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General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Tánaiste said in his speech that he finds some of the allegations against him "offensive". A lot of people in Ireland would find it offensive for the Taoiseach to give his pal a document he should not have. Let us move on. I still find it remarkable that the Tánaiste decided to make contact with this individual over the weekend. The Tánaiste sent him a document. Was...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Did the Tánaiste's PA know what was in it?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Tánaiste managed to put somebody else in an impossible situation in which they were sending a document which was not for circulation. Did the Tánaiste instruct her to do this? Did he ask her to do it? He must understand what he did. The words "CONFIDENTIAL - NOT FOR CIRCULATION" were written on the document. The Tánaiste asked his PA to send it to Dr. Ó Tuathail....

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is like the Northern Ireland peace process.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is according to the Tánaiste's speech. Has the Tánaiste or anyone in his office ever given a document marked "confidential" to a person or body in a manner which was "not best practice", to use the Tánaiste's own words, before this instance or since?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Earlier today the Taoiseach said that the Tánaiste said "No" to him. He also said "No" in answer to Deputy Pearse Doherty's question. When he answered my question, maybe because of the way I worded it, he said it had not happened to his knowledge. What is the Tánaiste's answer, "No" or "Not to my knowledge"?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am asking on the basis of the kind of operation he runs - his close advisers, his circle, the one or two people he has had around him for years and years. Has a confidential document been sent in a manner which was not best practice, either with or without his knowledge?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We are getting a "to the best of my knowledge" answer again, whereas the Tánaiste previously stated "No" and the Taoiseach previously stated "No".

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As has been outlined, the former Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, was asked for this document and he basically said "No". Why does the Tánaiste think the Minister for Health said "No"? Why did he say "Yes"? Why did Dr. Ó Tuathail write, "To be fair. Leo always delivers"?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There are a million and one holes in that tale. The NAGP was a basket case. It was not a credible organisation at that stage. The previous year, its entire council had resigned. Within weeks of the Tánaiste giving it this document, it had collapsed in on top of itself. Its motivation in getting this document was not to promote the document. That is obvious because it did not...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Again, the Labour Party finds utterly incredible the Tánaiste's explanation to this House and the Irish people that what he was trying to do was to promote the agreement, an agreement the NAGP did not promote among its members and which some of the NAGP members were saying it would use against the IMO. There are references in the text messages to what it was going to do with the 17...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan whose loans have already been approved are being prevented from drawing down the loan if their employer is availing of the EWSS and that they are required to be off the scheme for three months before drawdown; if under current...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the completion of the ongoing construction of the sports hall in a school (details supplied) in view of the recent entry into examinership of a construction company involved and the apparent abandonment of the construction site since July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32534/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortfall in numbers of substitution teachers available in the substitution teacher panel to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if additional teachers can be provided to the panel; when additional teachers will be made available; the number of schools that have identified such a shortfall to her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding a school (details supplied), whereby a new Educate Together secondary school is unable to accommodate pupils from an Educate Together primary school in the same area, who live less than 100 metres from the planned secondary school site, due to a cap in numbers on the school; if she...

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate very much Deputy Ó Laoghaire's accommodation. I appreciate very much the opportunity to propose this Private Members' Bill. It is good that Opposition Members get an opportunity to bring forward legislation on this matter and to engage with the Minister on this basis. The Labour Party feels very strongly about this Bill. We feel very strongly about education and...

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to state genuinely my appreciation to my colleagues from Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats who have attended this evening for taking part in the debate and, indeed, my colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, who proposed the Bill. It is gratifying to know that people feel similarly across the Opposition benches about an issue of equality and of education. I very much appreciate the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the certification that was accepted, provided or process undergone to allow the education sector procurement agreement on each of the products now withdrawn from the agreement by the circular on 29 October 2020 (details supplied); the tests that have been carried out on each of the products withdrawn to identify if any of the products is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reopen the education sector PPE procurement agreement to additional products and suppliers following the removal of a number of unregistered products from the list. [34369/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been reports of shortages in supply to schools or difficulties in providing adequate PPE and associated products due to the removal of a number of unregistered products from the approved list. [34368/20]