I ask the Minister of State to provide an update on the number of applications for a special school place in County Kildare; the age profile of the applicants; the number that have been successful; and, most importantly, the plans to provide a school place for those that were unsuccessful.
TDs / Mark Wall
Mark Wall
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- constituency Kildare South 29 November 2024 to now
- party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Again, I put on the record my thanks to him and the Government for opening the new school in Ros Glas in Monasterevin. Unfortunately, as we discussed previously in this House, that school is already full, even before it has opened. The issue I raise again is the young children aged between 12 and 18 who will not have a school place in September and do not have one at the m…
I ask the Minister of State again whether he or the Government thinks this small number of families will have a school place for their children in the coming weeks and months. That is the question they are asking me. Some are currently homeschooling and some are trying to fit into other schools, but it is not working out and they need special school places. They tell me their children are suffering. Routine is import…
Last Thursday night, I attended, with my colleague Councillor Pat Balfe and Members of this House, a meeting organised by the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, and other unions about very serious staffing and patient safety issues at Naas General Hospital in Kildare. We were told that admissions into the emergency department were already 10% above this time last year. There has been a 28% increase in over-75s attendin…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Labour Party about this especially important Bill. I thank Deputy Coppinger for bringing it forward and welcome our visitors to the Public Gallery.
The Labour Party is immensely proud of its track record of supporting the LGBTQI+ community, including those who are non-binary and people who are intersex. The Labour Party legislated for gender recognition in governme…
26. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects the community centre grants to be announced, given the benefit of such centres to rural communities. [72592/26]
As other colleagues have done, I thank my colleague Deputy Ged Nash for tabling this important motion. Yesterday, like every other day, the Labour Party stood in solidarity with public sector workers. I travelled the length and breadth of County Kildare, hearing from these same public sector workers who are struggling to make ends meet, like many other working households in this country. Simply put, this is because t…
I welcome the Minister to the House today. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026. The Bill before the House today deals with two separate issues, both of which are very welcome steps.
The first issue I will deal with is gender pay gap reporting. I welcome the Government's move towards establishing a more central reporting portal but we need to s…
I move amendment No. 1:
In page 3, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:
"(3) The Institutional Burials Act 2022 and Part 3 may be cited together as the Institutional Burials Acts 2022 and 2026 and shall be construed together as one Act.".
Section 1 does not provide a collective construction for the Institutional Burials Act 2022 in Part 3 of this Bill. This matters because section 4 of this Bill does …
No.
I move amendment No. 2:
In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:
“(9F) Where the Minister -
(a) ceases to publish information or a relevant statement under subsection (9B)(b),
(b) ceases to continue to publish relevant information and applicable statements under subsection (9D)(b), or
(c) ceases to make available relevant information under subsection (9E)(b), the Minister shall as soon as reaso…
No. I am happy with that.
I move amendment No. 3:
In page 6, line 21, to delete “information referred to paragraphs (a) and (b)” and substitute “information referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b)”.
This is a technical amendment and I just ask the Minister to respond.
I move amendment No. 4:
In page 6, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:
“Interpretation (Part 3)
3. In this Part, “Act of 2022” means the Institutional Burials Act 2022.”.
I move amendment No. 5:
In page 7, to delete lines 12 to 14 and substitute the following:
“(ii) an appeal was made against that determination and that determination was confirmed on appeal, or
(iii) an appeal was made against that determination and was withdrawn before a decision was made.”.
Section 4 is a transitional provision dealing with the status of family members of a deceased person who have made applicat…
I move amendment No. 6:
In page 7, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:
“(3) Where, on the coming into operation of section 3 -
(a) an application has been made under section 48 of the Act of 2022 by a person referred to in subsection (1)(a) in respect of which a determination has not been made, or
(b) an appeal has been made under section 81 of that Act by such a person in respect of which a decisio…
I move amendment No. 7:
In page 8, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:
“(6) In this section, “Identification Programme” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2022.”.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case:
Deputy Paul Lawless - To discuss the future of a national school in County Mayo.
Deputy Jen Cummins - To discuss primary care in Dublin South-Central.
Deputy Séamus McGrath - To discuss the provision of a ring-fenced fund for local authorities to retrofit ra…
I thank the Deputy. Time is up.
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins. I call Deputy Connolly.
As my colleague said, it is said that politics is all about choices. Once again, this Government has demonstrated that it is not hearing the voices of so many people who call this country their home. I want to go through the choices made and highlight those that could have made a difference to these people. Like many representatives over the last 24 hours, I am deeply disappointed in the totally inadequate €3 increas…
I welcome the Minister to the House. I want to take the opportunity to discuss the Railway Safety Bill 2026. Rail safety is becoming a massive issue for commuter counties like Kildare. In particular, it is impacting commuter towns like Athy, Newbridge, Kildare town and Monasterevin. Hundreds of people have contacted me this week alone outlining their concerns regarding Irish Rail. The majority of these concerns were …
I raise with the Taoiseach again the planned new school for St. Anne's Special School on the Curragh in County Kildare. I raised this issue with him four months ago and he got the Minister for education to respond to me on that occasion. Unfortunately, there has been no progress since. Instead, two planned meetings with school management to progress the project have been postponed with no alternative dates offered by…
First, I wish to thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very important motion. I am not sure who the Government is listening to but the proposed public transport increases are being met by simple disbelief by people in Kildare South. Time and again in this House and the Upper House, which I am a former Member of, I have raised the need to improve reliability and availability and address the overcrowding on our pub…
4. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering extending the age for domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 in budget 2027. [67640/26]