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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Textbooks (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Excuse me. That was probably out of order. I accept that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the preparations being undertaken by her Department and the National Council for Special Education for admissions to special schools and special classes in September 2023; if it has forecasted the number of places that will be required; and if all parties are now beginning to analyse where it may be necessary to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Bearing in mind the discussion on special education on RTÉ, where we need to get to with special schools and special classes is not where we were in the past couple of years, which involved panic in April and May over where children would go. I have already been contacted by parents about September 2023, and some were worried about September 2024. We need to ensure the forecasting is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the growing difficulties regarding shortages of teachers at post-primary and primary schools and the impact that it is having on schools; and the action that she intends to take to address this. [58460/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I blame the national broadcaster for my delay and I apologise for that. The Minister will be familiar with the survey that the Irish Primary Principals' Network, IPPN, published last week during its conference. It found that some 52% of school principals in County Kildare did not have their full quota, 65% in County Dublin and 46% in County Wicklow. Similar problems exist at post-primary....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Many of those measures are for the longer term. The Minister will tell me it is the job of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage's, which it is but some of this problem to the fact that teachers cannot afford to rent or get a mortgage in or around Dublin, Cork or Galway, and a whole-of-government approach is required. Regarding what the Department of Education and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister answered several other questions but she did not answer the questions I asked regarding additional positions. I do not believe that is necessarily what will resolve it at primary level but I am talking particularly about post-primary level where some teachers work on a part-time basis and others do not have a permanent contract. If they can be offered a permanent or full-time...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Textbooks (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that have been taken to further the budgetary commitment to providing free schoolbooks at primary level; if she has engaged with the relevant stakeholders since this announcement; and if she will outline the model that will be put in place. [58461/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Textbooks (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am encouraged by the commitment to free schoolbooks. Myself and Sinn Féin have raised this issue for several years at budget time. I regularly make the point that we are 70 years behind the North in that. To get that delivered is not just a case of announcing it. We need to know what the model will be, where suppliers, publishers and so on fit in, and how schools will manage it....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on ensuring that all children who require school transport have access to it; and if she will provide an update on the progress made in ensuring that those with concessionary passes from previous years are being accommodated 2022. [58468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the commitment to a comprehensive Irish language strategy from early years, through school to third level; and the actions that she has taken in furtherance of this (details supplied). [58467/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the primary school curriculum; and when she expects the curriculum to be published and rolled-out. [58470/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas lenár n-aíonna go léir. Tá go leor le smaoineamh air ansin agus moltaí atá an-úsáideach dúinn mar choiste. I thank the witnesses very much. It has been one of the most interesting sessions. I apologise for being late. There was some traffic on the way up due to the change in the layout of the Dunkettle roundabout. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am sure I could give Dr. Muldoon 25 minutes and we could probably fill that out. It is one of those issues with which we have to grapple. I see that Ms Connolly is indicating. I might throw in one more question for Barnardos. It seems to me that young people do better when they have a sense of purpose and when they are involved in things. While sport is obviously excellent, sometimes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes. I will pick up on some of these points. It occurs to me that some of the challenges concerning access to devices, and I see this in me, is the impact a phone and social media have on concentration and focus. It is all the more so for young people who have hardly known any different. That is why things like sport, gardening and growing vegetables and creative writing are all so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Dr. Muldoon and Ms Connolly. Does Ms Moran wish to comment on the role of libraries?

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tá mé ag roinnt ama leis an Teachta O’Rourke. I thank everyone involved in and taking part in Science Week. It is an important initiative that gives us an opportunity to platform science and how it affects and shapes our everyday lives. The pandemic, perhaps more than other times, brought the role of science and scientists centre stage and into everyday conversation....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mar is eol don Taoiseach, bhí scéal ann i dtaobh míle leanbh i gConamara a chaill amach ar bhéilí scoile de bharr gur tharraing an comhlacht a bhí ag soláthar na mbéilí amach. The Taoiseach may be aware that in Connemara recently, 1,000 children lost their school meals because the provider ceased to provide them, citing financial pressures. This...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I echo the call from Deputy Bacik on a debate on the abuse in Blackrock College and the Spiritans. The revelations over the course of the past week have been absolutely horrifying. It is clear that there will need to be a response from the State that will need to be thoughtful, considered and in line with the needs and wishes of the survivors and those who have bravely come forward. That...