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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: The final point I will make to the Minister is that when one school lost ten students due to there being a new national school in the area, it lost two teachers and that is not fair or equitable. While the other school has lost one teacher, there is overcrowding in all the classes now. I can send the Minister and the Department the details of these schools but I am sure my colleagues have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Travel Trade Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) about the future of travel companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) in respect of the future of the VRT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21548/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the music and entertainment industry will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Tax (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if emergency funding will be made available, in addition to funds announced to date, in order to supplement local authority budgets in order to defer a possible increase to the local property tax whilst the Covid-19 pandemic is having such a detrimental impact on the economy and employment; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a request from the chief fire officer in County Louth has been received seeking approval to commence the capital process of developing the new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth; if so, the time frame for when the project will progress and commence construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21549/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the successful applicants for the urban regeneration development fund will be announced; if the two applications (details supplied) made by Louth County Council for the Port Access Northern Cross Route in Drogheda and the Bridge Street, St Nicholas Quarter in Dundalk, County Louth will be supported; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding school transport and private bus operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22121/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the guidelines will be clarified regarding the wearing of face masks in secondary schools for students with health issues such as asthma (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Deaths (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 990. To ask the Minister for Health if he will institute an inquiry into the recent deaths at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21089/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 998. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns detailed in correspondence by a union (details supplied) on medicine shortages will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1014. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the fair deal care for older persons living in the community or in sheltered housing will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the withdrawal of the widely used ozempic weight control medication from the drugs payment scheme; if the decision can be overturned, and if not, the alternatives for persons that cannot afford the monthly cost and are not applicable for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 875 of 3 June 2020, if further progress has been made in respect of the Meath County Council draft appraisal for the proposed Julianstown bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SNA exceptional review process will be expedited in respect of the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth; if it will be ensured that the school and family have a confirmed date for the process; if it will be further ensured that the process is fast-tracked in order for the child to receive the appropriate and required SNA...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reductions in teacher numbers will be frozen until such time that schools (details supplied) in County Louth have managed the Covid-19 pandemic and are in a position to manage an increase in class numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping exercise for Drogheda, County Louth announced on 21 August 2020; the date of commencement and other relevant details on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22882/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping exercise for Drogheda, County Louth, announced on 21 August 2020; the date of commencement and other relevant details on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22869/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: In view of the Minister's interest in fighting criminality in County Louth, particularly in Drogheda with her attendance at the protest following the barbarous murder of one of our citizens, the petrol bombing of homes and the intimidation of people, will she give us more detail on a very welcome scoping report for Drogheda to look at all of the issues with regard to criminality, crime, youth...