Results 15,981-16,000 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if English language teacher-led representation on the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector will be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9167/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support will be provided to students who attend Gaelscoileanna particularly in cases in which Irish is not spoken in the home therefore depriving students of day-to-day use of their primary learning language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support will be provided to address the specific needs of children with learning disabilities; if the funding will be allocated to facilitate additional classes and support to these students in addition to the existing model when they return to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the criteria used for allocation of teaching posts in DEIS schools (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional funding for book rental schemes in post-primary DEIS schools. [9160/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the junior certificate school programme; if it will include resources for school libraries and allocation of librarians, particularly in DEIS schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Completion Programme (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support and resources will be provided to school staff due to changes in the school completion programme in view of the increased workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9162/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the new community policing framework; if online public consultation will be carried out on the draft document which will include working with local authorities and local joint policing committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to establishing a dedicated Garda Síochána transport police section to deal with public transport in urban areas in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9148/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 1454 of 20 May 2020, if all businesses including cinemas are instructed to self-identify which phase in line with the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business they fall into; if businesses listed on the roadmap in specific phases can reopen at a different phase depending on their self-assessed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 467. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to the specific needs and challenges facing businesses operating in the supply chain for the food service, catering and hospitality sectors (details supplied). [9158/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 661. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1366 of 20 May 2020 to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, if his Department and the National Public Health Emergency Team for Covid-19 plan to issue direction, guidance and advice to local authorities in relation to the need for streets and public areas in towns and villages to be thoroughly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a written process for issuing Covid-19 sector-specific guidance by agencies (details supplied). [9151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the epidemiological reasons that have allowed physiotherapists to reopen while the BreastCheck and CervicalCheck screening programmes remain paused; if the decision to continue pausing the BreastCheck and CervicalCheck cancer screening programmes due to Covid-19 was made purely based on epidemiological reasons; and if other reasons fed into this decision,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration he has given to moving medical appointments into health centres during Covid-19 in order that safe social distancing can be maintained in accident and emergency departments. [9153/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information and Quality Authority (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions HIQA raised concerns regarding the lack of clinical oversight in nursing homes with his Department over the past three years; if the submissions made by HIQA received a response; and if so, if he will make the responses available. [9164/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information and Quality Authority (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 666. To ask the Minister for Health the response from his Department following inspection reports by HIQA on residential centres for older persons on 11 December 2019, 27 January 2020 and 3 March 2020; the steps his Department took to address the non-compliance found in centres particularly in relation to infection control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9165/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 940. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised by the bus and coach sector due to Covid-19 (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9163/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 964. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body that will enforce the new mandatory regulations for passengers arriving from overseas to complete a passenger location form, adhere to the regulations and be available for follow-up checks; the number of staff allocated to this task; and the level of grade of each. [9346/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1096. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the hardship facing persons who are awaiting arrears for their Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment; if the case of a person (details supplied) can be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8858/20]