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Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, which the Labour Party will support. I appreciate that the Minister will be sympathetic regarding the issue being raised. There are often calls for tough Garda action regarding what happens in communities, including action against parents, young people and those who sell scramblers and quad bikes. That has to happen and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and a report made regarding the case and the general issue of the effect of Covid-19 on the extension of notice periods for evictions. [36986/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student forfeits their right to sit a written leaving certificate 2020 exam in cases in which they are unwell and cannot attend the exam. [36502/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the standard bereavement allowances will be in place for the 2020 leaving certificate; if so, when are the exams scheduled to go ahead; and if the papers have been prepared. [36503/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals process for the November 2020 exams; and the timeline for appeals. [36504/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the usual bell curve will be applied to November 2020 exam students; if not, if it will be waived in view of the fact it is not a typical cohort of students; and if it would not be expected that their results would be normally distributed. [36505/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be possible to return the 2020 leaving certificate exam results earlier than February 2021 in view of the fact that approximately 2,800 students plan to sit this exam, many of whom will only sit one exam. [36506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing an extension in one phase to a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; the likely timeframe for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36857/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a new permanent building for a school (details supplied); the likely timeframe for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36858/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a new permanent building for an school (details supplied); the likely timeframe for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37143/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister is very welcome. I wish to raise a few issues. I will speed through them and give the Minister as much time as possible to respond. In my interactions with schools and school principals I find there is a certain exhaustion in the system. The Minister will appreciate that they are working very hard to keep going and keep the schools open. There is an argument for a long...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Yes.

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The very point of the existence of the Labour Party is to protect the worker against exploitation. Protecting the worker means that, at times and circumstances change, legislation has to change. Things do not stay the same. That is why when we bring forward proposed legislation in the House it is always with an eye on the worker, the reality of the vulnerability of many people who are at...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (18 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I raised this issue with the Minister yesterday at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. At the outset I must state that the Department's treatment of SNAs has been appalling over the most recent period in terms of the lack of respect shown to them. I refer to the redeployment debacle, the issues around face...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (18 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister made reference to agreements made in 2005 and a circular issued in 2011. We were not in the middle of a pandemic in 2005 or 2011. There is no recognition from her Department that things have radically changed and that schools would not be open if it were not for special needs assistants. There must be some accommodation by the Department of the need for flexibility at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I thank them and their members for keeping our schools open. Without the schools being open, our country cannot function. I would like the witnesses to bring a message back to the members they represent of the gratitude of this committee and the people of Ireland. I have a question for Mr. Boyle before I ask for other responses. Mr. Boyle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is once since the schools reopened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will make some general comments and ask for general reflections. With regard to public health teams and the HSE giving contradictory advice to different schools regarding close contacts, Fórsa has made its comments known about face coverings and PPE. Do the teacher unions have similar concerns? Will Mr. Boyle speak to the DEIS situation in respect of the pupil-teacher ratio, which...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (24 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the terms of reference for the departmental review on shared living and co-living established following his appointment; the membership of the committee; the number of meetings that have taken place; the persons and organisations that were consulted during the course of the review; if he will report on the interim...