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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked jeeps that came into the Garda fleet in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of marked jeeps that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period in tabular form. [34978/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda motorcycles that came into the fleet in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of motorcycles withdrawn from the fleet during same period in tabular form. [34979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and Garda staff by job title working in the National Forensic Co-Ordination Office as of 1 November 2020. [34980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions within the Dublin region that have a Garda community support van; and if funding has been made available in 2021 for the purchase of additional community support vans. [34981/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 692. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s current understanding of the reliability of PCR testing for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34774/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting today. Does Mr. Tattan believe that any students were treated unfairly by the calculated grades process and, if so, what cohort of students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Tattan not think students who received certain marks from their teachers and who were subsequently significantly downgraded were treated unfairly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Tattan think that, perhaps, the schools were treated fairly, but individuals within each school may have been treated unfairly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. Tattan may have answered this question already, but is an independent review being conducted on it and, if so, when will it be complete?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Who is conducting the independent review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: When does the Department envisage the process of review will be completed, or can Mr. Tattan say?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is why there is the independent review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not want to speak about the circumstances of cases that have commenced before the High Court but if some of those students succeed what will be the impact of that decision on students who have not instituted proceedings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I beg your pardon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Obviously Mr. Tattan will agree that the circumstances of the leaving certificate 2020 class have been unfair in that they missed out on three months of scheduled schooling because the schools were closed due to Covid-19. Some of those students are now going to proceed to do the leaving certificate in November. Has anything been done to make the pathway to that leaving certificate easier...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: On that topic, the students who will sit the examinations in November will get their results in February. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Do they then have the opportunity or sufficient time to repeat the leaving certificate if they wish to do so in 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: When does applying for the CAO kick in for them or will they need to apply again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am sharing time with Deputies Carey, Christopher O'Sullivan and Richmond. I want to address four issues related to the Finance Bill and the budget. The first concerns youth unemployment. The biggest threat to this country's economy in the short and long terms is long-term youth unemployment. We are aware from other economies, our history and the history of other countries that it can...