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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Telecommunications Services (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the newly announced expansion of Wi-Fi in 90 locations to aid online access for students in further and higher education institutions will be able to include secondary school students and provide access for them also; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1878/21]

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

Gary Gannon: 1050. To ask the Minister for Health if any contact tracers are currently working in open plan office; if so, his views on whether this is safe and best practice given the current number of Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1630/21]

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

Gary Gannon: 1051. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing a statement to have all contact tracers work from home in line with current public health advice from the Chief Medical Office. [1631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1052. To ask the Minister for Health where do HIQA inspectors fall in the definition of frontline workers; and if they will receive the vaccine with frontline staff in the current vaccination strategy. [1637/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a deadline will be committed to by which a decision and communication will be made regarding the method by which the leaving certificate examinations will take place in 2021. [2154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (14 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a PPS number. [2152/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (14 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the review of the gateway scheme has been completed and published; and if the link to the publication will be provided. [2153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision that has been made to ensure that students with disabilities in mainstream and special schools can access online learning while schools are closed. [2936/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (20 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision in place to provide the necessary additional assistive technologies to enable students with disabilities to access the curriculum remotely. [2937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 672. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare workers within sections 38 and 39 organisations will be included in the second priority group for the vaccination, that is, healthcare workers, supporting those working with persons with disabilities and thus supporting individuals with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (20 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for car parking at hospitals for both patients and visitors that is included in the programme for Government. [2934/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (20 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish the National Public Health Emergency Team Covid-19 subgroup for vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students living with persons who are in the very high risk groups that are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 will continue to be provided with the option of remote learning from home when school buildings reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding calls from leaving certificate students for a choice of assessment options in respect of the State examinations following a consultation with a union (details supplied); if such an option has been explored by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2021 home-based summer programme to support children with special educational or care needs hours will be increased from 2020, in which the maximum number of hours per week was ten; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide victims and survivors of the Magdalene Laundries a full HAA card for public and private services as was one of the recommendations within the Magdalen Commission Report in 2013. [3202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the current number of CAO accounts to date; and the way in which this information compares to CAO accounts made in 2019 and 2020. [4216/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to support applicants to the HPAT who do not have access to dependable Wi-Fi or the necessary digital tools required to take part in the assessment which has moved online due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of front-line workers who have pending citizenship applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 804. To ask the Minister for Health his views on easing visiting restrictions in maternity hospitals following the vaccination of staff; if guidelines will be issued in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4218/21]