Results 121-140 of 143 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I have not used that name since I was in school. Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as an tairiscint seo. Irish is a beautiful language with a cultural identity with which many people want to identify but do not because of the challenges they had in learning Irish in our education system. Our cultural identity with the Irish language is seeing...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: I wish the Minister the best of luck in his new role. I have been contacted by many constituents in Dublin South-Central since I was elected in November - in fact, when I was a councillor from June until November 2024, people were contacting me about this issue - about the lack of a Garda presence and the persistent antisocial behaviour around the Fatima Luas station in Rialto. It has been...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Jen Cummins: That organisation and my own local GAA club, Kevin's Hurling and Camogie Club, have been fighting for decades for sporting facilities. We are looking for pitches. I know we are getting close to St. Teresa's Gardens having those pitches and the same is true of Marrowbone Lane, but many of the children who need that service now will be adults by the time those facilities come in. In fact, a...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Coppinger as an tairiscint seo. While writing my speech, I found the words came with great difficulty. This was not because I did not know what to say, it was because I was afraid that once I started to speak I would not be able to stop and would get so annoyed that my words would go beyond what is allowable in this Chamber. Having listened to...

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach agus le Sinn Féin as an rún seo. Earlier today, I went onto the RSA website and input the location for my nearest test centre at Charlestown in Dublin. If I applied for my driving test today, I would be able to sit it in the week beginning 4 August. That is 23 weeks away. I did not clog up the system because I did my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (25 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023; if the Bill will be prioritised within the current Dáil term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7632/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 15 May 2024, to provide details of the tender documentation provided; to provide the options given of considerations for reduction in waste of packaging; and to provide all schools’ budget allocation and expenditure on school meals in tabular form. [6870/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the details of the process for quality checks of the Healthy Ireland Nutritional Standards for Hot School Meals. [6871/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for a person (details supplied). [6873/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: Families in Dublin South Central are contacting me because they are in fear of becoming homeless. This issue arose today a number times during the debate on our Private Members' motion. The home they are living in could be sold to Dublin City Council and the landlord is willing to do so. However, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has not allocated the funding for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: Several.

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: I wish to raise two points on the issue of housing - the housing disaster - and how it affects the education system. First, students who wish to attend third level courses in institutions of their choice are curtailed because affordable student accommodation is not possible. For the ordinary student, it is unaffordable. Therefore, they may choose a course that is not their top priority in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail the Government supports being given to Dublin City Council and Dublin South County Council for flood alleviation schemes for the Camac and Poddle rivers. [6479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the workforce planning currently being carried out by her Department in light of current projections for Ireland's school-age population and the consequent needs for teachers, SNAs, and ancillary school staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6473/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children and young people who currently do not have a school place in Dublin south central; and the planned course of action is to ensure that they receive an appropriate school place. [6477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the costing for hot school meals, per child, per school; and to identify the providers of the service, in tabular form. [6475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools refused the hot meals scheme; and the reasons given in each incidence, in tabular form. [6478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 208. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the resourcing and staffing for public health nurse for developmental checks in Drimnagh, Dublin 12. [6474/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: 209. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to provide free hormone replacement therapy; if people who have been charged will be reimbursed for this cost in January and February due to the promise that it would be implemented for free in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6476/25]

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Jen Cummins: I congratulate the Minister and the Minister of State on their appointments and wish them the very best of luck. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion on special education. I fully support it. It is time now for the State to take urgent action to ensure that every child has access to the education they deserve and have a right to receive. I have heard so many stories...