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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her Department and the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, have identified the number of places in special schools and special classes that will be required next September; if so, the number; and the number of places above and beyond what is currently available that will be required; and if all named parties are now...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In the late summer of last year, a lot of time was dedicated to ensuring there were adequate places in special schools and special classes. At the time, we all agreed it was important that this year we would be as far ahead of that as possible. That said, I have already heard from four or five families in my constituency, and I was just speaking to Deputy Clarke about Athlone and various...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There was a bit of that. It was fairly broad brush strokes. I have acknowledged and welcomed some of it in the past. The question is specifically about the number of places. As things stand, the NCSE should know how many places are available in special schools and special classes. It should also know how many children require those places. Anecdotally, on the ground, it seems that this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State offered to provide numbers. Given that such information was sought in the question, I would welcome some numbers in her final response. I am aware of one particular child who is in a special junior school, who has applied to five or six different schools. The child does not have a place for September. I know other families whose children are in unsuitable places,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends to ensure that the 10% of post primary schools without school halls can be provided with same. [5248/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent change in position with regard to funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5250/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in ensuring that children attending a school (details supplied) have access to school transport. [5251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the consultation on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [5247/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure energy use in schools is addressed, with particular reference to installation of solar panels and retrofitting. [5249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that her Department did not provide the course for SNAs at University College Dublin with level-7 accreditation; and if her Department will review this decision. [5254/23]

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I add my voice to those of the preceding speakers. It is vital that we ensure the redress process moves forward but the way this is being circumscribed is unacceptable, unconscionable and unreasonable. It is quite arbitrary in lots of ways. A man came to visit me in my constituency office on Monday. He wanted to tell me about his experience. I told him that typically when we instance...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (1 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As a small aside, it is a bit peculiar to make reference to districts given that the new operating model is based on the divisional model, as the Minister of State has mentioned. The districts are not really the metric any more. Making a comparison with 2015, which was the lowest point, is something of a distraction. In any event, we are focused on a particular part of the district, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (1 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I ask the Minister of State to listen carefully and to take note. I await his answer with interest. I hope we see some positive news in it but even if we do not, the crucial thing is that this message is relayed back to the Department, the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice, Deputy Simon Harris. Carrigaline, for those familiar with it, is a large town of some 15,000 people....

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The situation in Cork and Kerry is as bad and perhaps worse than in most places. There are 857 children waiting, the largest number in any CHO. Some 296 children have been waiting longer than a year. In recent days, we heard worrying news from SIPTU about serious staffing issues at the Aislinn inpatient unit at Bessborough where only 58% of nursing posts are filled. This has a knock-on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach will be familiar with the situation regarding the drug Cariban. There was an announcement of a reimbursement fund, which was welcomed. I have been contacted by many constituents about this, and I know the Taoiseach commented on it before Christmas. Women who are struggling with hyperemesis have the choice between suffering with this debilitating condition or finding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the free schoolbooks scheme for primary school children will commence in September 2023. [4726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Covid cleaning grant for schools will be continued for term 2; and when the payment schedule will issue. [4727/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Mr. Loftus for his presentation. I also thank him and his colleagues for coming before the committee. The appendix Mr. Loftus has provided is quite useful. My first question relates to an issue I raised previously with the planning and building unit. It has to do with the provision of school halls. Approximately 10% of post-primary schools do not have a hall. I have come...