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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf and hard of hearing children in second, fourth and sixth class who completed STen tests in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. [34850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average results achieved by deaf and hard of hearing children in second, fourth and sixth class in STen tests in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. [34851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the total State support for a second level DEIS school is the combination of State grant and budget for the running cost of the school and funding under the DEIS programme; if the derived total State support per DEIS student is consequently less for such a student in a voluntary secondary school compared with the total State support for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf and hard of hearing children in each year in deaf schools and units for deaf and hard of hearing children in mainstream schools. [34848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider putting in place a supplementary vetting or registration process for families that have made informal arrangements to take in Ukrainian or other refugees outside of the Departmental and Red Cross formal process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34724/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Stop blaming the DEIS principals.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Notwithstanding the Minister's goodwill towards my motivation, I am crushingly disappointed by her attitude to the Bill and by the Department's response to the Bill. It flies completely in the face of what the Minister is trying to do this week in respect of section 37A of the Education Act. We are told to rush through legislation this week in order for it to be ready for September, yet we...

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I was really uplifted by the Minister's remarks and his contribution to the debate. As has been said, debates in this House can often be quite negative and a lot of points can be scored, but the Minister's contribution has challenged us all to point to positives. We can point to a lot of negatives. We have to do that and to point to challenges. Only two weeks ago, however, I brought my...

Autism Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Autism Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for an autism strategy to be prepared and published, and to provide for related matters. It gives me great pleasure to stand in Dáil Éireann alongside my party leader, Deputy Bacik, to introduce the Autism Bill 2022. In April 2021, the Labour Party tabled a motion calling for a national autism...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 53: In page 38, line 21, after “requirements,” to insert “and”. The final part of this section, relating to conditions of funding, states, "to comply with such other conditions as may be determined by the Chief Executive Officer.". We want that removed. We do not see the need for the CEO to have such influence in this matter. That is...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 54: In page 38, line 22, to delete “thereunder, and” and substitute “thereunder.”.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 42: In page 35, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(b) the funding status of individual designated institutions of higher education;” .

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 51: In page 38, line 19, after “section 139” to insert “or to adequately explain non-compliance in accordance with section 139 (7)*,”. Amendment No. 51 seeks to have "non-compliance" explained adequately. Any reference to "non-compliance" as dictated in the Bill needs to be explained comprehensively. This a reasonable suggestion....

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 33: In page 32, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(c) the funding status of individual designated institutions of higher education,”.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 34: In page 32, to delete lines 24 to 36, and in page 33, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following: “(5) The Minister shall, for the purpose of preparing a strategy, consult with⁠— (a) representatives of students attending designated institutions of higher education, (b) designated institutions of higher education or their...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister was doing so well.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 14: In page 16, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “Academic freedom 9. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying or restricting the principle of academic freedom as provided for in section 14 of the Universities Act 1997.”.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 15: In page 16, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(c) support and recognise the application of the principle of academic freedom,”.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 17: In page 17, line 4, after “frameworks” to insert the following: “and to support the autonomy and decision-making capacity of designated institutions of higher education”.