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Education (Voluntary Contributions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I find these debates depressing. There is an absolute poverty of ambition or vision in the Minister's speech and from her Department with respect to any real belief in what our education system could be like. In Finland 50 years ago they had an educational revolution. We have been through two crises in the last ten years. One was an economic collapse and we are at present coming out of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the staffing schedule for 2022-23 will be published. [13510/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: When will the staffing schedule for 2022-23 will be published?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I just want to know what "in the coming weeks" means. The Minister will appreciate that principals tell me that they need to plan for September. Even though it is off the front pages of the newspapers and outside the media circle of conversation, they are still dealing with Covid on a daily basis. I spoke to a teacher yesterday who said that approximately one third of the student body had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate all those factors and I appreciate the Minister's comments about the commitment of teachers, SNAs and school principals. I have raised, as have other Deputies, the need to analyse and quantify the damage to young people, which was outside the Minister's control, over the past two years in terms of social interaction, anxiety and loss of in-school learning. That point needs to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Textbooks (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the pilot free book scheme as announced in budget 2022; and when the scheme will be rolled out to all students. [13508/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Textbooks (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister will know that I have been raising the issue of a free schoolbooks scheme for many years now. I want to see one in this State that mirrors the one that is available in Northern Ireland, where no parent pays for a schoolbook. The Minister has initiated a pilot scheme. At what point can we expect to see a free schoolbook scheme in every school in the country at primary and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Textbooks (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I can tell the Minister where the strengths are. She just has to look across the Border. Anybody from the North who comes to live in the South will tell her that it is ridiculous that they have to go scrambling around looking for a book list and trying to get schoolbooks for the new school year. They just do not think it is their role. All of these conversations at school community level...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Textbooks (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will make a prediction for the Minister. In years to come, people will think it is ridiculous that we had this debate about children having free schoolbooks because it is such a basic provision. It is provided in so many European countries for free. You only have to go across the Border to witness it. I will ask the Minister a blunt question. When will the pilot be done and when will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Textbooks (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I know about it because the Labour Party introduced it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that many SNAs already hold qualifications at degree level, that most have achieved at least a level six qualification; and the progress that has been made in establishing binding review of the SNA qualification system with a view to acknowledging the real educational levels of SNAs which will enhance respect and support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will work with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify suitable sites including on existing schools in an area (details supplied) for early childhood education to help resolve the crisis in early childhood education provision; and her views on whether a move to a State-backed early...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when decisions will be made on individual schools for the expansion of DEIS status for non- DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet a group (details supplied) in order to establish equitable treatment in terms and conditions of employment particularly regarding security of tenure. [13513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time babies remain in the care of their mothers in prison; the number of babies currently residing with their mothers in prison by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13621/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pregnant women who have been cared for in prison in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [13622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of babies who were born to pregnant women in prison in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [13623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of antenatal education care classes the prison service provides to pregnant women who may be in prison during their pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the support and provision of services pregnant women in prison. [13624/22]

Education (Admission to Schools) (Co-Education) Bill 2022: First Stage (9 Mar 2022)

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

Education (Admission to Schools) (Co-Education) Bill 2022: First Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to disapply at separate future dates, in relation to recognised primary and post-primary schools, the exemption provided by certain enactments from the prohibition against discrimination on the gender ground in educational establishments, and to provide for connected matters. I thank my Labour Party colleagues for...