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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for being here. We had good presentations from various TUs throughout the country. They spoke repeatedly about funding, which is a legacy issue. Every time the Minister crosses my path at this committee, we talk about literacy because all political parties in the Oireachtas have an interest in this issue. The Minister mentioned a new national...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (24 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategic housing developments which have been granted permission since July 2017; the number that have had commencement orders granted to them; the number of these permissions that have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10757/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Passport Office is still processing passport requests; the number of requests being processed; if staff have been assigned to other duties; and the waiting times for passport applications. [9535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by student teachers studying at a private college (details supplied) who are faced with a €1,300 cost of a two-week online course with no access to a Gaeltacht grant or other sources of funding available to these students; and the measures she proposes to take in order to support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an evaluation was carried out into the success of the slow down to catch up phase in autumn 2020 within different educational settings; if so, if the results of such an evaluation will be shared prior to the reopening of schools; if a similar approach is planned to be adopted for the coming planned reopening; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has prepared cost estimates for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if a breakdown by section (details supplied) of the cost of implementation of the Act as outlined in the 2006 implementation report schedule of actions will be provided; the cost of commencement or progress...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (25 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority voids returned to stock in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of voids in each local authority; the location of these voids within each local authority; the cost per unit of bringing each unit back in stock in the same period; the average turnaround time per year of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (25 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full-year revenue raised from the vacant sites levy from 2015 to 2020, by local authority in tabular form; the estimated full-year revenue from the vacant sites levy in 2021, by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Costs (25 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure of his Department and An Bord Pleanála in respect of all legal services provided in all appeal and judicial review applications instituted against his Department and-or An Bord Pleanála by case in each of the years since January 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (25 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of the waiting list to access early years supports from Tusla early intervention teams in the north inner city, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the way and by whom the decision was made to not make a vaccine (details supplied) available to persons over 70 years of age; if a revision of same is planned in view of the WHO statement that the vaccine is suitable for use in this age group; and if he or the relevant body will make the vaccine available to persons over 70 years of age on a voluntary basis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus leis an Aire Stáit as a bheith linn um thráthnóna. Tá mé in ann a chinntiú go bhfuil mé i dTeach Laighin. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for some of the recent announcements of measures that we have been calling for and they have now delivered. We had a long discussion about passing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Research has been undertaken and there is an acknowledgement within the Department that damage was done to children through unavoidable school closures. In the UK, there is a £1 billion catch-up fund for children and young people. Is it the Minister's intention to advocate for a fund that would do some of the work to help children who have been damaged - I use that word, but another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There is a lack of school places in north Dublin for students transitioning from primary to second level. Is the Department aware of this issue? Is it taking moves to address it? We receive a number of queries in our office about this issue every year. This year the problem is particularly acute. I do not know if it is Covid related, but there is certainly a scarcity of places in second...

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have concerns that the Department feels we need to return to normal, when the issue in Irish education is that normal is the problem. At yesterday's meeting of the education committee, we touched on the analysis that, according to the Minister, her Department has carried out on the damage caused by the lack of in-class teaching, particularly for children in acute disadvantage, who need...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (3 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is provided to local authorities for the maintenance and upkeep of all types of roads on the islands; the funding provided by local authorities to the islands for their roads over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (3 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent in 2018, 2019 and 2020 on adapting houses for persons with disabilities by county and by type of ownership, that is, private homes, local authority owned homes and approved housing body homes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (3 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the analysis conducted to date that compares the costs of adapting houses which have been designed to universal design standards for persons with disabilities to the cost of adapting housing units without universal design standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the proposed reduction in class sizes for primary schools will include infant and vertical DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the advice of a person (details supplied) who suggests that primary school children should wear surgical face masks when they return to the classrooms; and if she will communicate such advice to schools to allow them to implement in circumstances as age and ability of children allows. [11873/21]