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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can avail of employment in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15686/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can advise if ACRES will reopen later in 2023 for applications, and if someone did not submit an ACRES application in 2022 and is not on the scheme this year, can they still apply if opened again later in the year and be accepted if they meet the criteria of the scheme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. The HSE provides specialist disability services, including day services and rehabilitative training, to people with disabilities who require them. While day service funding does not include transport, some transport supports are provided by the HSE or funded agencies on a discretionary...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I will flag the specific case that the Deputy has raised with my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to make them aware of it and to highlight not only the reply that I have given him, but also what the Deputy has raised, that being, the inconsistent approach around the country. I thank the Deputy for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I had intended to make the point that each school can take account of the learning needs of children, as evidenced by performance in schools but also supported where relevant by information is provided regarding the nature of a condition a pupil may have. A process is available where schools can seek a review of their special education teaching allocation by the NCSE, including the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: Nearly all of them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I am not in a position to give the Deputy a time span here and now. I have given her the chronology of events, of which she is well aware. Indeed, she has told me that she followed the case and has read the judgments. Suffice it to say that I can make the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, well aware of the concerns the Deputy has articulated in the House this evening. I have nothing further...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for raising this issue as it gives me an opportunity to outline the current position regarding special education provision. At the outset, I will stress that enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for this Government. My colleague,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: Housing for All is a clear priority for Government and we are committed to delivering on the targets across all pathways of the plan. The delivery of social and affordable homes is central to the plan and is expected to comprise approximately half of housing delivery over the next decade. The provision of individual local authority targets and the development of housing delivery action...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, I thank Deputy Connolly for providing an opportunity to update the House regarding the recent Court of Appeal ruling on the policy directive introducing a ban on trawling inside the six-nautical mile limit and the events leading up to this ruling. As the House may be aware, in December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 units per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost-rental homes. Housing for All is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment Facilities (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, I thank Deputy Michael Healy-Rae for raising this important issue and providing me with the opportunity to address the matter. The programme for Government supports the uptake of Uisce Éireann's small towns and villages growth programme 2020-2024. The programme provides water and wastewater...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment Facilities (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I wish to thank the Deputy again for his comments. I appreciate his interest in wastewater in parts of rural Ireland without public water services. I have listened carefully to what the Deputy has said and I assure him that it will be kept in mind in the context of the evolving new funding measures. While the Minister has responsibility in ensuring the overall funding for Uisce...

European Council Decision: Motion (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: That is okay. It is no problem.

European Council Decision: Motion (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank the two Deputies for their contributions. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, this measure is essential to ensure the continued close law enforcement co-operation between the EU and the United Kingdom. It is vital we meet the highest standards possible when it comes to dealing with mutual legal assistance requests between EU member states and the UK. This proposal will see the...

European Council Decision: Motion (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I thank Senator Martin for raising this important matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley. Before I address the specific issues raised, I will provide an outline of the extent of the school transport scheme. The scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 149,000 children,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I again thank the Senator for the opportunity to update the House on school transport for the current school year. I reiterate that all eligible pupils who applied on time this year have now been facilitated on board a service for the 2022-23 school year. In addition, there has been a 40% increase in the number of tickets issued to concessionary pupils for the current school year, compared...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Josepha Madigan, I thank Senator Clonan for raising a very important issue. I stress that it is absolutely vital that every child and young person with special educational needs is fully supported in the education sector, whether this be in mainstream education or in a special class or special school. Significant investment and reforms have been...