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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040 (10 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of desired minimum densities on sites in key towns identified in Project Ireland 2040. [42681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (10 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant buildings in Dublin city and county; the number of property owners that are engaging with discussions in regard to bringing these buildings back into use; the number that are refusing to bring the property back into use; the number that are refusing to engage with his Department and its agencies; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (10 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rent inspections that took place in each local authority area in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if the same data as a percentage of overall private rental units will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42683/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (10 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to facilitate increased compliance with the Residential Tenancies Board; the measures he plans to implement to increase Residential Tenancies Board investigations, inspections and enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42684/20]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 137. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns such as those of a person (details supplied) regarding the lack of capital available to start-up companies due to additional restrictions in the banking sector linked to Covid-19; the measures he has taken to ensure a continuing pipeline of viable start-up companies necessary for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts (15 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by his Department or the HSE in the commissioning and production, including professional fees of advice from a company, (details supplied) on Covid-19 restrictions published online on 27 October 2020; and if further expenditure was incurred on external services or consultants for advice on Covid-19 restrictions for the period since 17...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 289. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the pandemic on the outdoor activity business sector, such as an outdoor business (details supplied); if he will consider an extension of the Covid restrictions support scheme to such firms in order to help ensure this sector survive and recover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44199/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the acquisition of a permanent site for a school (details supplied), which is now 18 years in existence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Schools Site Acquisitions (13 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site has been found for a school (details supplied); if so, the location of same; and when such information will issue. [44994/20]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNAs who are job sharing will be allowed to substitute; and the progress that has been made with technical implementation issues regarding payroll to allow these measures to be put in place. [1216/21]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the junior certificate 2021 examinations; if there are still plans to conduct the exams; and if so, the additional support that can be provided for junior certificate students. [1744/21]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the need to postpone deadlines for leaving certificate practical exams until the resumption of normal school attendance; and if the case of design communications graphic assessment will be examined, which requires students to be in school and use computer-aided design tools and in cases in which the remaining...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures that can be taken by his Department to assist or encourage maternity hospitals to allow expectant mothers, such as in the case of a person (details supplied), have a birth partner present and available before, during and after the birth of a child. [44908/20]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if teachers have been included in provisional vaccination category 6 as key workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the ex gratia scheme set up in the wake of a case (details supplied) and judgments in the European Court of Human Rights and in the Irish courts has been completed; if it has or will be published; if the report on Irish progress on implementation of the judgment due to the Council of Europe on 8 December 2020 has or will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy, research reports or data on the use of mock exams in public schools; the prevalence of the use of mock exams; the average price of those exams; the estimated cost of funding such exams for all students in non-fee paying schools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of the mock exams is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Access to Higher Education (21 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to delays in some schools in completing school-based attainment testing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which have led to a concern among parents that testing will not take place in time to apply for the disability access route to education, DARE, programme; and if he will extend the DARE deadline from 1 March...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (27 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of the Central Bank has been drawn to any legal or regulatory obstacle placed by the State to persons in Ireland sending remittances through Irish banks to Cuba; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that it is not possible to send such remittances through Irish banks or service providers in contrast with other EU...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for the return of a pension query form 1 for 18 months from the Department in order to get an estimate of pension benefits will be investigated; if a reply will issue directly to the person to allow them to make a decision on retirement before 1 February 2021; and if there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (27 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the chairpersons of HEA-funded Irish higher education institutions; the term of office of each; the number of terms served by each; the method of appointment, annual remuneration and expenses for each in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3772/21]