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Thu, 12 May 2022
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State Examinations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
136. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the date for the results for leaving certificate 2022; if the date will be issued in sufficient time in order to meet the deadlines for students who have offers from universities overseas to confirm their results; if she will address the fears of delayed commencement dates for first year students in Irish higher education institutions due to delayed results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23609/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
161. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the serious concern among parents of children attending special schools that their children will not receive adequate summer provision; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that home-based programmes are considered the least effective means of delivering the scheme; if, 80% of children who attended special schools in 2021 received no in-school summer programme; if there was an underspend of only €15.5 million from a €40 million budget in 2021; the measures that she will take to ensure that in-school summer provision is available to all children attending special schools and that the budget available is used for the purpose for which it was intended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23610/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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School Funding
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
178. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost to increase the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools by 20%, from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. [23783/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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School Funding
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
179. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a copy of the analysis undertaken by her Department into the return of annual accounts provided by the chairperson and boards of management of primary and special schools to the financial support services unit for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; the breakdown of costs by school type and size; and the figures provided for school generated income, other income, voluntary contributions, donations and all restricted and non-restricted fundraising. [23784/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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School Funding
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
180. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the breakdown of school expenditure by school size at primary level and the type of expenditure for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years. [23785/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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School Funding
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
181. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of a 20% increase in the ancillary services grant for primary and special schools to cover the costs from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. [23786/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Artists' Remuneration
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the changes she will make to the basic income for the arts pilot scheme to ensure that recipients of the disability pension will have their disability supports protected if successful in qualifying for the pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22099/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Heritage Sites
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
18. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Government will purchase the former home of (details supplied) now that it is back on the market and no longer to be purchased by Dublin City Council. [22098/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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State Examinations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
289. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to an issue facing blind leaving certificate students of Irish such as a person (details supplied) in which in the sraith pictúir section of the Irish oral exam blind students are being asked to learn off 100’s of paragraphs to describe pictures they cannot see; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that is an issue which was first raised by the expert advisory group on certificate examinations report in 2000; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that a fairer and more suitable replacement portion for the test can be found; and if she will contact the State Examinations Commission to ask them to resolve the issue for this years’ students. [22313/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Mental Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
544. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if there is a permanently employed psychiatrist in the Dublin north east HSE region; if not, the number of vacant posts; the number of psychiatrists that should be employed permanently; the length of time the region has been without a permanent psychiatrist; the efforts that are being made to ensure that the situation is rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22303/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
827. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to allow student teachers that are already registered with the Teaching Council to keep their council registration number though availing of a renewal of their registration upon qualification rather than being obliged to re-register as is the case under the current system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19439/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
830. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her plans for the way in which the July provision will be offered in 2022; and if pupils will be offered both home and school based July provision. [19451/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Irish Language
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
956. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her plans for Irish language exemptions for Ukrainian students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21184/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Irish Language
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
957. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the reason that section 2.4 of circulars 52 and 53 of 2019 refers to an appeal of an Irish exemption refusal when it is only a review of the procedure followed by the school and not a review of the substance of the appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21185/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Irish Language
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
958. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the law, Act or any other constitutional document under which the teaching of Irish in schools is made mandatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21186/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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School Curriculum
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
959. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a document that is available on her Departmental website, Rules for National Schools, states that subjects of laundry, needlework and domestic economy are for girls; her views on whether this is demeaning and undermines the role of female students in society; her further views on whether such a document should be updated; her views on whether making such a document available on the website could give the impression that the ethos of her Department is outdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21187/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
981. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection if access to community employment scheme work for Ukrainian refugees can be provided before they have completed 12 months on benefits. [19458/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Regional Development
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
32. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the communication that his Department has had with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications relating to the local government (restoration of town councils) Bill 2018; and his views on the potential of restored town councils to be a driver of economic activity in regional towns. [18631/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Corporate Governance
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
34. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in the establishment of the corporate enforcement authority. [18630/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Job Losses
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
58. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific actions taken by his Department to address the job losses in Baldoyle since the meeting that took place between him and local representatives on 1 July 2021. [18634/22]