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Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Shane O'Farrell was just out for a training cycle when he was knocked down and killed in August 2011 in County Monaghan. We in the Labour Party extend our condolences again to Shane's family. The pain caused by his death has been exacerbated by how needless it was. There are many moments during which it seems obvious, if the State or agents of the State had acted differently or had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can explain the circumstances whereby a school (details supplied) was refused a grant by her Department to equip a sensory room because it did not have a door but when it contacted the section responsible for the provision of the new room to ask for a door, it was informed that the policy at this time was to only provide quiet rooms which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will the Minister shed some light on the rather bizarre scenario of a school in County Offaly being prevented from getting a grant for a sensory room because it did not have a door?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I raised the case in County Offaly of Shinrone National School but it is an issue that lots of schools could come across. Apparently, it is Department policy not to provide a door to the opening into a quiet space. This allows for active supervision of the quiet space from the SEN classroom. However, it is my understanding that there is a clear distinction between a quiet space and a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In fairness to schools and the Department, everyone is trying to do the right thing and ensure they can provide an environment for children in which they can flourish. These interventions are important. In terms of terminology and communication between Departments, we do not want a grant to be apparently refused because of a misuse of language regarding a door. We want different sections...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: With the greatest of respect, I cannot look a teacher or principal in the eye and say, "I know you really want resources but there is an OECD review". I cannot do that with any sort of straight face. I get incredibly frustrated when Government representatives tell me that some children who are disadvantaged do not go to DEIS schools. Every child who goes to a DEIS school, particularly in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will deliver on a DEIS plus proposal for schools in areas of the highest disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45280/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As the Minister knows, I have been raising the issue of the potential for a DEIS plus scheme over the last period. I know that the Minister, in her answer, will give me an extensive Government response on DEIS, its expansion and all that. I really need her to drill down into this specific proposal for trauma-informed supports for a number of extremely disadvantaged schools in a number of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am talking about a specific group of schools that the Minister referenced. I have met them. A letter was written by 30 or so principals in extremely disadvantaged schools in Tallaght, Ballymun and Dublin 17 in my constituency. They are witnessing things they never witnessed before. They are talking about intergenerational trauma. They say the Covid pandemic had a profoundly damaging...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is somebody else's fault now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Like others, I want to recognise my former boss, Joan Burton, in the Gallery. It is great to have her here. We are anxious to get this right. In this space, we have done well as a collective and Oireachtas. However, that has led to difficulties and added stress upon stress for those who feel the political system is not adequately reflecting in legislation what is needed. This is one of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Did they have a resistance towards formal education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Can that embed itself into the experience of a person if what they experienced as a child is so negative and abusive that a family member, including a grandchild, is attending school with a reluctance to enjoy the experience because of what they have gone through? Do previous experiences embed a level of educational disadvantage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Ms McDonnell Byrne. I do not know if anybody else wants to talk about the wider impacts of trauma in the family setting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Okay. Is it fair to say the witnesses broadly welcome the proposed legislation but feel elements of it need to be amended or improved, rather than us having to start from scratch? I think Ms Lewis spoke to this.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 2: In page 18, lines 16 and 17, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 16 down to and including line 17 and substitute the following: “(1) The Minister may, following consultation with the chief executive, appoint such and so many officers of the Minister as he or she may determine, to be members of staff of the Agency.”....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It still needs to be in the Bill. I am happy to withdraw the amendment and ask the Minister to reflect on it prior to Report Stage. It would give an awful lot more comfort to NGOs and others working in the area if it were stitched into legislation that the CEO had a consultative role with the Minister on appointments to the agency. I accept the Minister will not accept the amendment. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is more than one case in her Department where her education representatives have not engaged with the relevant contractor, arising from substantial building works; and to ensure that any snags or defects arising from substantial building works were remedied before the expiry of the defects liability period and if so, the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail how pyrite remediation was funded in each of the six schools it was identified in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44821/23]