To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the progress of the prefab replacement programme; the number of schools that have had prefabs replaced by county; the number of schools still to be reached; and her plans and timeframe to replace the temporary structures with permanent classroom accommodation. – Seán… Continue Reading
I welcome the motion and thank Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan for tabling it. It is important to have such a debate not just about the economy, but society, which is about people, families and communities. One must look at the context of the recession we have had for the past three years. Technically, we are in… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that volunteer centres across the country are to lose funding arising from the re-structuring of the local development companies system which heretofore has allocated what has come to be known as the 1% funding for… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role he plays in ensuring that climate justice features in the upcoming legislation on Climate Change in view of the fact that it will take into account the disproportionate effects which some developing countries have experienced as a result of climate change and aside from… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent NGO Forum on Human Rights which his Department hosted and the way his Department will assist in implementing the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Seán… Continue Reading