of 35 pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she still expects to meet the target of 19 pupils per class as set out in the Programme for Government. [35949/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of the Land Development Agency in relation to the purchasing of vacant sites and units that have the potential for significant residential development; the arrangements that exist for the purchase of such sites prior to them being placed on the open market in circumstances in which the ownership is under the control...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was denied carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35593/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for non-visa required international students having to show €6,665 in financial support to study in Ireland for an eight-month programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the new requirement for non-visa required international students to show €6,665 in financial support to study in Ireland for an eight-month programme; the impact it will have on students accessing education here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the current proposal to split Erasmus+ into a standalone mobility programme and a skills chapter of the competitiveness fund; the Irish position on this; the discussions that have taken place on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35205/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the completion percentages in apprenticeship courses at third level, in tabular form. [35974/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeship courses available at third level; and the number of apprentices enrolled, in tabular form. [35975/25]

Transparency and Social Value in Public Procurement Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time.

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank the Minister and welcome back everyone who was here very late last night. I welcome all the new people as well for today's meeting. I wish to discuss two connected matters and one that is separate. The first is the school completion programme. I always talk about it because I came from working in the school completion programme. Having spoken to colleagues over the past number of...

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Budgets are being managed so things have to be reduced because you have to pay staff. In the school completion programme, in order to fulfil all the things in a retention plan, something has to go. In the past, that has meant staff have gone on a reduced working year or have not taken increments. In a country so rich, it is not right. It also means services are not provided. For example,...

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: On youth work, I know it has only been part of the Department for a month. I look forward to seeing how that is elaborated upon in the budget. I cannot see the specifics of how it will work with youth work included in the Department. Youth work is fundamental to a functioning society. Every time I go to a community and safety forum in Dublin city, who is there? The Garda, Dublin City...

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: That leads to my final question. Youth work is very targeted in this country. It is for the most disadvantaged young people and young people who are marginalised in particular ways. Having been a youth worker, I would love to see youth work provided for everybody, so that the funding is not just for targeted supports. That is not to take away from them but it would mean every child, no...

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I welcome the extension of the free books scheme to leaving certificate level in the free education system. There has been talk from parents recently about the cost of uniforms. It is my understanding that a circular was published a number of years ago, which stated there should be generic uniforms on which logos could be ironed and so on. How is that being managed? If schools are still...

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: They might ask for funding for the icing-on-the-cake stuff as opposed to bread-and-butter stuff.

Select Committee on Education and Youth: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (26 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Yes. There is the perspective of the school but also the parents' perspective. Every year Barnardos issues a statement highlighting that the cost of returning to school is a problem for parents. There are grants. It is trying to mitigate against ever having a situation where families are struggling to get back to school with those increased costs.