Parliamentary questions

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

308. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider allowing teachers previously registered with the Teaching Council to make an application for incremental credit assessment before they have obtained a teaching job (details supplied). [19036/24]

School Facilities

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

311. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her Department’s views on whether guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibit the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities in a school building, as per the decision of the board of management at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19055/24]

European Union

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

499. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the exact nature and current status with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 7 February 2024 that it was sending Ireland a reasoned opinion for failing to comply with certain obligations under the Regulation on the dissemination of terrorist content online (INFR(2022)2121); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19065/24]

Crime Prevention

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

5. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered the establishment of a knife amnesty to help address the problem of knife crime. [17752/24]

Legislative Measures

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

6. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice to restate her intention to pursue the passing of hate crime legislation this year. [17753/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

7. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice what measures have been put in place to address the unprecedented number of members resigning from An Garda Síochána. [17751/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

11. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of community gardaí in the Dublin region compared with in 2019. [17754/24]

School Textbooks

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

302. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the roll-out of the primary school book grant scheme; and to confirm when the revised guidelines for 2024/2025 will be published. [17700/24]

Departmental Reviews

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

173. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the review of the status of PhD researchers, that is, their classification as either students or employees, will be published. [16843/24]

Public Sector Pay

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

55. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will support the introduction of a Dublin allowance for teachers to help to address the teacher retention crisis in the Dublin area. [16343/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

66. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the proposal to introduce a DEIS plus scheme for the most acutely disadvantaged schools in the country. [16367/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

114. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will reverse the proposed cut in the primary summer programme grant and restore the grants from the proposed €30 per child to €45 per child. [16341/24]

School Enrolments

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

116. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of children due to start a new school in September in the Dublin area who have yet to be offered a place in a local school; and the efforts her Department is making to ensure that every child will have a place in time. [16340/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

117. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the reason the DEIS summer programme scheme has been changed in order that literacy and numeracy inclusion camps must be run concurrently. [16342/24]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

298. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to report on the progress of a new permanent school building for schools (details supplied); and when the building will be open for students. [16170/24]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

299. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will approve the next stage in the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) and if she will meet the parents' association to outline the project plan. [16190/24]

Health Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

672. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortfall between the cost of prosthetic limbs for amputees and the reimbursement from insurance companies; and what action he proposes to bring them in to line. [16145/24]

Health Services

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

673. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the availability of paid for prosthetic limbs on the HSE to amputees beyond the first prosthesis and give full life long support to amputees in line with other long term health conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16146/24]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

403. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when a primary school (details supplied) will be provided. [13685/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

408. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to expand the number of places in special classes to meet the demand from students and their families for such classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13718/24]