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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disadvantaged Status (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I understand that the Minister needs to put these things on the record, but I hope that in her next contribution, she might be able tell us more about the appeals process. As I have said, there will be schools that are disappointed. The other issue is that the appeals process needs to be a bit more dynamic, perhaps, than the existing process. We are dealing with five-year-old...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disadvantaged Status (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I hope the Minister can tell us more about that as the process goes on. The Minister also raised the issue of stakeholders. There needs to be a sea change in how the Minister and her Department show co-operation and partnership across the Dáil. We first contacted the Minister on 26 April 2021, which is almost a year ago now, because we wanted to work with her on the new DEIS model....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the extent of forward-planning undertaken by her Department to ensure that all children with special educational needs receive a suitable school place in their local area. [13484/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish an expert review group to examine the minimum qualifications of SNAs and issue recommendations on same; if she will delay any contract negotiations until this review has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her long-term plans to ensure canteen and physical infrastructure is provided to all schools across the country. [13485/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for summer provision 2022; the capacity planning that has taken place to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of her Department to date on the reform of the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13486/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detailed breakdown of Vote 26 subhead A15 across new primary schools, post-primary schools, special schools, school halls, canteen facilities, laboratories and any other relevant information. [13584/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special needs assistants hired since 12 October 2021. [13585/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special education teachers hired since 12 October 2021. [13586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on the capital expenditure allocated by her Department for the purpose of retrofitting schools and for the purpose of erecting solar panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13587/22]

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The price of fuel and cost of living generally are issues we have been talking about for well over a year. It has come right to the centre of the debate now but let us be honest, the issues in respect of the cost of living have been raised by many, not just the cost of fuel but also the cost of childcare, rent, housing and all these issues. The cost of fuel is now creating a massive issue...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis na Teachtaí Tully agus Cullinane as an rún seo a chur le chéile. We parents have to fight tooth and nail to get the basic supports for our children. [...] We feel outcast and abandoned. [...] We have given up our jobs to care full time for our children with no support. [...] I am scared and upset, I don't know what's ahead for my...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Táim sásta deis a bheith agam labhairt ar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan agus é a cheiliúradh. The truth is that gender equality or, more properly, gender inequality comes into almost every aspect of our lives. This year on International Women's Day we focus on breaking the bias, stop a chur leis an gclaonadh i dtreo dearcadh nó gníomh áirithe...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have appealed their SNA allocation by county in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [12641/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have appealed their special education teaching allocation by county in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [12642/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (8 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were received by survivors of industrial and reformatory schools for redress under Caranua; the number of these that were successful; the number that were unsuccessful; and the number of applicants who have not received a response to date. [12952/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (8 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that remains out of the funding allocated to Caranua for redress for victims of industrial and reformatory schools. [12953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (8 Mar 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the Inter-Departmental Committee to address the needs of survivors of industrial and reformatory schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12954/22]