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

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her priorities for primary and second level education throughout County Kildare in the future in view of the demographics of the area and being adjacent to Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30584/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (14 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the provision of the proposed Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare with particular reference to the need arising from the number of Gaelscoileanna; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30585/20]

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

Bernard Durkan: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she expects to be in a position to address the issues of class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios in County Kildare and nationally in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30586/20]

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

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the school transport system can be undertaken in an effort to bring about a resolution of the issues that have arisen in each area in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30587/20]

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

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school patronage options have been taken up by the various primary and post-primary schools nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30588/20]

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

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school patronage options have been taken up by the various primary and post-primary schools throughout County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30589/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (14 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30422/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I will come in with several quick questions. Having waited this long, I will try to exert what little influence I have. We need to change the system a little. Committee meetings are long and drawn out and this room is extraordinarily cold. I am freezing to death down here, but perhaps it is only this part of the room. I will take written answers to the following questions. St. John of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I will take them as one reply or separately. It is up to the witnesses.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 6. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he is satisfied that the budget of 2021 sufficiently addresses the unemployment issues arising from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30551/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: This question was put down prior to the announcement of further Covid-related restrictions but in anticipation of such restrictions. It seeks to ascertain the level of preparedness in terms of supports.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I submitted the question prior to the recent budgetary announcements in anticipation of some of the measures contained therein, given the number of informative leaks we had. To what extent has attention been focused on possible gaps in the system whereby people qualify for assistance to a certain point, or do not qualify because of intermittent employment or because insufficient evidence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I suggest a greater use of exceptional needs payments in cases where emergencies arise, which is what that particular payment was meant to address. The payment is for circumstances in which it is deemed necessary to support the family or individual in question, and I would ask if that might be borne in mind in these particular circumstances.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 41. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland remains attractive as a location for foreign direct investment; if in recent months there has been a fluctuation in Ireland's position in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30550/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which the State is experiencing increasing competition for foreign direct investment; the degree to which the State continues to achieve in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 79. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to identify and make provision for a fallout from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 81. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to make provision to ensure a fair and competitive position for the State in the aftermath of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 84. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to make provision for alternative routes to their markers for exporters here in the aftermath of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the ten countries with which the State continues to have the most trade in terms of imports and exports; the opportunities that might arise in these areas in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 82. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which his Department expects to combat the negative aspects of Covid-19 in the year ahead with particular reference to maintaining the highest possible levels of activity in the areas of trade, enterprise and employment; the extent to which he expects to achieve success in respect of each; and if he will make a...