Results 1-20 of 322 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to broaden the criteria to allow more schools to be classified as DEIS schools; and if she will ensure that schools, such as one in County Clare (details supplied) which takes in students from three DEIS schools, are classified as DEIS as a consequence. [30557/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I acknowledge that there was an expansion of the DEIS programme in 2022. Given that we are in a cost-of-living crisis, will the Minister consider ordering another review and expansion of the programme? Will she also order a review of the qualification criteria with a view to broadening them out so more schools can be included in the programme? Can she also confirm that the period to appeal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Go raibh maith agat. Some secondary schools receive pupils from DEIS primary schools but they are not classified as DEIS schools themselves. In my constituency, St. Patrick's Comprehensive School is one of those schools that receives DEIS pupils. All of a sudden, there is a cliff edge for those pupils suddenly missing out on supports they badly need. These pupils are often from households...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome that. Hopefully, the expansion of this scheme will come in, especially for those in need and those in disadvantaged areas. We have seen a dramatic rise in the number of children in child poverty in the past year. It now exceeds 100,000 children, according to the Central Statistics Office. That is certain to mean that the deprivation profile of some of the schools that did...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he intends to take in response to Israeli forces recently shooting at Irish peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Lebanon, beyond strongly worded statements; if he agrees that it is past time to introduce sanctions against the Israeli state; and if he accepts that the arms and munitions used may well have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Springboard courses delivered by further and higher education institutes nationwide for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31429/25]

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

Donna McGettigan: I welcome the recent signing of the associate membership agreement between Ireland and CERN. It is a long-overdue step and Sinn Féin will support it. We commend those who have worked to bring it to fruition. Let me be clear, however: this membership is more than symbolic. It is a game-changer. Sinn Féin believes firmly in the transformative power of science and education. This...

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: In the middle of a housing crisis, there are more than 2,600 houses boarded up across this State. Some 91 of them are in my own constituency of Clare and of those, 18 have been empty for more than 18 to 24 months. This is not down to a lack of work on the part of Clare County Council. It is being hampered by a lack of Government commitment, a lack of action and most of all a lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 281. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the advertisement budget allocated to the permanent Defence Forces in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30289/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of NCT testers in the Ennis test centre, for each year since 2020, in tabular form; to confirm that the three recently recruited testers are additional staff and not replacements for testers who are leaving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Irish Rail spent on marketing campaigns in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; the WTE staff, by job title working in marketing department of Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30296/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 432. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified electricians and plumbers, by grade that are employed by the OPW in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30290/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 721. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE qualified historians by grade employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 722. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be available in Ardnacrusha County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to bringing legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny in autumn 2025 at the latest, and to ensure the full legislative process on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill is completed by the Easter recess 2026 at the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1041. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next three dates on which new Garda recruits will graduate from Garda Training College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1042. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked roads policing vehicles attached to Clare-Tipperary division as of 3 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1043. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if qualified civilian musicians can apply to join the Garda band or all positions within band reserved for sworn Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of containers inspected by his Departmental officials following arrival into Shannon Airport from 1 January 2024 to 2 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30301/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are in place to address the financial pressures and staff shortages currently being faced by the pre-school sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29243/25]