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Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister is very welcome. I thank her for producing legislation to underpin this process. It is timely and important. We worked together to waive the necessity for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, which was a good sign that we would work on this together. Respectfully I have to disagree with my Sinn Féin colleague on the issue of canvassing. The Labour Party is quite...

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

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Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is quite unusual.

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is quite unusual for a contribution to be interrupted in that manner but, obviously, ordinary rules do not apply in certain circumstances. I hope my time can be replenished. My point is that, regardless of the very unusual circumstances, we have to send out a message that strictly no canvassing can take place on any level whether the student is aware of such canvassing. If we dilute...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the increasing concern of a shortage in places, long waiting lists and the number of students with no place identified in second-level schools in north County Dublin for September 2021; and the action she is taking to resolve the issues. [25499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been given to a moratorium on the reduction of teacher and SNA allocation numbers in any school in September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25500/21]

Loan Guarantee Schemes Arrangements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is a technical Bill which does exactly what it says on the tin. It gives the relevant Ministers power to enter into agreements with the SBCI to implement loan guarantee schemes. The reason for the Bill's introduction is to enable the Government to deliver the Brexit impact loan scheme. The cost to the Exchequer of the Brexit scheme will be a maximum of €29 million with up to...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Deputy Barry for proposing this Bill, which the Labour Party will be supporting. Oftentimes we come in here and try to make Government the enemy. Sometimes that is theatrics and sometimes there is a genuine reason behind it. In this instance, the Government has absolutely no defence. It has no defence in respect of this issue, the treatment of the Debenhams workers or the Duffy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (11 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the capacity of schools in the local area of Chapelizod, Dublin, due to a number of housing developments in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (11 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to transition for wards of court into the new systems and procedures established by the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and the protections that are in place to protect the interests of such wards of courts from diminution of their assets following decisions taken under the Act....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Advanced Healthcare Directives (11 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 795. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taking to establish a register for advance healthcare directives as part of the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [24123/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank all the contributors for their excellent presentations. This is an important topic. We discussed it last week also. I made several points last week on the change in the nature of bullying. It now follows the victim all around the place because of the advent of social media and smartphones. Often, there can be confusion over the definition of bullying, which involves repeated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am conscious of my time. Ms Brady wanted to comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is a very strong point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is a massive problem.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (5 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have Irish sign language incorporated into her Department’s curriculum in order that it can be taught in schools and considered a subject for the junior and leaving certificates; and if she will instigate a plan to do so if none exists. [22582/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all methods, systems and algorithms which will be used to adjust calculations to leaving certificate grades both those achieved though accredited grades and those achieved through examination; if those grades achieved through examination will be more, less or equally subject to adjustment by the process; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the guests. I am happy for any of them to take the questions. My first point concerns the general issue of bullying in society, which children are aware of. I suspect that bullying is very different now from how it was 20 or 30 years ago because, from my observations, it has become mainstream and features in media, game shows, reality TV shows and politics as well. I sometimes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Dr. Noctor indicated a wish to comment.

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — the special interests and strengths of people with autism are a vital part of our society and we lose out when their unique insight, experience and contribution is lost, and that they require and deserve inclusion, equality and accountability; — for people with autism and their families, the delays,...