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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (6 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible within current legislation to resolve issues in which local electoral areas are partially within rent pressure zones, and partially without, due to redraws of boundaries. [28286/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the future progress of fabric replacement schemes; and the way in which it can be expanded within Cork city to take in greater numbers of houses and flats. [28287/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (6 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams within her Department that provide for the construction of school sports halls; and the process by which the school applies for same. [28282/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (6 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for post-primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively in tabular form. [28538/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (6 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively in tabular form. [28539/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (6 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, if she will provide the total amount of additional Covid-19 related Exchequer expenditure for 2021 for her Department and a breakdown by line items of this additional expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28683/20]

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There are two issues I want to raise with the Minister. I will be as brief as I can. The first is in relation to Cork. There is little other talk than concern around the potential move to level 3. There is also the very serious situation in hospitals. Dr. Ronan Boland told Claire Byrne's show on Tuesday that there were just three acute beds left between the Mercy University Hospital and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Much of the frustration of students and families is about the lack of transparency and the fact that they have been kept in the dark for a week, much as the Minister disputes that. As I said, the Opposition and the Cabinet were kept in the dark as well. The Minster still has not told us why he did not insist this issue be discussed at Cabinet and that his Cabinet colleagues knew. The other...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: How could they do that without the HEA?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister talks about four characters. I have heard the Ministers, Deputies Foley and Harris, talk about them. This is not abstract stuff. Four characters represent hundreds of students and the futures and dreams they have for their courses. This is not academic, it has real implications. What might seem small on a spreadsheet is very significant in terms of the error that was made....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The leaving certificate class of 2020 has endured an extremely difficult year. "Endured" is the only word for it. Three months before the examinations the schools were shut due to the public health emergency. As weeks passed, students faced the uncertainty of whether they would even sit the leaving certificate examination this year. There was postponement, cancellation and then...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a standardisation process will be applied to the marking of the small group of students sitting the leaving certificate exams in November 2020; and if so, the details of the standardisation process given that it will be an atypical cohort which is unlikely to fit with the patterns of an ordinary summer leaving certificate. [28076/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of calculated grades about two weeks ago and I have to say he was somewhat dismissive. The news this afternoon is absolutely extraordinary. I am astounded, but the ones who will be even more astounded are the many students who worked extremely hard and had their grades downgraded. For them, there are countless questions. One of the main ones is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools with access to hot running water; and the number of schools which have gained access to hot water in recent months. [27418/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring that all 2011-14 entrants into teaching will be paid on equal pay scales to their colleagues who joined the teaching profession before and after them. [27487/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions taken to implement the aviation recovery task force report; the actions from this document he plans to implement; and the timeframe in which they will be implemented. [26578/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to progress recommendation 6of the aviation recovery task force report in which the State should directly provide the airports with a common fixed sum per passenger which will be used by the airports with the aim of protecting the viability of the airports and protect air connectivity nationally. [26579/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the direct supports he plans to put in place for regional and international airports outside Dublin; if he has considered a passenger subsidy, either indirectly by way of airport charges or directly; and the proposals that have been considered. [26580/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to progress recommendation 6 of the aviation recovery task force report regarding funding for essential capital projects in line with European Commission rules on state supports to airports in such a way as to ensure airports with fewer than 3 million passengers are deemed eligible for capital expenditure support. [26581/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is essential for County Cork to achieve its growth targets within the Ireland 2040 document to have a viable international airport; and the way in which he plans to ensure Cork Airport, as the second largest airport, can be supported, to safeguard the jobs within the airport and to ensure the viability of the...