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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Special Educational Needs Staff (13 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNAs who are job sharing will be allowed to substitute; and the progress that has been made with technical implementation issues regarding payroll to allow these measures to be put in place. [1216/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Examinations (13 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the junior certificate 2021 examinations; if there are still plans to conduct the exams; and if so, the additional support that can be provided for junior certificate students. [1744/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Examinations (13 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the need to postpone deadlines for leaving certificate practical exams until the resumption of normal school attendance; and if the case of design communications graphic assessment will be examined, which requires students to be in school and use computer-aided design tools and in cases in which the remaining...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures that can be taken by his Department to assist or encourage maternity hospitals to allow expectant mothers, such as in the case of a person (details supplied), have a birth partner present and available before, during and after the birth of a child. [44908/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I speak for many people when I say that the point-scoring between Sinn Féin and Fine Gael is getting quite tedious. I have a question about Beacon Hospital. It is reported in the Irish Independenttoday that the staff in the privately-owned Beacon Hospital were vaccinated yesterday. This is the same hospital that refused to sign up to the deal with the HSE to make even 30% of its beds...

Covid-19 (Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party has tried to be as reasonable and as constructive as possible in these most trying of times, particularly in the education space. We know there is no easy decision for the Minister to make. We appreciate that she was faced with a difficult scenario last week. We appreciate the efforts she has made to listen to education spokespersons who spoke to her on Monday with...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Nobody in the House denies the Minister has a difficult job. I particularly notice accusations from the Opposition and his own Government Members that are not truthful and that could be extremely frustrating for the Minister. I heard a Member from the Opposition state we are at the bottom of the European table when it comes to vaccination, which is not true, and a Member from the Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I join the Taoiseach and others in expressing the Labour Party's sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives yesterday, one of whom was 41 years of age, which should be a reminder to everybody in society that this is a virus that can affect all age groups. I also join the Taoiseach in congratulating, if I may say, one of our own in becoming President of the United States on his...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Taoiseach's response but he underestimates the damage that has been done in public commentary by the Minister and Minister of State. The Taoiseach mentioned the webinar last Monday, but I am aware of a webinar that took place last night. While this process was falling apart, the Minister, Deputy Foley, took it upon herself to attend a Fianna Fáil-sponsored webinar at 7...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We support that call. There is no need to elongate the debate on it. It is important that the Minister come before to the House to facilitate questions on this important matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: On that, we are not suggesting that the new Secretary General of the Department of Health should be paid nothing. The Taoiseach, however, does expect student nurses and midwives to be paid nothing. On the matter of vaccinations, because this is an important issue, the Taoiseach is battling against misinformation, not just from the Internet but from within his own party on certain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if teachers have been included in provisional vaccination category 6 as key workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/21]

Covid-19 (Special Educational Needs Provision): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We welcome this debate but every time the Minister or the Minister of State get an opportunity to speak about this issue, they only make things worse. I am inclined not to ask any questions because the answers will just make things worse. The Labour Party has been trying to de-escalate this issue over recent days, but it is clear that the Minister and her Minister of State have lost control...

Covid-19 (Special Educational Needs Provision): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I deliberately talked down the clock-----

Covid-19 (Special Educational Needs Provision): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Covid-19 (Special Educational Needs Provision): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have no problem with the Minister adding something constructive-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the ex gratia scheme set up in the wake of a case (details supplied) and judgments in the European Court of Human Rights and in the Irish courts has been completed; if it has or will be published; if the report on Irish progress on implementation of the judgment due to the Council of Europe on 8 December 2020 has or will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy, research reports or data on the use of mock exams in public schools; the prevalence of the use of mock exams; the average price of those exams; the estimated cost of funding such exams for all students in non-fee paying schools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of the mock exams is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Access to Higher Education (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to delays in some schools in completing school-based attainment testing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which have led to a concern among parents that testing will not take place in time to apply for the disability access route to education, DARE, programme; and if he will extend the DARE deadline from 1 March...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (27 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of the Central Bank has been drawn to any legal or regulatory obstacle placed by the State to persons in Ireland sending remittances through Irish banks to Cuba; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that it is not possible to send such remittances through Irish banks or service providers in contrast with other EU...