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Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will primarily speak about the education elements of this budget. The pandemic demonstrates that Irish schools are underfunded, understaffed and overcrowded. This has slowed the reopening of schools and it means that keeping schools open safely and sustainably is extremely challenging. It is a challenge that teachers, school staff and principals face every day. We have much more to do...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the work carried out by a company (details supplied) on behalf of her Department regarding the calculated grades model was appropriately certified as in compliance with the standards expected by her Department; and if she plans to recoup payment on foot of the very significant errors which were made. [30280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport and the progress that is being made to ensure the same number of children who were carried in 2019 will be carried again in 2020. [30276/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a new building for a school (details supplied). [30278/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who received a notification from the Covid-19 tracker app indicating they must isolate because they were a close contact of a confirmed case were then told by the Department of Health that they did not need to isolate; and the reason the notifications do not apply to the teaching profession. [30279/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the significant issues facing schools that have lost teachers due to the school census and having reduced numbers at the time of the census relative to 2019; and if she will ensure schools do not lose teachers, potentially undermining their ability to achieve social distancing. [30277/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Today's news came as a devastating blow, first, to the workers and their families, and I hope something can be done even now to salvage these jobs, and, second, to Cork Airport as a whole. There are over 10,000 people whose employment relies either directly or indirectly on it and I have been contacted by many of those people, including people working as baggage handlers, for shops and for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Much of the Minister's reply was not incorrect but it largely amounted to a statement of regret for the situation we are in and an acknowledgement that things are bad in aviation. It seemed as if the Minister was asking, "What can we do?". That is not good enough. An awful lot of jobs are relying on the industry. Entire regions look to these airports as crucial to their futures. ...

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Part of what this legislation does is to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000. It is worth asking why the planning laws were the way they were before the former Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, changed them. Why were decisions taken on a local basis? They were taken on a local basis because local planners, councillors and authorities knew the communities which they were planning for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children who are home schooled can leave their county for educational purposes such as nature walks, educational trips and so on; and if specific guidance will be provided to the parents of home-schooled children. [31978/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: About six weeks ago I submitted a document to the Minister for Education outlining the measures we believe are necessary to ensure that schools stay open in a safe and sustainable way, which we all agree is a priority. Unfortunately serious issues with the tracing regime have arisen. The tracing system was one of the priorities we identified. It has been described by one union leader as...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Constitution is regularly used as an excuse for not doing things. It has often been used for blocking interventions on housing. It was used to argue against any kind of rent measures, even the rent pressure zones that we eventually ended up with. It was used as an argument against a rent freeze. It was used as an argument against a ban on evictions such as the Focus Ireland amendment...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On a point of order, one of the main kinds of hand sanitisers used in schools is defective. Schools are not to use it. It has been recalled. I am not looking for a debate but the Minister for Education and Skills is here and it should be possible to give a brief explanation of what is going on. By the time we resume, schools will have reopened. They do not know what is defective about...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (23 Oct 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The atmosphere has changed in recent weeks and months and there is a rising concern about the incidence of the pandemic. It was clear there was a need for dedicated action, which is to be welcomed. We also welcome the fact that the Government eventually listened to the point made by Sinn Féin and others for weeks about the pandemic unemployment payment and wage subsidy scheme. We...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons who had a theory test cancelled as a result of level 5 restrictions can be facilitated with new appointments as soon as the test centres reopen on 1 December 2020 as opposed to joining the end of the queue for the next available appointment. [33195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 494. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has given consideration to excluding gyms from restrictions in view of the important role they play in mental physical health and wellness; the reason for this decision; and the evidence for not excluding gyms. [32631/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 508. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an organisation (details supplied) can continue to train with up to 15 children during level 5 restrictions. [33023/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if administrative work carried out by a public servant in a local authority is an essential service; and if these workers can be mandated to attend in person at their workplace or should be facilitated with working from home if possible. [33186/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €5 million investment for DEIS schools in Budget 2021 will be allocated. [32783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a medically vulnerable SNA at a school (details supplied) can be facilitated with working from home. [32918/20]