Results 141-160 of 1,006 for speaker:Réada Cronin in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Pension Provisions (19 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when foster care will come within pension provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why foster care payments are not index-linked and whether and when provision will be made to do so, given the criticality of the service provided and the fact foster care can be financially dynamic according the needs of a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45935/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 270. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what is being done within his Department to future-proof foster care as a critical component within the care system, so that in-home family care is the primary option, and available to as many children as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45936/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children without a school place who were forced to avail of home tuition in each year over the past five years, in tabular form for both primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45610/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time each child who was without a school place availed of the home tuition scheme in each year of the last five years, in tabular form both at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45611/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children without a school place forced to rely on home tuition who successfully went into the school system thereafter in each year of the past five years, including how many did not, both at primary and secondary level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the Department policy on assisting children without a school place who need home tuition beyond the 12 weeks maximum cited in an earlier reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the Department policy and practice on assessment of the effectiveness and quality of home tuition for those children without a school place; when they return to or enter the school system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the formal policy/procedure for assistance given by her Department to parents/guardians of children without a school place to assist them in getting an appropriate tutor for their child, given parents/guardians themselves report serious, unassisted effort is necessary in such regard, and that not every child requiring a tutor might...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Grant Scheme (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the hours and subjects offered to children in secondary school, but currently without a school place; whether her Department is satisfied these hours and subjects are sufficient for such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he intends to take to ensure that those people working in Section 39 organisations (details supplied) will achieve pay parity with their counterparts in Section 38 organisations or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44518/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Section 3 investigations conducted by Tusla in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, outlining the number in each geographical/educational area; and indicating whether primary school or secondary school, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44516/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of the Section 3 Investigations carried out in each of the years 2019 to 2023, inclusive, how many involved allegations in each of sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect or multiple type of abuse in each year, in tabular form, and delineating whether primary or secondary and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a solution to a situation regarding a school bus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether, given the shortage of primary teachers, and to assist those anxious to work in the area, she will liaise with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on reducing the length of the current PME postgraduate teacher training courses to perhaps one year; to remove from those who are already fluent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether, for those graduates anxious to enter primary teacher training, she will reduce the term of the current PME postgraduate teacher training courses to perhaps one year; to remove from those who are already fluent in Irish, some holding a master's degree in same, the compulsion to attend the Gaeltacht, both initiatives removing financial...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reports (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the report on the Consultative Forum on International Security will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42552/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the structure and operations of the Civil-Military Defence Women's Network set up in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 160. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment figure of the Naval Service and that proposed under Level of Ambition 2 of the Report on the Commission of the Defence Forces; the current strength of the Naval Service; the current strength of the naval fleet and if he will report on the fleet replacement programme. [42851/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 166. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline his investment plans for the adequate funding of the Defence Forces, that is, the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, to meet the State’s defence and security needs in the 21st century and the capacity to provide appropriate intervention and assistance State-wide in situations of extreme weather and disruption caused by...