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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will speak of Ukrainian children who may come into our education system. A child coming to a new country, walking into a classroom and not understanding what anybody is saying faces a particularly difficult experience, especially if that child has run for his or her life. Children of Ukrainian-Irish families and children of a Russian background in our school system will also need support....

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We thank very much all the Deputies across the House who will support the motion and we commend the work of Senator Sherlock, who, on having examined the Government's proposals, committed to producing her own legislation, which she is now pursuing. The Government's proposals, which would require employees to wait up to 26 weeks before they could ask to work remotely and a further 12 weeks...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I know the Minister cannot necessarily direct institutions but he does give them money and could attach a few conditions to that. I agree with him that we need to think differently about education and learn something from the pandemic. Indeed, the idea of having an institution without walls is something I am particularly attracted to. However, the fact is that issues in respect of renting,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As the Minister will know, people with disabilities have lower rates of progression to third level. My colleague, Senator Hoey, has been speaking on this recently. They have lower progression rates to third level than the general population. The Association for Higher Education Access and Disability, AHEAD, reported that approximately 12% of students disclosed a disability in a recent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will the Minister issue a directive to further and higher education institutions to retain certain flexible teaching mechanisms after the pandemic to support disabled students, those who cannot afford to live in university towns and those who are immunocompromised?

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Deputy Tully for the work she has put into this motion. In my work, several things strike me when I meet the parents of children with additional needs. I refer to the exhaustion and the frustration, as well as the challenge of dealing with a diagnosis that can be quite difficult. It is a learning process. Parents can be dealing with a diagnosis they did not know anything about and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the ongoing severe restrictions to visiting in public hospitals or attending accident and emergency departments with vulnerable adults, adults too ill to advocate for themselves and adults who need support for any reason; if the policy can be reviewed given that all other Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. As the Chair said, I will have to leave the meeting after this. I am very impressed with the presentations. Many of the witnesses speak about access, those on the margins and disadvantage. We still have an issue in Ireland with functional literacy with 17.9% of our adult population functionally illiterate. It is something we regularly discuss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is a much more equitable suggestion than, for example, that of a student loan system. I believe this committee was unanimous against that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am quite sure we will be in conversation again.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (2 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the processes that are in place in her Department to help and support children and young adults who are subject to expulsion from schools; if there is ongoing research or data on the social, economic and educational outcomes for young persons expelled from school; the efforts that are made to try and improve outcomes over extended timescales...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am greatly encouraged by the Minister of State's response. The vision the Minister of State is outlining is something that I really welcome. The possibility that we will have an audit of the sporting needs of any given community, and that the local authority will be the driver for that, is something that will be welcome. I look forward to working with the Minister of State on it. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not need an answer. I am okay.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of unsuccessful applications that were made for the recently announced sports capital and equipment programme; and the amount that has been set aside to cover potential successful appeals. [10150/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I join the other Members in what they have said about the next phase of this process. I would also ask if we have a vision into the future so that we could front-load funding for local authorities. I believe that, in certain circumstances, there are clubs that have expertise within them, perhaps those who have greater education or that have planning experts, engineers, barristers, teachers...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Events (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In the context of what has happened in Ukraine this morning, I ask the Minister of State to give a sense of what his Department can do and what supports he can give to the Ukrainian community here in Ireland through the various organisations with which he has strong relationships. My question relates to the proposed bid for the European championship football tournament in 2028, for which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Events (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The nervousness that comes in from football people, who will have different viewpoints on this, is that major infrastructural deficits exist in Irish football. There is controversy over the Dalymount Park plan that is the heartbeat of Irish football, traditionally. There is controversy over what will happen to Tolka Park. One third of all League of Ireland footballers only have a junior...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Events (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate that. The general point is that if one thinks about where football is, its interaction with the education system is minimal compared to other codes. There is greater energy and atmosphere around the League of Ireland than there has been for a number of years. I look forward to going to Dalymount Park on Friday evening to support Bohemian FC. The infrastructure around the...