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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an SNA (details supplied) will receive pay increments; and if any further information is required by the Department to progress this application. [24642/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional students who have enrolled in secondary schools since 1 January 2022 to date who are Ukranian refugees, by county, by school planning area or electoral area and by school. [24753/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional students who have enrolled in primary schools since 1 January 2022 to date who are Ukranian refugees, by county, by school planning area or electoral area and by school. [24754/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded cases of infection from hospital utensils and equipment and so on, in each acute hospital in each of the past five years. [24879/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank our guests for being here for this useful engagement. I previously had the opportunity to engage with at least two of our guests when they wore different hats. I congratulate them on their recent appointments. I missed the committee visit to the Bishopstown campus because I had Covid-19 at the time. I have since had the opportunity to visit. The questions I intended to ask were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I allow our other guests to respond, I might ask Ms Feehily to address an issue she raised in her opening statement, that is, the issue of borrowing funding and the mechanism in that regard. She might speak to that issue when she is answering the other question. Have we any sense of a timeline from the Department as to when these issues-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On attracting people to compete with industry and instruct people, is there an issue with pay?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Sometimes there is a need for cash too.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I will put on the record, on behalf of Deputy Tully, that she also shares some of the concerns that I previously raised about summer provision.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that all Ukrainian children and young people arriving in Ireland have access to adequate education and schooling; and the resources that she has provided to facilitate same. [23699/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Thousands of school-aged children and young people have arrived into Ireland from Ukraine over recent weeks. I am seeking an update on what is being done to ensure all Ukrainian schoolchildren receive a school place, and on the supports they will have.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: With the limited time I have, I want to flag that children and young people arriving here from Ukraine have had their whole lives uprooted. I acknowledge the huge work that has been done by schools to try to facilitate them by going to significant lengths. Is there a specific funding stream in place for schools and Ukrainian families for the purchase of uniforms and schoolbooks for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bullying in Educational Institutions (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to address the issue of the development of a new RSE-SPHE curriculum, which seems to be progressing extremely slowly. There are a number of issues tied up in this. There is a need to expedite divestment but even within that, we need to ensure there is a bare minimum standard in terms of RSE that every school can expect. The Minister will know that attention was recently drawn to a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom cuidiú le mo chara agus leis an méid atá ráite ag an Teachta Gould. Is scéal dearfach é sin. D'éirigh go hiontach leis an scoil in ainneoin nach bhfuil foirgnimh aici le breis is 30 bliain. It has been a very long and difficult road for this school, but despite that it has thrived. I am encouraged by what the Minister has said, but I hope...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish an expert review group to examine the minimum qualifications of special need assistants; if recommendations will be issued in relation to same; if she will delay contract negotiations until this review has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23693/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We spoke earlier about SNAs and the respect shown to them. One of the key demands they are making now relates to respect and their qualification criteria. The request is not big or excessive. It is that there would be an independent review to examine the minimum essential qualifications of SNAs. Will the Minister of State commit to such a review and the implementation of its recommendations?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The short version of the Minister of State's answer is that the Department will look at this matter in a few years. I am trying to imagine an alternative discussion. Imagine the UCD course did not exist. We might figure out exactly what we are asking SNAs to do before we design a course. The course is very beneficial. There were difficulties with accreditation and we had many debates...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Again, this is pushing the issue down the road for a few years. Let us play this forward. The Department carries out the review and there are public sector pay talks, followed, I presume, by an agreement. I then come back and raise the question of holding an independent review in, say, a year and I am told there was a review of the contract and it is the way it is. The public sector pay...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not dismissed. Can I correct that?