Results 141-160 of 392 for speaker:Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with additional needs with an appropriate school place in September that fits their educational need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 1316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of children waiting on a school place in south Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44411/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 2088. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the community policing unit in each Garda district within Kildare-Carlow division, as of 23 July 2025. [43200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 2146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for a visitor visa to Ireland from South Africa; the number of those still waiting on visitor visa approval from South Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Ambulance Service (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 2361. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child safety officer has been appointed to St John’s Ambulance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 2497. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she plans to sanction the final €5 million in funding needed to complete a complex (details supplied) which would, upon completion, serve to considerably reduce waiting times for assessments and therapies for children with disabilities.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43837/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 2533. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to allocating funding for after-school facilities as part of the National Development Plan Review 2025; for a breakdown of figures regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 3316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na pleananna atá aige maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge tríú leibhéal nua a chur ar fáil chun a chinntiú go mbainfear amach an sprioc inniúlachta 20% sa Ghaeilge d'oibrithe sa Státseirbhís roimh 2030. [40823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (29 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 3439. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a fhoilseoidh sé na caighdeáin teanga nua ionas gur féidir le obair leanacht ar aghaidh chun an sprioc 20% d'earcaigh inniúil sa Ghaeilge a bhaint amach. [40862/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to provide for specialised support for students with speech and sound disorders of a known origin, given that these children are currently excluded from enrolling in DLD/SSD special classes, and that no alternative supports are available to them, despite their needs being no less significant than those of children currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, before issuing 0039/2025, she has considered the unique and complex situation of the cohort of students that currently benefit from the specialised education provided at MGLD special schools across the country; if her Department is aware of the potential negative impacts of a forced redesignation on these students, as expressed by parents,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to deliver pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers to remedy the current situation of unfair situation under which different rights are extended to different types of employees with the same employer; if he will engage with the trade unions on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (17 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 481. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of crèches, by county, over the past five years, in tabular form. [40294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (17 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 483. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of crèche facilities in Kildare that have expanded their capacity in the past five years and in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40329/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: 484. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of changes in the number of preschools every year for the past ten years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40344/25]

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: We can measure the success of any society's progress on welfare, well-being and inclusion by looking at how it treats its most marginalised groups. We are failing our most vulnerable miserably here in Ireland. Last night, we heard no shortage of horror stories about women suffering as a result of poor treatment for endometriosis in this State, with an average wait of nine years for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe. Táimid an-bhuíoch. I have a question about a particular condition of the school transport scheme. A parent in my constituency of Kildare South emailed me. I have sent on the emails to the Department but have yet to receive an answer. She is in a particular situation where her two children are going to two separate schools, and one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: We are aware of that. When the children are not accepted into the same school and cannot get a place in the nearest school, can they then apply for the next closest school, even if it is outside the criteria?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: That is brilliant. I have emailed a few times but have not had any answer. Tá ceist agam maidir leis na páistí atá ag freastal ar scoileanna T1. I am looking for clarification. As we are aware, the demand for Irish language-medium schools is increasing. I know of situations where children have not been accepted into their closest Gaelscoil, although I understand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Is there an update regarding the progress on the programme for Government commitment to remove the age requirement for bus drivers? Is that part of the work agenda of the transport task force? Can we expect the findings of the task force on driver recruitment to be published?