Paul Donnelly
Written
1456. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to increase funding for a School Completion Programme for 2026/2027 (details supplied). [26002/26]
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Paul Donnelly
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584
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
44,577
words spoken in the chamber
Across 172 contributions
426
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
135
topics asked about
Across 19 departments
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Questions asked 584 in all
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Contributions to debates 172 in all
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| January 2025 | 33 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 37 | 12 |
| March 2025 | 53 | 8 |
| April 2025 | 44 | 8 |
| May 2025 | 25 | 14 |
| June 2025 | 48 | 4 |
| July 2025 | 39 | 14 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 40 | 5 |
| October 2025 | 13 | 12 |
| November 2025 | 23 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 32 | 18 |
| January 2026 | 18 | 11 |
| February 2026 | 38 | 4 |
| March 2026 | 22 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 42 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 15 | 13 |
| June 2026 | 17 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 19 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 13 | 3 |
| October 2026 | 13 | 7 |
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Plus 67 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Paul Donnelly
Written
1457. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding for a School Completion Programme from 2010 to 2025 (details supplied), in tabular form. [26003/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
1458. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the criteria for the allocation of funding to each School Completion Programme in the State. [26004/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
1508. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of school buses that have been part of the Bus Éireann fleet in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [26678/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
1604. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding provided by Sport Ireland to Tennis Ireland in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [26673/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
1605. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if Minister of State in his Department met with either the Thai transport minister or officials from any airline regarding discussing a proposal to have a direct flight from Dublin to Bangkok during his recent visit to Thailand [26674/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2163. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of indoor and outdoor firing ranges excluding firing ranges owned by Defence Forces that armed Gardaí have regular access for firearm training in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [26676/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2164. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Superintendents and Chief Superintendents within DMR underwent events, public order and public safety strategic commanders training course in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [26677/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2408. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected. [24390/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2409. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the revised framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice-exceptional that is, children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia, will be appropriately identified within the system [24391/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2410. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality : whether her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning. [24392/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2411. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of such children, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education and disability services. [24393/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2412. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement. [24394/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2413. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance is being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model. [24395/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2414. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes. [24396/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
2537. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there will be a review of the ECCE eligibility cut-off dates to eliminate the unfair disadvantage faced by children born in early January (details supplied). [26031/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
3275. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to run a recruitment campaign in the UK to attract qualified orthodontists to work within the Irish Public Health Services. [26684/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
3276. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the improvements to Craniofacial Services within Public Health Services during 2026; and the additional revenue being provided towards these improvements. [26685/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
3277. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for lung transplant operation. [26686/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
161. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, that would be needed to fully train a new army cadetship class of 65 personnel. [18681/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
237. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail will cover the costs in the interim to shorten the gap between platform five and train carriages at Connolly Station, as the gap between some train carriages and this platform at this station is quite big. [18678/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
238. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of Bus Éireann PSO double decker coaches, double decker buses that came into the fleet in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number that were withdrawn from the fleet during this period, in tabular form. [18679/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
239. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the steps that CIÉ are taking to advertise for new retail units to open at Busáras Station. [18680/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
504. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE staff, by job title, and gender, employed by the OPW working at Dublin Castle as of 3 March 2026, in tabular form. [18682/26]
Paul Donnelly
Written
561. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title, and gender, working in the events and festival department of Fáilte Ireland as of 3 March 2026, in tabular form. [18689/26]