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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered establishing a national voluntary redeployment panel to allow teachers who wish to relocate between schools in different counties to keep their permanent and contract of indefinite duration status and allow easier transfer. [63596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (18 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1086/23]

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I add my Christmas wishes to the Minister, his departmental staff, my colleagues in the Opposition and in the Government, and the Oireachtas staff who do such a crucial job. I was relieved to see the increase. It is not perfect. There are questions and issues to be addressed, but I was relieved. The issue of income thresholds was something we increasingly saw in our offices. It...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is the Government's motion

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Dec 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are on secondment from schools to the TES section of her Department. [61943/22]

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is, unfortunately, all too rare that debate changes opinion in this House but I welcome the fact that the Minister is listening on this occasion and has moved to an extent. It has been clearly a worthwhile endeavour to have the additional time to debate and tease this out. The Opposition has had an opportunity to clearly articulate the position and the reservations that exist. I...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tá sé seo sách ráite cheana féin ag cúpla Teachta, na Teachtaí Shortall, O’Reilly agus Cullinane ina measc. Cuid bhunúsach den fhadhb ná an tslí inar cuireadh soláthar ar na seirbhísí sna Stáit Aontaithe, in ainneoin go raibh go leor daoine ag rá go raibh baol ann de bharr na gcaighdeán sna labs sin, an...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ar an gcéad dul síos, tréaslaím leis an rún seo ó Pháirtí na nDaonlathaithe Sóisialta. I commend the Social Democrats on this very well put together and timely motion. It contains a number of suggestions which I urge the Minister to take on board. The current crisis in our schools is quite profound. It exists absolutely everywhere but is most...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Dec 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 239. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who it is alleged has been imprisoned in Pakistan for the crime of blasphemy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59977/22]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The previous speakers have outlined clearly that Sinn Féin supports the legislation, although we will be tabling amendments because we recognise the reality that many families rely on health insurance because they feel they have no choice. That is not a reality that we savour or are heartened by. In truth, we have a very poor model, a model that is expensive and ineffective because of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister. I have acknowledged that some actions have been taken, albeit more in the primary area than the post-primary area. The Minister has acknowledged that despite these actions, which have helped to some extent, work remains to be done to address the teacher supply challenge and particularly to ensure the availability of sufficient substitute teachers. I imagine these...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht bheith anseo chun an ábhar dáiríre seo a phlé linn. I thank the Minister for being here. I understand she has a meeting later today with the stakeholders to discuss this very important issue. It is an issue that is escalating quite significantly. The Minister will be aware of its seriousness but for the benefit of the House...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The €46 million for school transport under cost-of-living measures was announced before the budget. At the time of the budget, the Minister indicated she had received clearance from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for additional funding for buses where students who previously had a concessionary place on which they had come to rely did not secure a place in September...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome the fact that Fórsa and the Department reached agreement on a deal for school secretaries earlier this year. That pay deal, I understand, was to be backdated to September 2021. Has that been processed at this point in time? Where does it stand in terms of increased pay for school secretaries? With regard to Western Building Solutions, or whichever contractor was involved in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am not looking for the Minister to comment and perhaps it is not possible to put a figure on it. Has the Department budgeted for it in the abstract?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does the Minister have a rough timescale for completing that?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not have a lot here. Many of the questions have already been asked on maintenance grants and funding. I have one observation and one question, maybe and I will see if there is any follow-on from that. The Estimates include a lot of one-off reductions, and they are all welcome things, such as the one-off reduction in the undergraduate student contribution, the one-off reduction in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It related to Generation Apprenticeship.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I did not know that, but that was not to what my question related. Generation Apprenticeship is a brand, if not a programme. It is a collaboration between SOLAS and-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: If there is not already a budget line for something like that, there should be. It is going to be important to have a clear means of communicating and challenging the social attitudes that exist around apprenticeships and trying to address that. It will require a concentrated approach.