Jen Cummins
Written
16 Sep 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1503. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measurable action he and the HEA will take to identify and support student carers, and to monitor their access, participation and outcomes, before the National Access Plan concludes in 2028. [64234/26]
450. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport the funding available to the National Transport Authority to complete building projects. [62000/26]
581. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the proposed Kylemore Station, Dart SW route; if planning and other statutory approvals have been secured; the estimated cost of progressing the project to tender and construction; the funding allocated to date; the reasons it has not proceeded to tender; whether an updated business case or funding request has been submitted; and the steps…
1182. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport routes for children with additional needs over the past five years, in tabular form. [55747/26]
3239. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans for patients to access belzutifan (welireg) for patients living with von hippel-lindau disease in Ireland. [55391/26]
326. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason managers of the summer programme are prevented by the ESINET system being paid as manager until the entire programme concludes at the end of August. [54516/26]
539. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the plans for a facility (details supplied) on Cork Street Dublin 8. [54501/26]
8. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister. [51502/26]
27. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Taoiseach for an update on the implementation of the Dublin city task force report. [51503/26]
199. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the ongoing concerns of SNAs after the SNA Workforce Development Plan, which was rejected by members of a union (details supplied). [53861/26]
292. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of students that completed the Junior Cycle in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [52940/26]
293. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of The Junior Certificate Schools Programme completion rate since its establishment, in tabular form. [52941/26]
294. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of students that progressed to sit the Leaving Certificate in each of the past ten years. [52942/26]
295. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of the retention rate of students enrolled in the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [52943/26]
296. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the retention rates across voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools, and ETB schools in the each of the past ten years, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52944/26]
297. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide DEIS school retention rates for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [52945/26]
302. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the decision to remove the preferential teacher-to-pupil ratio for Gaelscoileanna. [53018/26]
218. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the funding available for a Women's Shed (details supplied). [52059/26]
340. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding that has been provided for the incredible edible programme annually since it launched, in tabular form. [50986/26]
341. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of schools engaged with the incredible edible programme. [50988/26]
357. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department requested a school (details supplied) to accommodate an additional junior infant class for the 2026-2027 school year; if her Department has refused to allocate an additional classroom teacher to the school notwithstanding that request; if her Department considered the impact of that refusal on existing pupils, including the pote…
358. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the staffing schedule, enrolment data, circular or criteria that were relied upon in refusing the additional teacher in a school (details supplied). [51174/26]
693. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the percentage of all CervicalCheck samples that will be now processed in the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the percentage that will be sent abroad; and the laboratories they will be sent to, in tabular form. [50772/26]
694. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the percentage of all CervicalCheck samples over the past five years that have been processed in Ireland; the percentage that have been sent abroad; and laboratories they have been sent to, in tabular form. [50773/26]
695. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the contingency arrangements that exist if the Dublin CervicalCheck lab experiences cyberattack, staff shortage, or equipment failure. [50774/26]