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Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the response of the Minister of State. Elections are democratic exercises where we get to press “refresh” on the policy approach taken by different Departments. There is an opportunity, as we head into the coming months, to get unanimity across parties on this point and bring people together so that, no matter who is sitting on the other side of the table...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Paul Donnelly: It is very important that we look at what is working. What the principals have told us in the north inner-city is that a model has been put in place there to deal with the horrendous situation of the feud in which so many people have been murdered and traumatised. A model has been put in place there so we do not need to reinvent the wheel or undertake trials and studies. The evidence is...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: In response to Deputy Murphy, an extensive consultation was carried out in regard to the OECD review and it met with school leaders, teachers, parents, student organisations, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Children's Rights Alliance and Social Justice Ireland. It was broad and comprehensive. I agree with the three Deputies. Deputy McAuliffe made the point that we should be looking...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Sports Facilities (17 Oct 2024)

Sports Facilities

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Sports Facilities (17 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: Ireland is increasingly difficult for young people to grow up in. Sporting activities lead to mounting pressures for both providers and participants as the cost of living and lack of facilities escalate. This is creating increased inequalities in our society and nowhere is it clearer than in Dublin's inner city. The group Sporting Liberties has launched a very strong campaign highlighting...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Disadvantaged Status

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: Deputies Bríd Smith and Cian O'Callaghan send their apologies. I thank the House for selecting this slot and for the Minister of State for taking it. This really flows from an audiovisual room briefing that we hosted last week. It was with a group of principals from about 30 schools from some of the most generationally disadvantaged areas in the country, including Tallaght, Ballymun...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I join with my other colleagues who put forward this proposal along with the principals because it makes eminent sense. Many people entered this House for many different reasons, to fight many causes, but all of us are united by the idea that there are children who are born who deserve equal opportunity, that they deserve to be supported and that education is a place where that can be done...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I echo both my colleagues in respect of this issue about which we met with principals last week. I have said this before but previously I worked in school completion in the Coolock area and was based in Darndale. I spent 16 years in that area working with young people in school completion encouraging, promoting and supporting young people to stay in school longer. When you are working with...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disadvantaged Status (17 Oct 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Deputies Murphy, Donnelly and McAuliffe for bringing this important issue to the fore. The Government is committed to supporting all children and young people to achieve their potential through education and address the barrier of educational disadvantage. In government, the Minister, Deputy Foley, has secured approximately €170 million in funding to provide free school...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: 3 o’clock I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Education, who is otherwise engaged. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, which gives me the opportunity to set out the position with regard to school places, including for children and young people with special educational needs, in north Kildare for September 2025 and onwards. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for the level of detail. I recognise and understand the degree of investment that has taken place, and I have spoken to the Minister about the issue many times. There is a burgeoning population in Kildare, which creates problems that are unique to the county and, in particular, to the north of the county, which is the constituency I represent. I realise it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I assure the Deputy that the Department is at all times planning ahead. I mentioned earlier the additional classes and places that are there for children with additional needs. On top of that, there are additional special needs assistant, SNA, supports in schools in north Kildare and throughout the country. Where there is good availability of first-year school places in Kildare for the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2024)

Debate adjourned.

Visit of Canadian Delegation (17 Oct 2024)

Visit of Canadian Delegation (17 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before proceeding to the next item, I ask Members to join me in offering a warm céad míle fáilte to our colleagues from the Canadian Parliament. While the delegation to the country is led by James Maloney MP, today's visit to the House and Chamber is led by the Honourable Senator Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia of the Canada-Ireland Interparliamentary Group. They are here to meet...

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (17 Oct 2024)