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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with cerebral palsy who are in the high risk category for Covid-19 are included in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy, specifically the seventh group, persons aged 18 to 64 with certain medical conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43523/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 636. To ask the Minister for Health if local authorities will be consulted on the Covid-19 vaccine with reference to those in group nine, namely persons living or working in crowded settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43525/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of the school meals local projects scheme will be extended over the Christmas school holiday period in order that schools as local leaders may support families in food poverty as they have done throughout the year with the support of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44072/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 8 December 2020, the way in which participation of students from low socio-economic backgrounds is facilitated for graduate medical programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given to creating a targeted strategy for medicine due to the high level of inequality within the courses following from data released recently from the HEA which showed that in 2018 and 2019 only 4% of enrolments of students in medicine were from disadvantaged areas versus 35% of students from affluent areas; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the lack of payment for student nurses and midwives will result in nursing and midwifery studies becoming less desirable; his further views on whether healthcare courses should be made more attractive to study following from a global pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Down's syndrome will be included in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy; if so, the group within which they fall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale following reports of the Low Pay Commission’s commitment to only a 1% increase in the national minimum wage for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26803/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have been forced to open against the wishes of the boards of management and principals due to high positivity rates for Covid-19 since the reopening of schools earlier in 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44551/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department has had communication with a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the dates on, and methods by, which these communications took place; if her Department has spoken with the principal and board of management or had communication with the school outside of the directive sent from her Department to reopen...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if a workplace which chooses to close due to concerns due to the risk of Covid-19 due to a 10% positivity rate should be forced to remain open; his views on whether is safe and in the best interest of the health and safety of those in that workplace; if there are workplaces other than schools which would be forced to open under these circumstances; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Attendance (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of absence reports over 20 days recorded by the Tusla education support service, TESS, in the 2020-21 academic year to date; and if there has been an increase in the number of absence reports over 20 days to TESS compared to this time in 2020 in the 2019-2020 academic year. [1635/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Attendance (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a well-being approach is followed when it comes to school absences and TESS as stated in September 2020; if guidance and support is provided to parents who are stressed and concerned after receiving letters notifying them their child has missed 20 days of schools even when this was due to Covid-19-related issues; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to support WiFi access for students without access during school buildings being closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1634/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Tests (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which testing and tracing will run in the context of post-primary schools opening for three days a week to facilitate sixth year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1632/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Broadband Plan (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to schemes from companies in the UK to supply broadband for students who do not have access at home to facilitate remote learning; if her Department has reached out to companies here to do the same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1633/21]

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

Gary Gannon: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that students with special educational needs in mainstream classes will be supported to continue their education on par with their peers during the time school buildings are closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1879/21]

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

Gary Gannon: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to support the mental health and well-being of students in examination years during the academic year 2020/2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1880/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Communications (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most appropriate means for second-level students to contact her Department to communicate their experiences surrounding school building closures after students reporting comments being disabled online on social media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1881/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended to those who cannot secure childcare and therefore cannot work during the current restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1877/21]