Donna McGettigan
Written
432. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reduce the average class size by two pupils in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51267/25]
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Donna McGettigan
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1,153
questions asked
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49,311
words spoken in the chamber
Across 197 contributions
419
votes recorded
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| April 2025 | 63 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 59 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 74 | 10 |
| July 2025 | 104 | 22 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| December 2025 | 47 | 19 |
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| September 2026 | 63 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 18 | 4 |
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Donna McGettigan
Written
433. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce a new national small schools project as outlined in the Programme for Government in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51268/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
434. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce new special educational needs coordinators as outlined in the Programme for Government in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51269/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
507. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to address the closure of small rural schools (details supplied); if she will provide details of school closures, per county since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52022/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
849. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and number of paramedic cars stationed in each of the LEAs in County Clare, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; her plans to increase the number of both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51263/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
988. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science given the current student accommodation crisis, if his Department will begin the process of collating data on the numbers of students studying English language courses in the State, regardless of the fact the majority of these students are studying in privately owned providers; and if he will make a stat…
Donna McGettigan
Written
989. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department can provide details of the amount of funding accrued from international student fees towards third level institutes in the State for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52044/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
990. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is possible for a student who applied through the CAO system to pursue her nursing qualification using her QQI level 5 results in pre-nursing in lieu of insufficient points from the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52045/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
309. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the issue of a person (details supplied) regarding their employment support being cancelled when they changed job; to ensure her supports are maintained seamlessly; to ensure other persons are not affected by this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51053/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
350. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she has met with an organisation (details supplied); her plans to meet with the organisation; her plans to improve diagnostic and treatment services for Sjogren’s sufferers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51054/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
198. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the purpose built student complexes that are now additionally charging for utilities on top of rent; if he is aware that this is becoming commonplace with a university (details supplied) and other institutes being charged unaffordable service charges as well as rent, putting another financial burden on s…
Donna McGettigan
Written
199. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that students will be offered a tiered system as silver, gold and platinum, with each tier reflecting a price increase at accommodation (details supplied); to explain the second phase of the village project that is supported by €67.7 million of taxpayer money, which will, once completed co…
Donna McGettigan
Written
200. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a tiered accommodation model at a location (details supplied) was not identified as a compliance concern within the State-sponsored accommodation framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50667/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
201. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will provide detailed information on the number of unoccupied purpose-built student complexes currently in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50668/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
202. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his Department intends to address the serious situation of unoccupied PBSA buildings and complexes (details supplied) that have become vacant for one year and then becoming repurposed for the private rental market and therefore entitled to charge higher rents as they are not officially p…
Donna McGettigan
Written
203. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s plans to seek advice from the Housing Minister on whether additional service charges and rent hikes at PBSA (details supplied) conflict with the 2% rent pressure zones commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50670/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
687. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to urgently review the age restriction on CAR t-cell therapy here, despite it having no such restrictions in other states, to allow a patient (details supplied) to access this potentially lifesaving treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50390/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
688. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is over 75 years-of-age is unable to have surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50394/25]
Donna McGettigan
Oral
11. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans for the triple lock given recent comments by the Minister for Health and by other members of the Government proposing to scrap or undermine it, despite it being the expressed will of the people to retain it. [48759/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
137. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will intervene to oppose plans for wind turbines in east Clare (details supplied); if aviation authorities have been formally consulted in his Department’s mapping exercise; and, if not, if east Clare will be removed from mapped wind areas until full consultation and a cumulative aviation risk assessment are completed. [4912…
Donna McGettigan
Written
101. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the human rights, anti-racism, academic and civil society groups his Department engaged with in relation to the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism; the groups or individuals that proposed its introduction to him; if consideration was given to adopting the Jerusalem…
Donna McGettigan
Written
894. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in County Clare currently on leave for medical reasons; the length of time each member has been on leave; the anticipated date of their return to duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48466/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
895. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of An Garda Síochána stationed in County Clare that have retired over the past five years, by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48467/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
896. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of An Garda Síochána that have been deployed to County Clare over the past five years, by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48468/25]
Donna McGettigan
Written
897. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of An Garda Síochána stationed in County Clare expected to retire over the next four years, by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48469/25]