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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...the planning and building unit in the Department of Education. It is great to have them here. The figures are phenomenal. The opening statement points out that we have 4,000 schools and nearly 1 million children. The unit delivers accommodation, buildings and schools for children when they move from primary to post-primary schools. The unit bases a lot of its work on the details...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: ...also need clear project management to implement these measures.I was reading a number of articles over the weekend and then went back to look at census 2016. I realised we had a housing stock of 2 million homes and apartments. Over 183,000 were vacant units, excluding vacant holiday homes. I welcome the expansion of the repair and lease scheme from 40,000 to 60,000 but I would like to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages (30 Sep 2021)

Aisling Dolan: ...which comprises counties Galway, Roscommon and Mayo. Older people and those with disabilities in rural areas are urgently waiting for help. The home support scheme is for people over the age of 65 and for anybody with a disability or early onset dementia. The Minister of State has done a great deal of work in this area. People usually avail of the scheme after a hip operation or any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...know of 6,000 - 4,000 going into primary school and approximately 2,000 going into secondary school. The number doing the leaving certificate has been mentioned. I understand that approximately 250 students have stated that they would like to sit the Ukrainian entrance exams in Ireland. It is phenomenal that we are able to host those exams, so I wish to pay tribute to the Department,...

Seanad: Disability Day Services: Statements (11 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: ...brought together in the framework for the resumption of day services. I pay tribute to the Minister of State for achieving extra funding for the extra day in-services, as well as the extra €100 million for disability. There was a huge impact on families and carers, who are on the point of exhaustion, when the day services closed. There is no access to respite care, so it is great...

Seanad: Matters Arising from the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Aisling Dolan: .... Officials and staff in his Department have demonstrated clearly the negative impact on Ireland of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, as evidenced by Ireland winning over €1 billion of a €5 billion post-Brexit EU fund. The impact on our society, trade and travel is enormous. The challenges we face are clear, including the health crisis arising from a pandemic that does...

Seanad: Housing Commission Report: Motion (29 May 2024)

Aisling Dolan: It is great to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. As of 2024, €5 billion has been allocated to housing. That is a commitment from Government to ensure we have a plan in place. It is true that this is the number one priority of Government. It is a number one priority to make sure we have more access to housing, including local authority and affordable housing. You need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...then say that we need buses put in place? It has to be outside of the strict remit of school transport at the moment. We will put buses in place to ferry children from the town out to perhaps a 5 km or 10 km radius to make sure that capacity is there. How is that managed? Regarding school transport, I believe the extra funds are at more than €90 million in the budget this year...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: ..., somehow turned the position around in the context of dealing with the lowest number of recipients ever to dealing with three times that number. At present, the Department is providing payments to 535,000 people on the live register and the PUP. I am honestly in awe of how that was done in such a fast turnaround time to provide support to people. The role of public representatives is,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2021)

Aisling Dolan: ...completed. The children in the area who have been waiting for an ASD unit will be obliged to wait for at least another four years, even if we move the project to stage 3 without any delays. Some €740 million was allocated in respect of school building projects under Project Ireland 2040. We to see need to see urgent action in this case. I ask the Minister of State to address the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...accessed in a virtual way for early intervention. We need to look at changing how we deliver healthcare at an early stage sometimes. I would be interested to hear comments on that as well, because the 50808 text number is a 24-7 one that is crucial for anyone going through anxiety or any type of stress. The changes we see in the roll-out of the leaving certificate programme are...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: ...The steps that are going to be taken here are looking at the businesses that are applying for this money and providing support. The fund that the Minister is giving to the local enterprise offices, which is over €15 million, is really important. In the past, those offices had programmes that were open to certain sectors. What is really good about this programme is that it is open...