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Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Last week, a number of teachers in the audiovisual room spelled out to us in great detail the situation with primary school funding. All of us across every constituency are very aware of this. We deal with schools up and down the country that are in dire circumstances, particularly in the area of special needs education. We have waiting lists there and families trying to find a classroom...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank the Independent Group for bringing this Private Members' business before us. A clear message was sent to us in the audiovisual room last week by primary school principals from across the country, including Tipperary: urgent action is needed immediately. A lack of support staff to give teaching principals the time they need, the lack of consistent funding schedules to aid school...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Harkin and the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. This is the crux of the matter every year, with school transport and everything else. One of the main groups I met last week was the Irish Primary Principals Network. It set out a synopsis of the solutions. Its first request is to increase admin time for teaching principals, stating: Burnout and Job...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Regardless of which sector or group comes into Leinster House, when they come back six years later to say that not only does the problem remain, it has actually got worse, any Minister worth their salt would sit up and pay attention to what these people are saying because that is exactly what happened last week. It does not need to be like this. This is the real irritation and the crux of...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: The long-term effects of inadequate funding in primary schools have led to a crisis which, if not properly addressed, will continue to have negative knock-on effects on our children's education and well-being. This is especially the case for children with additional needs, who also face many barriers to inclusivity, such as short school days, reduced timetables and permanent exclusion from...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: Do we have a copy of the Minister's speech?

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: I will get the usher to organise that. Deputy Connolly is next, sharing time with Deputy Joan Collins.

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Deputy Harkin for proposing this motion and giving us an opportunity to speak on it. It is quite a comprehensive motion calling on the Government to do nine things. I am going to zone in on one of them in my limited time, in respect of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. I welcome that the Government is not proposing an amendment to the motion but in...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Joan Collins: I thank Deputy Harkin for bringing this Private Members' motion to the House today. I want to highlight the great work that has been done to campaign for adequate funding for primary education. The work by the primary school principal representatives is a great resource for all of us, as well as the constant work by the INTO in fighting for better funding and conditions for teachers and...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding primary school funding. I thank Deputy Harkin for proposing such an important motion today. I fully support the motion, which calls on the Government to commit to aligning primary educational funding with the OECD average to ensure the ancillary grant is sufficient to cover the cost of running...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: Is the Minister, Deputy Foley, moving an amendment or is she accepting the motion?

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: The Government is not opposing this motion. I thank Deputy Harkin and her colleagues for tabling this motion. As I have said, the Government is not opposing it. I welcome the opportunity to speak to the House this morning on the very important matter of primary school funding and the many measures under way by the Government to support primary schools. The issue of school funding is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response. I do not doubt for a second that no one has a monopoly of care for the city or that everyone wants to see it policed effectively. Nonetheless, too often we hear about initiatives such the ones laid out by the Minister of State that have a displacement effect. Very purposely, I chose Dublin 7 with that in mind. Greater...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I agree with the Deputy that it has to be a multiagency approach. There is a new approach to community safety policy via the local community safety partnerships, which are being piloted in three locations, including in the north inner city of Dublin. They bring together the local communities and local service providers under an independent chair to develop a specific community safety plan...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 9.57 a.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 9.59 a.m. Sitting suspended at 9.57 a.m. and resumed at 9.59 a.m.

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that our pupil teacher ratio is 22.8 pupils per class size, whereas the European Union average is 20 pupils per class; — that there is chronic underfunding in Government expenditure per student in our primary schools, which is equivalent to 13 per cent per capita Gross Domestic Product, while the Organisation for economic...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (26 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate that the Minister of State will take that information back in respect of St. Anne's and the flexibility for special schools I am looking for. The response that has been provided is rigid and somewhat disappointing. Again, it is a one-size-fits-all approach that will not be workable in some schools, especially rural schools which do not have the options or opportunities that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (26 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I take the opportunity to acknowledge the child-centred approach of St. Anne's special school. I read up about the school in advance, and it is to be commended on how it does things and works with children. I could read out all the statistics outlining the scale of the hot school meals programme. It is very large-scale programme and we want to cover all schools eventually. The nature of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Antisocial Behaviour