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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Colm Burke: As already outlined, there are 19 primary schools in the Fermoy planning area. I again thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The Department has ongoing communication with the school's patron regarding the accommodation needs of the school. The Department of Education continues to liaise with the school and NCSE regarding the provision of accommodation for pupils with special...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 May 2024)
James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. However, the reply given in the House this morning makes no reference to the location affected. Considering that the location is in the title of the question asked, that is not acceptable. I ask the Minister of State to bring that back to the Department of Health. When a Deputy comes in here from a constituency and asks a question about an...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I note what the Deputy says in relation to the specific vacancy in Youghal and I will take back his concern to the Minister. The Minister fully acknowledges the frustration of those waiting too long to access vital primary care services and that of their families. He agrees that much more needs to be done to address waiting lists for speech and language therapy in addition to other key...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
School Accommodation
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning. At the outset, I want to welcome the fact that Ireland joined Spain this morning in recognising the state of Palestine. It is nice to have a bit of good news amidst all of the doom and gloom. To get back to the issue at hand, I want to read from an article published recently in The Echo which states that pupils at Fermoy Educate...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but I have to say, while it is useful information, it does not address the issue I am raising here today. My sense of things is reflected anecdotally and I can give some examples in my own area. A lady contacted my office who moved into a new one-bedroom unit in December. Her first energy bill for six weeks in the house was €615. That is...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)
Ossian Smyth: These are all reasonable points. The general problem is that Deputy O’Rourke is talking about unease and suspicion from experience he has had anecdotally from people coming to him. Of course, we all make our decisions based on constituents coming to us with issues, but we need more than that to be sure there is a widespread problem or to be sure of what kind of approach we need to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 May 2024)
Special Educational Needs
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 May 2024)
James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning. I wish to raise the issue of speech and language services that is affecting the east Cork area. We have wonderful healthcare professionals working across the healthcare service in County Cork and Cork city and in other services in west Waterford which are used by people in my constituency. However, we have problems around...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I fully understand the frustration the Deputy feels on this matter but it is important to acknowledge – this is not from a script - that there are more than 1,500 projects being dealt with by the Department. While the interim works on the Scoil Phádraig building will serve as a first phase for the Holy Trinity National School project, the progression of the project for the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: If we have to wait for the school it will be ten years before the new school is built.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy Ring should not interrupt.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: It is not right. It is discrimination against the Protestant school. I want to put that on the record.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy should please not interrupt.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I will come back to the Minister with the Deputy's concerns. As I said, I am stepping in for the Minister for Education and that is the information I have received. I will convey the Deputy's concerns to her.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: I do not think they know what is going on in the Department. That is the problem.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy should please not make any personal comments in regard to matters. Deputy Ring chose to go ahead with the Topical Issue. I understand his frustration but he chose to go ahead with it.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: I beg the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's pardon.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy Ring chose to go ahead with the Topical Issue today, so he cannot have it both ways.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: I am sorry. I cannot hear the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.