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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Education is about ensuring that every child can reach his or her greatest potential and thrive. Obviously, that means a great deal of different things to individual children and families. For children in special schools and children in places like St. Killian's Special School, which is a remarkable place, therapies are absolutely crucial to ensuring that those children can reach their...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Gould for raising this really important discussion. My colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for disability, Deputy Rabbitte, is fully committed to the continued development and enhancement of children’s disability services through the implementation of the progressing disability services roadmap for service improvements from 2023...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Crowe for his engagement and passion to see that this project is delivered in a timely manner. I can confirm that Tubber National School is due to receive a capital grant approval in the coming days for the initiation of the delivery phase. The next step in the process will be for the school authorities to again engage with the consultant and with the approved appointed...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (8 May 2024)
Water Services
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (8 May 2024)
David Stanton: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue and the Minister of State for being here this evening. I have been raising this matter consistently since 2016. I raised it in a Topical Issue debate here on 30 May 2023. I also raised it with the Tánaiste on 18 April last. Since 2016, on and off, we have had a boil water notice affecting up to 10,000 people...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (8 May 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for raising the Whitegate boil water notice issue. The issue of safe drinking water has national and local importance. I appreciate Deputy Stanton's concerns for the communities affected. The Deputy will appreciate that the operation of Whitegate regional public water supply is a matter for Uisce Éireann, which has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Alan Dillon: I again thank Deputy Nolan for raising this important matter on behalf of Charleville National School and for giving me the opportunity again to reassure the House that the Department of Education is committed to the accelerated provision of this modular accommodation to meet the urgent school accommodation needs. It is important that the officials in the Department of Education continue to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
School Accommodation
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue matter this evening. Tubber is a very small village situated right on the Clare-Galway border. It is a few kilometres south of Gort and a few kilometres north of Crusheen. It is a beautiful village. I am sure that as a Mayo man, the Minister of State can almost imagine how rural, scenic and beautiful Tubber is. In 1852, like...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Alan Dillon: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter and for providing the opportunity to outline to the House the current position with Tubber National School on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley. Deputy Crowe has been a real advocate in relation to the concerns and issues raised in his own constituency in County Clare. I refer to the current position of an...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for that good, positive response. It is in line with what the Minister, Deputy Foley, communicated to me earlier. It is really good news. I have a few points to make. I will not name a Department official because it is not fair to do so in this Chamber but there is one official who has been outstanding on this matter. I and the school have plagued him...
- Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)
Amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1 put.
- Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)
Seán Canney: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (8 May 2024)
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (8 May 2024)
Seán Canney: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss funding for youth services in counties Laois and Offaly. Deputy Joe Flaherty - To discuss the increased administrative burden on small and rural-based community employment schemes. Deputy Violet-Anne...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (8 May 2024)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
School Accommodation
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Carol Nolan: I want to bring forward this issue today about Charleville National School. It really is an emergency situation. Accommodation has been approved for two modular units, which will consist of a special education room, a classroom and a special tuition room. I say it is an emergency situation because the school will not be able to open in September if the modular accommodation is not in...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House on behalf of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, the current position relating to a capital project to deliver additional accommodation for Charleville National School under the Department’s special educational needs, SEN, reconfiguration and modular accommodation programme....
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)
Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for that information and indeed the constructive and positive response. Again, I stress that it is absolutely vital that the modular units are delivered on time for September. I welcome the fact that there will be weekly meetings regarding the project to ensure that it is moving and on track. I also welcome the fact that it has entered the delivery phase....