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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland plans to take in respect of the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe in view of the recent fire in the refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28283/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (6 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 421. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a club (details supplied) will be permitted to use again the Gaelic pitch at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6, which it has used for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (6 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken by a national school to ensure that a neighbouring secondary school continues to recognise a national school as a feeder school in order that children from the locality may have access to a local secondary school as identified (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28770/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if ballet schools come within the definition of schools, early learning and childcare services as defined in the Plan for Living with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28319/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the committee and wish him all the best in his role in the years ahead. We are three months away from Brexit, which may be a no-deal Brexit. Will the extra 330 staff allocated to the Revenue Commissioners be sufficient to deal with the extraordinary consequences of a no-deal Brexit? Alternatively, if there is a deal on Brexit, will all those...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Will those small businesses still have significant extra work to complete even if a deal is agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union?

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is remarkable that less than three months prior to the UK leaving the EU, there is no agreement in place and the UK still does not know what the nature of its trading relationship with the EU will be after 1 January 2021. What we need to learn from this is that if we ever go down the route of having a significant referendum in this country, as we may in years to come, we have to be sure...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when will the working time directive will be implemented in the Defence Forces. [29142/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: First, I would like to congratulate the Minister and Minister of State on their appointments. There are great challenges involved in being Ministers in a very new Department for the first time, but there are also great opportunities. I regard both Ministers as a dynamic duo, so I expect to see great achievements by both of them in this new Department. I will start with the Minister,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: On the broader issue of funding of third level institutions, we had the Cassels report a number of years ago. What would the Minister like to achieve when it comes to putting in place a reliable and secure method of funding for third level institutions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: The arrival of international students into Ireland has been affected by the pandemic. I, like other members of this committee, have been contacted by organisations concerned about the increase in insurance costs for international students in Ireland. Without getting into it in too much detail, can the Minister give those institutions any updated information that might alleviate some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, have identified a very viable point about how apprenticeships have been subordinated beneath the belief that studying for medicine, law or engineering is more worthwhile which, of course, it is not. We need to have a mechanism to allow young people in school to recognise that if they do well in certain courses in the leaving cert...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to commence housing construction on the glass bottle site at Ringsend, Dublin 4. [29673/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for hearings of family law issues (details supplied) in each of the District Courts, in tabular form; the District Courts not taking new applications for hearings of family law issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29816/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the family law hearings (details supplied) heard by each District Court from 20 March 2020 to the latest available date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29817/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted on a monthly basis to intensive care units here in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, and in the first nine months of 2020. [30188/20]

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

Jim O'Callaghan: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to Covid-19 testing in schools for school age children in which appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30096/20]

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

Jim O'Callaghan: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure active continued engagement with education partners and student representatives to the end of 2020 and in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30095/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which tourists who arrive here are allowed to travel outside their county of arrival in view of level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30425/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Election of Vice Chairman (14 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I second that.