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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Tests (22 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I am fully aware of his commitment to getting people back playing and watching sport. Obviously, the Minister of State is correct in saying we are at level 5 at present and limited in what we can do. We need to recognise that hope is out there, however. We cannot continue to live with this sense of doom and dread, listening to numbers every...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new school builds will include the construction of ASD classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20908/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to produce a five-year forecast of the current and future need for special needs education places in the catchment area of each school and to communicate this demand to schools within each area within six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to publish a list by school each June of all available school places in ASD units for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20910/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman and the witnesses for coming before the committee today. I will start by asking Mr. Healy about the extraordinary levels of youth unemployment at present. Obviously, it is contributed to significantly by Covid-19 but what role does he see the apprenticeship issue playing in trying to resolve youth unemployment so that we do not have a long-term problem in this country?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Brownlee. Did Mr. Healy want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: We, as Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, are policymakers. What can we do to try to direct more students toward the apprenticeship avenue and maybe give them an opportunity to recognise it is a more attractive avenue for them than, say, going down the CAO route, which is the more orthodox path presented to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Brownlee and Mr. O'Callaghan.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions taken to obtain the view of young persons in increasing their participation in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the cultural capital scheme 2019-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the small business assistance scheme for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the sustaining enterprise fund; the number of jobs it has protected during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the COVID-19 credit guarantee scheme; the number of businesses that have availed of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the trading online voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22197/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the business continuity voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the operation of the debt warehousing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to support the return of live performances and events in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a formal response has been delivered to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of a document that was furnished to her Department in October 2020. [21238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to permit the graduated return of antigen tested spectators to sport. [21239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 341. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the UEFA European Football Championship games planned in June 2021 in Ireland will proceed with spectators' present. [21240/21]