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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance the expiry date for the help-to-buy scheme; and his plans to extend it. [28141/20]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an upgrade of broadband can be expected for a school (details attached) in County Dublin; and if broadband plans can be accelerated due to the increased demand placed upon the school and others to provide blended learning and internal streaming of lessons between two locations in the same school. [28301/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach will know that before the pandemic hit, 72% of artists in Ireland were earning less than the national minimum wage. Yesterday the Government agreed that the national minimum wage should increase by a mere 10 cent. On Monday in a very high-profile decision, the Government decided not to accept NPHET recommendations. The Tánaiste said that they had not been thought...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: With regard to special advisers and the special relationship between the three political leaders at the heart of government, all three individuals knew about the upcoming issue in the leaving certificate a week before it was announced by the Minister for Education and Skills. This information was not shared with the Cabinet. I am quite sure the special advisers attached to the Taoiseach's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach shared his assessment of Brexit developments with EU leaders last week. Next week's budget is being prepared on a no-deal basis. Will the Taoiseach share with us the key outcome of that meeting and his discussions with Ursula von der Leyen? Was there any agreement on taking action against Belarus? It appears to us in the Labour Party that the European Union has been very...

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Tánaiste and thank him for his speech. The Labour Party has always been pro-business and pro-Europe on the basis of what business and Europe can do for ordinary people, including workers. I am sure the Tánaiste shares my party's concern over potential export losses to the tune of €18 billion in respect of the UK land bridge. Eighteen billion euro is 40% of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the junior certificate core subjects of Irish, English and maths were given equally weighting during the process of calculating the estimated grades for the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the specific percentage result or overall grade of students were used from their junior certificate to calculate their leaving certificate 2020 results with regards to the leaving certificate 2020 and the calculated grades process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28960/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students will be notified if they are impacted by the two errors in the algorithm; and if students can now appeal same and request to see the way in which their grade was calculated. [28961/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students will be made aware of the results of the appeals process regarding any potential administrative errors and what impact this will have on the review happening with the errors in the algorithm (details supplied). [28962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to undertake a full review of the entire calculated grades process and publish the results. [28963/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 220. To ask the Minister for Health when training can be provided for the use of an insulin pump for a patient (details supplied) who is in physical possession of same but is on a waiting list for training; and if a report can be made on the way in which such training can be accelerated for diabetic patients. [28983/20]

Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is refreshing that a number of Private Members' Bills and motions dealing with the issues we are discussing this evening have been put forward by Opposition parties and groups, including the Social Democrats, Sinn Féin, Solidarity-People Before Profit and the Labour Party. I have made a number of speeches on these issues in the House in recent months. That is to be welcomed. As...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by Venezuelan citizens, such as a person (details supplied), who have been unable to apply for renewal of their Venezuelan passports due to the closure of the Venezuelan consulate and as a result are unable to renew visas such as a skill stamp 4 visa; if her attention...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for their presentations. I hope to speak on a number of issues, some of which are areas of agreement while others are potentially areas of disagreement. I will start with areas of agreement. I was impressed with the Minister's presentation on the issues of literacy and apprenticeships. Statistics on the levels of education among prisoners, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Minister’s comments there. On the leaving certificate, I am glad the Minister acknowledged that not everybody in the Opposition or across society was advocating for the scrapping of the written leaving certificate examinations because the Labour Party was not. We are advocating for independent investigation into what happened this year in order that it cannot be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will there be a recommendation going to all higher education institutions that they should move online this semester? Second, a cohort of students is moving into student accommodation because they have attendance requirements for their courses and do not have sufficient broadband at home. Will the Minister give some guidance or give us some comfort that he will be giving guidance to higher...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will constitute an independent inquiry into the 2020 leaving certificate which would examine the circumstances leading to the cancellation of the exam, the design and implementation of the calculated grades system, the ensuing errors and omissions and the knock-on effect on the CAO process; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister said that while not her fault directly, the 2020 leaving certificate was a difficult process for all involved, not least for the students. Will the Minister facilitate an independent investigation into the entire 2020 leaving certificate, which would examine the circumstances leading to the cancellation of the written exam, the design and implementation of the calculated grades...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is to be welcomed. We do not need to fall out over words such as "investigation", "inquiry" and "review" but I would be interested in knowing who the Minister intends to charge with responsibility for overseeing the independent review. I am sure she will agree me that if the students of 2021 have to face the same type of system, which we all hope will not happen although we do not know...