Results 1-20 of 279 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Many schools across the country are struggling to keep the lights on. That is not my opinion; that is fact. A new survey has highlighted the huge increase in the costs that schools are grappling with. In the past five years insurance costs have increased by one third, while utilities soared by 50% and cleaning costs by 80%. However, funding for schools has not gone up. The capitation...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to redesignate special schools that cater to children with mild general learning disabilities. [30858/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I wish to ask about schools that cater for young people with mild general learning disabilities. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Scoil Eoin in Crumlin in my constituency and seeing the absolute care and love in that school for those students. I was really taken with how well they are provided with an excellent service for their education but also for their future. What will happen...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I accept there are children who will pass by special schools to go to other schools because there is no capacity for them in that school, whether that is because of the admissions policy or because of what they are catering for. Notwithstanding that, could we not as a country, seeing as we are quite rich, have schools that cater for mild general learning disabilities as well as schools that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: To that end, could we pause that for this September so that those schools can be engaged with further by the Department and the Ministers to allow them to negotiate a timeframe for those students who are already in the school but also for students coming in? I want to make clear I do not want to delay any child getting a school place for September. That is not my intention and I know it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure consultation with stakeholders while rolling out Leaving Certificate reform. [30861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of children without an appropriate school place for this September. [30860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit a sufficient number of SNAs, therapists, SLTs and OTs to match the demand of SEN students this September. [30859/25]

Proposed Approval of the Agreement Between the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ireland: Motion (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Today's motion is a very important milestone in Ireland's journey as a modern knowledge society where research, innovation and international co-operation are placed at the centre of national development. The decision to seek associate membership of CERN is not just a symbolic act; it is a declaration of intent and a clear statement that Ireland sees itself as a serious player in global...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: My question is about flood risk and insurance. A number of people have contacted me because they are not able to get insurance in the first place, or when they want to switch to a different insurance provider they cannot because of the risk of flooding. With the rising possibility of floods in the future, what can the Government do to ensure homeowners and potential buyers are able to...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Thank you. As I was saying, hospitals, homes and humanity itself have been reduced to dust and they will read about a world that watched. They will ask every one of us, "What did you do? What did Ireland do?" I ask every Deputy here what they will say in response. As a mother of four, I really struggle to watch the television. I struggle to see those dead children and babies wrapped in...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I am here today with a very heavy heart, and I have an unwavering sense of duty, not only to this House but to the generations who will read about what is happening right now in the future. Someday, maybe in 20 years or 30 years, school children across Ireland will open their history books and they will come upon a chapter entitled "Palestine". They will read about the tens of thousands of...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: That is not right.

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Several times other people went over their speaking time.

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Several times.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been instructed not to accept any more junior infants from the local area. [29081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the schools that are providing summer education programmes in Dublin south central, in tabular form. [29136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools engaged in the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment, in tabular form. [29142/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment to other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29143/25]