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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Patronage (29 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I was just asking myself the same question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Patronage (29 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Minister's bona fides in this as well. I know there will be learnings from the pilot divestment programmes. However, we must acknowledge that those whose agenda is to keep the status quoknow what buttons to press with the local parental body. They know what to say, and they know about information and disinformation. They know how to shrug their shoulders when questions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Patronage (29 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Acting Chair for allowing me to contribute on this question. These processes are being set up to fail. Two processes in my constituency have failed because, even though the Minister promised that the parents of potential pupils in the areas around the schools would be consulted, that did not happen. The archdiocese can press all the buttons it wants and then get what it wants,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (29 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the proposal to create a DEIS plus band for schools with high levels of support needs to assist with disadvantage; and if she will consider creating a DEIS plus model to provide additional supports to pupils who need it. [31596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (29 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ban voluntary contributions in schools in view of the escalating costs on parents; and if she will implement the financial supports necessary in order to be able to fund those services currently funded by voluntary contributions. [31595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason ICT grants were not given this year; if she is aware that many schools had built the ICT grant into their funding model to avail of lease agreements and that the withdrawal of the ICT grant leaves a gap in funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31597/23]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "— resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12 and 17 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2023 and ending on 29th June, 2024; and — for want of any or any adequate...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister of State has to accept the Government is making a bags of this. It threw in an amendment in the Seanad at the last minute and now the Minister of State is coming in here for a guillotined debate on an amendment that could have extremely far-reaching consequences and he is telling us to just accept what he has read out. There has been no proper oversight, scrutiny or...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Why have a parliament then? What is the point?

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Every expert says they are real.

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We are resolutely opposed to amendments Nos. 2 and 18, which together introduce section 26A and provide an overbearing and easily abusable opportunity to stifle democratic oversight. Subsection (5) of the proposed section encapsulates the problem the Minister of State is curating. Under it, "confidential information" means "information the disclosure of which could, in the opinion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made for the provision of autism classes in the Knocklyon area at primary and secondary level. [31507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the appeal of a child (details supplied) who has been refused a remote access boarding grant to study at an all-Irish secondary school on the basis that the child was refused a place at the local Gaelscoil because of the lack of sufficient Irish of the student, despite the fact that school is oversubscribed; and if she would...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Human Reproduction (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Government’s position on implementing the recommendations of the recent report titled: ‘Review of Children’s Rights and Best Interests in the Context of Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) and Surrogacy in Irish Law’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31403/23]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I would like to move amendment No. 2.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will wait until I can speak to my amendment.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will speak to my amendment if that is in order. I thank the Cathaoirleach Gmíomhach for the clarity. We support amendment No. 1, which was tabled by Sinn Féin. Our amendment proposes: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: ": — resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12 and 17 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss potential modification of the operation of the deposit return scheme to ensure it does not have the unintended consequence of providing a competitive advantage to large-scale producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (27 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to bridge the gap between the tax relief rates available to drivers and passengers under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, as passengers are currently entitled to €6,000 more a year than drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (27 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of the final draft report of the school facilitator in the Raheny Diversity Pilot initiative to parents of children in Raheny who have requested one, noting that one has already been provided to the Catholic archbishop as patron. [30506/23]