Questions asked 16 total

• Education 9 questions

  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the roll-out of the expansion of delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, as committed to in budget 2022. [4817/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will secure a choice for the leaving certificate 2022 between calculated grades and written exams to ensure fairness for the class of 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4818/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the arrangements that will be made for the junior certificate 2022 that recognise the disruption that students have faced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4822/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the progress made in achieving at least 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030 as committed to in the Programme for Government. [4821/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the details of the supports she is providing to school leaders while they continue to navigate Covid-19 protocols in schools. [4820/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the details of her long-term plans to ensure that canteen and physical infrastructure is provided to all schools nationally. [4823/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education her views on the difficulties that new and developing schools are facing in accessing special educational supports. [4819/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her Department will communicate with residents whose homes back onto the yard of a school (details supplied) and the school leadership in relation to railings being installed onto the boundary wall. [5105/22]
  • 2022-02-03 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if absences from school due to self-isolation from having either contracted Covid-19 or having been listed as a close contact count towards the 20-day Tusla rule on absence. [5601/22]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who deferred a place on the CAO in 2021 for entry to university in September 2022. [4440/22]
  • 2022-02-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who sat the leaving certificate in 2021 who have applied to the 2022 CAO. [4441/22]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2022-02-03 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she plans to take to ensure the delays in processing enhanced illness benefit are resolved. [5497/22]
  • 2022-02-03 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection her long-term plans to ensure school meals are available in as many schools across Ireland as possible. [5498/22]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2022-02-03 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether children and young persons are one of the cohorts most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic given the loss of social outlets during lockdowns; and the funding he will provide to ensure a fair and equitable recovery for children and young persons including but not limited to the Tusla family support service grant and local youth club grant. [5366/22]
  • 2022-02-03 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his plans to reduce the cost of childcare for ordinary families. [5365/22]
• Health 1 question

  • 2022-02-02 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if the medical report required for the national driving licence could be included in the medical card scheme. [5303/22]