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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I acknowledge that there is complexity to this but my understanding of the situation on the ground is that the under-resourcing is so severe – I know Mr. Chambers is one of the people trying to resolve that and it is not necessarily his fault or anything like that; it is people working with him – that children and others in serious circumstances are referred to primary care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mr. Smyth said there approximately 100 students in training programmes every year but far more than that come through psychology degrees. Obviously, there is a significant difference but it seems that between the two stages, we are losing a lot of people who might be fit to help. What is the reason for this? Where are these people going? What are they doing if they are not going into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing "ESD to 2030: Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development"; the amount that has been spent on this to date; and the estimated cost to fully implement this in each year and cumulatively. [56393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56392/22]

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will make a start, a Cheann Comhairle.

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh agus má thagann an Teachta Paul Donnelly, ligfidh mé isteach dó. It is good to see you back, a Cheann Comhairle back. Fáilte romhat ar ais. Tá sé go maith tú a fheiceáil i mbarr do shláinte agus do bheatha arís. On Irish Water, I might surprise the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, by starting out with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Skehard Road.

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The word "debilitating" has been used in a few speeches. From the few people I have known, both through my office and in the community generally, who have suffered from long Covid, that is precisely the word. It has laid them completely low. It is quite a serious illness. Previously very energetic, active people who were very involved in the community struggle to get out of bed or maybe...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On Tuesday, more than 100 people, many of whom were elderly and vulnerable, were on trolleys in Cork hospitals, between Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital, CUH. That occurred on 25 October, with the worst of the winter yet to come. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, is looking for a number of measures to ensure the situation in CUH does not deteriorate in...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The situation that we face this winter has the potential to be severe. Regrettably, there is a need for urgent action, including additional generation of power. For that reason, we do not oppose the legislation, but we have some concerns about the manner in which it is being processed. I accept that it is frustrating when we see the situation, we are in. It is due to Government policy in...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht teacht os ár gcomhair. Ní baill den choiste mé ach tá suim agam san ábhar seo. Tá dhá chuspóir tábhachtach á bplé againn anseo; ar an gcéad dul síos, go mbeadh leanaí le riachtanais speisialta oideachais in ann páirt chomh iomlán is gur féidir leo a ghlacadh i...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ceart go leor. Is cóir dúinn a bheith ag smaoineamh ar na catagóirí éagsúla i measc leanaí le riachtanais speisialta. Tá leanaí ann nach bhfuil muinín acu nó nach féidir staidéar a dhéanamh ar an nGaeilge, tá dream eile gur féidir, agus tá dream eile arís a mbeadh ag iarraidh staidéar a...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ceart go leor. Tuigim é sin agus bhí a fhios agam go raibh dlínsí eile ina bhfuil a leithéid de dhíolúintí ann. Táimid tar éis cuid mhaith athbhreithnithe a dhéanamh ar ár gcóras le blianta beaga anuas agus bheinn ag súil gur bhunaíomar na hathruithe sin ar an gcleachtas is fearr idirnáisiúnta. An cheist...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Aontaím le sin go léir agus is cinnte gur cás uathúil é seo atá an-dhifriúil ó chúrsaí i Sasana agus sna Stáit Aontaithe. Tá sé sin fíor cinnte. Is teanga mionlaigh í an Ghaeilge ach tá ról lárnach aici in oideachas an Stáit. É sin ráite, tá intinn an linbh mar an gcéanna i...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Sin an méid uaimse. Is ábhar deacair agus casta é ach tá sé tábhachtach go mbeadh an t-eolas idirnáisiúnta is fearr againn nuair atá cinntí cosúil leis an gceann seo á dhéanamh.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas leis na haíonna as a bheith anseo. Tá cúpla ceist agam dóibh. Ar an gcéad dul síos, dírím ar NEPS agus ar an Roinn. D’éist mé leis an bpíosa deireanach agus is fíor go bhféadfaí go mbeadh deacrachtaí ann do leanaí atá ag foghlaim Béarla don chéad uair. Ó thaobh...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Aontaím le gach rud ansin. The only thing I would say is that one would have hoped that we are more aware of and that there is much more investment in this area but one would have also hoped that that would have helped lift the load and that would have made it easier for children who in the past may have had to do Irish with no additional support. Perhaps, it should be easier for those...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I would greatly appreciate seeing more posts of responsibility and I hope that we will see that in the time to come. Those developments are to support the schools generally and are not particular to the Irish language. One point I wished to pick up on statistically was where Ms Mannion said that at post-primary level the position has remained static, by and large. The number of...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My final question for the Department is the point I raised previously, which is that in any arena we need to look at international best practice. Obviously, other jurisdictions are different and there are probably limits on the comparators we have in the cases of the majority language and minority language dynamic. Having said that, a child is the same in every country, as is their ability....

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is léir go bhfuil an-dúil ag daoine ina bheith ag úsáid iompair phoiblí ach caithfidh an t-infheistiú a bheith ann chun gur féidir le daoine a bheith ag súil leis go rithfidh seirbhísí in am agus go mbeidh na feithiclí sábháilte agus glan. I commend the work my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, has done in this area. The motion...