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Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 suspended a worker's right to seek redundancy payments when laid off or put on short-time work due to the pandemic. Deputy Nash of the Labour Party tabled an amendment that would have dealt with this issue at the start of the pandemic and, perhaps, saved the State some share of the burden that may now be necessarily placed...

European Union Regulation: Motion (3 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party supports Ireland's opt-in to the 2021-2027 asylum, migration and integration fund. We take issue, however, with some of the on-the-ground reality within the European Union towards refugees. Statistics released by the Greek Government and confirmed by the UNHCR set the total number of arrivals to Greece in 2021 at 8,000, of which roughly half arrived by sea. The Greek...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Yesterday, I wrote to the Minister for Education about the leaving certificate, asking her to clarify two matters. The first was what would happen if a student contracted Covid-19 during exam time and what contingencies are in place for that. I also asked her to waive the exam fee, which is €116 for the leaving certificate and €109 for the junior certificate, and I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) to assist with transport to the nearest school with a suitable available place for their needs as supported by a clinical psychologist and the school principal. [5273/22]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I urge the Taoiseach to go down to his local second level school at the next opportunity, to walk into the sixth year class and observe the students all wearing masks, with the windows open, to count the number of teachers and students who are out because of the pandemic, and tell them that everything is going back to normal. The Taoiseach knows that if the schools were closed, the...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is absolutely unfair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. This is my legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am just grateful to the Houses of the Oireachtas for facilitating a Bill like this. It was chosen through the random-selection process as a Private Members' Bill on a Thursday evening and the Minister gave 12 months for it to be assessed, and here we are. It is a great credit to the Oireachtas that a Bill like this can get to this point. I will start with a point of agreement. All of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This provision was included in the legislation because of lobbying from a certain cohort that wanted it to be put under the radar. When the 2018 Act was passed, it was progressive legislation and most attention was paid to the abolition of the baptism barrier. We all felt it was progressive legislation, but I made these arguments in the Seanad when it went through. I was voted down and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give certainty and fairness to the leaving certificate class of 2022 and work to develop a hybrid model leaving certificate similar to the previous two years. [4655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the free schoolbooks scheme as announced in Budget 2022. [4690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address higher energy costs within schools. [4691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether single sex schools are an outdated model for both primary and secondary schools; and the steps her Department will take to migrate to a fully co-educational model. [4656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the SNA sector and its trade union to agree a new minimum qualification requirement at QQI level 6 for all new SNAs. [4657/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a museum (details supplied) will open again; and if the museum will continue in the current form as a public museum for the foreseeable future. [4428/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am happy with the response. I would again like to point out that even if this only affects a small number of people, for them it is overwhelmingly significant. The defence is that this is not normally utilised within the school experience. If someone is on the rough end of this it does not matter how many schools across the country use it or not. The school that person wanted to attend...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I congratulate my colleague Deputy Nash on putting forward the motion. We did not just start talking about the cost of living today or yesterday. In every budget proposal the Labour Party has put forward in recent years, we have chosen direct State intervention instead of tax cuts because we believe in that. The Minister of State, the Government and the Tánaiste in particular will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that have had HAP payments ceased due to arrears in 2020 and to date in 2022, by local authority; the average length of time the households were in arrears before payment was ceased; and the average rental arrears owed by households at the time HAP payments ceased. [3759/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants in receipt of HAP who have transferred to a local authority or approved housing body tenancy since 2014, by local authority in tabular form. [3760/22]