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Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The word "cancer" strikes fear into many people. Cancer is not just a single illness, it is a series of illnesses. Sometimes our understanding of these illnesses can be simplified by treating them all as one. Nonetheless, cancer is a series of illnesses that has affected so many people. I would say almost everyone in this Chamber has had a loved one or relative who has died as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (8 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a map of the rent pressure zones in Cork city and county. [21258/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary teachers, respectively on secondment from their teaching posts to positions within her Department or Department-funded bodies; and her plans to release some of these teachers to ensure greater numbers of teachers in the classroom. [21798/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that have returned for the 2020/2021 academic year with classes of 30 or more by county in tabular form and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22391/20]

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is my first opportunity to engage with the Minister of State in this brief. I believe her to be a decent person and I wish her the best of luck in what is a challenging brief. I hope she will use all her energy to try to change things. It will not be easy but it is vitally important she do so. I wish to raise with the Minister of State two issues, the first of which I suppose has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (9 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have appealed their special needs assistant and special education teaching allocations by county. [22966/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is incorrect-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It has been acknowledged several times by the Opposition-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We did acknowledge it-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----on the floor of the Dáil and at committee. We have acknowledged it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: First I wish to correct the Taoiseach. He stated earlier that Sinn Féin had not acknowledged the fact that the schools-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is not actually what he said, in fairness and it has been acknowledged by many Deputies from my party. It is welcome but as I have said to the Department and the Minister, we must ensure that our schools stay open, which is as great a challenge. On Friday and again yesterday many students found out that the leaving certificate results given by their school had been adjusted...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We did not support-----

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: For many years, taxi drivers have felt they have not been listened to, and that they have been the last to be listened to when it comes to transport. Yesterday, they came out to say they will not take that any more. There are 22,000 taxis on the road. There are between 1,000 and 1,500 in my county, County Cork, and the drivers' families rely on them. They face enormous uncertainty and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a limited number of spectators will be allowed at sporting events in line with local evaluation of the number who can be safely allowed to attend including for games involving children and young persons. [24257/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the timetable for the leaving certificate re-sits in November 2020 will be released to students. [25280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appeals process for calculated grades will be expedited for students that indicate that they will be sitting the November 2020 exams in order that they are not unnecessarily studying for subjects whose grades may increase on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25283/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who missed out on their first choice CAO courses. [24839/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2020 CAO entrance points will be applied to the leaving certificate 2020 cohort that will be resitting exams in November 2020. [25281/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the HPAT results from 2020 will carry over to 2021 for leaving certificate 2020 students reapplying to medicine courses for entry in 2021 that are resitting some of their leaving certificate exams in November 2020. [25282/20]