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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: The Minister and I share a constituency. She must be aware of what is happening and she must have been contacted. Earlier, she referenced a school that is moving to digital. I have been contacted by parents with children in that school and by parents across the State who have been part of a consultation but whose opinion is not reflected in the policy of the school. They simply cannot...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: We have dedicated support and funding for schools, with a commitment for €200 million over the lifetime of the strategy. Through the NDP and the next strategy, we will commit even more funding. Some €325 million has been invested specifically to provide technology in our schools, recognising that is how things are going and that technology is a really positive part of how...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jul 2025)

Is féidir teacht ar Cheisteanna Scríofa ar www.oireachtas.ie. Written Answers are published on the Oireachtas website.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Níl dabht ar bith go bhfuil níos mó agus níos mó teaghlaigh ar fud an Stáit ag streachailt agus iad ag iarraidh íoc as billí leictreachais agus billí gáis. Ag an am céanna, tá an Rialtas ag caitheamh leis seo mar is go síleann sé go bhfuil géarchéim na gcostas maireachtála thart cheana féin. Tá...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. First, let us very clearly acknowledge that there is a real problem in this country when it comes to energy prices. The facts are clear in relation to that, which is why we called this out very clearly in our programme for Government and acknowledged the pressure increased energy costs place on households and, indeed, businesses. We are seeking...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: Transition year is a valuable programme for students that offers opportunities to develop future life skills for personal, social and academic development and to experience other aspects of adult and working life. Transition year can bring a unique and important value in the life of students. Each school designs its own transition year programme, within set guidelines, to suit the needs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I will mention in particular some items that should be included, for example, knowledge of finance and how to manage finance. This is important as it affects everyone. It should cover understanding of income tax and all other taxes. It should also educate about loans and mortgages and explain the difference between different types of loans. Second, it should include legal education and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: I fully support what the Deputy is suggesting, in that we provide students with life skills. These are skills that we all need at certain stages, whether moving into our own home, setting up a new business or exploring different opportunities. Transition year, in a way unlike the rest of the curriculum, is a real opportunity to be able to explore those different avenues. There is a set...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I will list some other items but the list is not exhaustive. Many schools run the mini-company programme in conjunction with the student enterprise programme supported by the local enterprise offices but this programme is only offered to a limited number of students in schools. Could we offer a programme to all students on the following: the skills and steps required in setting up a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (17 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: First, in terms of driver theory but, more broadly, road safety, it is something we really have to focus in on for transition year. Last October, there was collaboration between my Department and the Road Safety Authority, RSA, where they developed a specific programme, Road Safety Matters. It was launched to help students become safer road users. The programme, which has been developed by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jul 2025)

Information and Communications Technology

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she recognises that the introduction of one-to-one digital policies in schools can put an impossible financial burden on some parents; the measures she is taking to support parents and students who are unable to afford digital devices in one-to-one digital schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40113/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: Decisions regarding the use and deployment of digital technology in schools is a matter for the board of management of each school in the context of their digital learning planning. It is very much open to the schools to decide how they adopt and change. Schools are advised to consult with members of the school community, including parents, when planning any introduction of digital...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I have heard the response repeatedly. There needs to be an acknowledgement by the Minister and within the Department that there are two things happening here. The first is a funding crisis in our schools overall. There is a massive shortfall. There is an expectation, because the Government is saying it will not bring in a cost-of-living package, that next year will be worse than this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (17 Jul 2025)

John McGuinness: I ask those in the Public Gallery to please leave quietly. I call Deputy Colm Burke.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (17 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister. One of the issues I raised concerned Barnardos and the work it is doing. These are two separate programmes, but this is about co-ordination and working together. It is extremely important that this happens. The work the Department is doing means it has now acquired a great deal of expertise. It is the same with Barnardos and what it is doing. It also has a large...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (17 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: I agree with the Deputy regarding the importance of being able to support young people early, especially where we know issues are emerging. It is crucial, most importantly, to the young people, but also to our society as a whole. I agree with the Deputy as well that it is important that in the evaluation, we are looking at the work of those in strands 1 and 2, but perhaps also at how they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (17 Jul 2025)

Question No. 92 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Departmental Schemes