Results 221-240 of 2,045 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ICT grant for primary schools can be brought up to equal that of secondary schools on a per-pupil basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23633/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what, if any, review there has been on the operation of the “infant hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22915/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures can be taken to ensure that all schools offer an option to opt out of studying religion at Junior Certificate level. [22880/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the increasing demand for a comprehensive nationwide redeployment system for post-primary teachers; if her Department has conducted research into the potential for such a system to alleviate pressures on climate change, teacher wellbeing and teacher retention; what her views are on the potential for such a system; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any investigation by her Department into where children who died in industrial schools have been buried; whether the location of such grave sites are known; and if there has been any investigation into understanding what happened children who went missing from industrial schools. [22878/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a review into homework levels at primary and secondary level; her views on whether reduced levels of homework could lead to positive outcomes for children by freeing up time for play, recreation, arts and physical activities. [22879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will work to implement a hierarchy of users-based approach to road safety and legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23083/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 300. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to make an order to commence Part 3 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 regarding the right to request remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22548/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to give a budgetary breakdown of the 115% (€500,000) increase in allocation from €436,000 to €900,000 for consultancy services and value for money and policy reviews as contained in the Government Budget 2023 publication page 214 under Vote Number 20 for An Garda Síochána; and the reason for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are still frontline workers who have not received the pandemic payment; the action a frontline healthcare worker should take if they believe they have not received a payment they were entitled to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22465/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (3 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had any correspondence with a company (details supplied) regarding collective redundancies; if he has read an article detailing alleged breaches of statutory obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for the urgent provision of modular classrooms for a school (details supplied) in advance of September 2023 as part of the SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation Programme. [20213/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if access to a payslip for teachers requires the teacher to have a Public Services Card; her views on whether access to a person's own payslip is not a public service; the reason for the requirement for a PSC; and if access will be made available without having to have a PSC. [20767/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the withdrawal of school transport from a child with Down syndrome (details supplied); and the measures that can be taken to ensure their transport is restored. [19684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of lowering primary school class sizes in all primary schools to include DEIS Band 1 schools from September to December 2023, and for the full financial year 2023/2024. [19803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of assistant principal 1 and assistant principal 2 (special duty posts) that existed in primary and special schools on 26 March 2009. [19804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of assistant principal 1 and assistant principal 2 (special duty posts) that exist in schools as of today's date. [19805/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many successful applicants there are for the scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; the number of applicants in total; the number that were refused as they arrived later than the cut-off point; and if there are plans to assist those who missed the cut-off point by less than six months. [19004/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address the issue of prison overcrowding; if he is satisfied to have sufficient medium and long-term prison capacity to deal with the increase in the population and any other factors which would lead to an increase in demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged with Governors of individual prisons on substituting short-term sentencing of four months or less to community service or another alternatives. [18113/23]