Results 101-120 of 392 for speaker:Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: The same parents, SNAs, teachers and principals in Kildare have expressed concern about the allocation model based on a whole-school approach. Many SNAs and parents - mostly parents, probably - are worried that SNAs supporting mainstream children will be pulled into a specialised setting, instead of additional SNAs being sanctioned. That would be essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: I do not think that is the entire concern. The concern is that some schools are losing their allocations as SNAs are moved into special schools and special classes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: It is a really quick one on the increasing review applications. There were 1,000 extra in 2024, up to 1,400 from 450 in the previous year. Does anyone have any idea why we are seeing that level of increase?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the full implementation of screening for spinal muscular atrophy as committed to in the 2025-2030 Rare Diseases Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50764/25]

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: The roll-out of the school transport scheme in Kildare this year was a complete shambles, as my colleague just said. On the first day of school, my phone and inbox were flooded with messages from parents who were informed at the very last minute that their child's bus route had been cancelled. We know that in some of these instances no bid was made on the route, yet parents were left...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Education and Training Provision (23 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 530. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the opposite trends in the direction of preschool (decreasing) and school age (increasing) services over the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (23 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 603. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the HSE's assisted human reproduction services to provide for IVF for families using a donor, addressing the current exclusion of single parent, queer and heterosexual families with fertility issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on measures taken since the beginning of the 34th Dáil to enhance the supply of therapists available to provide direct support to children with additional needs in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49979/25]

Special Education School Places: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Ó toghadh mé, tá mé tar éis labhairt leis na scórtha teaghlach, teaghlaigh a bhfuil iachall orthu troid lá i ndiaidh lae ar son an rud is bunúsaí atá de dhíth orthu, oideachas ceart dá páistí. Parents are sick and tired of fighting. They are carers and workers, often raising other children too, and they are forced to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the Irish Ambassador based in Vienna has met with the Mayor of Vienna in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in both primary and post primary who are currently without an appropriate school place for the year 2025-2026, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with more than six hundred students. [48617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of applications for disability allowance that were refused in each month for the first eight months of 2025, in tabular form. [48615/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 917. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing new no parking cones in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48616/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1096. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children waiting for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in south Kildare; and the average waiting time for each service, in tabular form. [48614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in paediatric anaesthesiology with exposure to paediatric intensive care medicine based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1281. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds fissure sealant treatment to children through the school dental programme. [48611/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthoptists employed by HSE in CHO7 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1289. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in primary care in south Kildare; and the average waiting time for each service, in tabular form. [48659/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1461. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and details of funding drawn down for projects awarded under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme for the past two years in County Kildare, in tabular form. [48613/25]