Results 2,721-2,740 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is taking steps to ameliorate the stress facing leaving certificate students by seeking to expand the number of places at third-level in view of the shortfall in international students seeking to attend. [6407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the paper produced by an association (details supplied) regarding the severe financial position facing universities and other third-level institutions; and his views on whether dedicated sustainability and growth funding is needed for the sector. [6408/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that recent events have had on fifth year students; and the steps being taken to support them. [6410/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to expand places on the HEAR and DARE schemes in view of the impact of recent events to ensure that the impact on students that suffer from disadvantage is minimised. [6411/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to expand accessibility to SUSI and increase the amount and reduce income thresholds in view of the impact of recent events to ensure that the impact on students that suffer from disadvantage is minimised. [6412/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support children that are finishing primary school during transition to secondary school at this time. [6413/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that service delivery staff had been employed for a number of weeks of the year by the State Examinations Commission will now not be employed disrupting their pattern of employment; and his views on whether functions can be found for the staff to ensure that they are kept in employment in view of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the entire 2020 cohort of leaving certificate students should be entitled to resit the exam at any stage in their lives at no cost, including the cost of tuition through further education and so on in recognition of the disruption to the tuition of the school year. [6923/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 761. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether home help workers should be entitled to PPE and adequate sanitisers; if they have such access; and the steps he plans to take to ensure that this happens. [6414/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 December 2019, if further consideration has been given to enhanced or expanded tax relief or other forms of incentives on teleconferencing equipment with the objective of reducing emissions by minimising unnecessary travel to meetings in view of recent developments and changes in the way in which society works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation that applies to students that are not classed as independent for the purposes of the SUSI grant whose parents are temporarily unemployed due to Covid-19-related circumstances but do not know if they will be taken on again such as, for example, in the bar or retail trade; and if persons in these circumstances will qualify for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work being done to support English language students here; and if he has had discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding suspension of student visas until September 2020 or such point when face-to-face classes can be resumed. [8085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure 2020 post-leaving certificate courses are completed and-or accredited; and the way in which he will ensure that students coming from post-leaving certificate courses will be in a position to attend higher education or further courses on the strength of their course. [8120/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work being carried out to support English language students here; if he has considered the suspension of student visas until September 2020 or such a point when face-to-face classes can be resumed; if he has considered a guarantee that time lost due to school closures will not count towards the total number of months...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 856. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to the need for a sustainability fund in view of the fact that many early years providers are under severe pressure and may not reopen after restrictions have been lifted and the fact that this is having a major impact on workers and their incomes. [7045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work undertaken after 12 March 2020 can be taken into consideration in the calculation of calculated grades. [9301/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that would have sat the leaving certificate this summer that will now not be entitled to a calculated grades due to a lack of evidence or lack of access to a registered teacher for a given subject or several subjects [9297/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider arranging an alternative examination for potential leaving certificate students that will now not receive a calculated grade such as, for example, an online oral [9298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible to arrange a written leaving certificate examination [9299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact statistical methods which will be used for the standardisation of results submitted by schools in the context of the calculation of grades within the leaving certificate. [9296/20]