Results 121-140 of 329 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the recent changes to the allocation criteria for additional teaching supports for children with complex needs in mainstream schools and assess the potential impact on their educational outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25284/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to retain qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for any additional funding and staffing resources that will be provided to support the expansion of the School Completion Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an assessment of the outcomes resulting from the 2022 expansion of the DEIS programme, including the impact on literacy and numeracy among newly included schools. [25287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for administration for the ICT grant to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount received by each school in the last academic year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the ICT grants to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans the 2025 summer education programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the summer education programme over the past ten years, including 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her vision for Irish-medium education. [25599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a draft of the policy for Irish-medium education outside of Gaeltacht areas will be published for final consultation with stakeholders; if so, when it is expected to be published; and if not, the reason. [25600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed membership, remit and reporting timescale for the recently-announced task force on Irish-medium education provision. [25601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the short-term activation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (20 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the Short-Term Activation Programme funding, by institution, in tabular form. [25552/25]

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: I am proud to stand here today as a member of the Social Democrats but also as a trade union member and activist for decades at this stage. I thank People Before Profit for introducing this Bill. At its heart, it is about fairness, dignity in the workplace and the fundamental right of workers to a collective voice. This is not a radical idea, but a democratic one. When workers organise,...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: I wish the Minister the very best of luck. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to today’s debate on the power of higher education, research and skills as economic enablers in a changing world. I echo what previous speakers have said about dropping further education. It is such a valuable part of that Department and I have seen at first hand how further education has changed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (13 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the number of multidenominational schools, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: 783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the appeal of a person (details supplied). [23678/25]

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: I thank everybody who participated in today's debate. More importantly, I thank all those parents, educators and campaigners across the country who continue to fight not for privilege but for parity and not for special treatment but for choice. This has been going on for 50 years. I have been a campaigner for multidenominational schools since 2007. As a family of a minority religion as...

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Jen Cummins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — more than 90 per cent of Irish primary schools are under religious patronage, while only 5 per cent are multi-denominational; — a survey by the Irish National Teachers' Organisation found that just 4 per cent of teachers think preparing students for sacraments should be the responsibility of primary schools, while more...