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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (25 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: Mr. Tattan is from the Department that is rolling out the scheme, the summer provision programme, so he is entirely relevant. This is a submission to this committee. Mr. Tattan is before the committee as lead officer in the Department. This organisation is saying that when the Department published its guidelines, the parents felt blindsided. Therefore Mr. Tattan's opinion matters. They...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (25 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: Do Mr. Tattan or the Department accept that they were blindsided?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (25 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: That is the question I asked. At least Mr. Tattan has answered the question. It went on to refer to the clear restrictions on who could access the programme in July and August 2020. It stated: The Guidelines state that that the scheme is not open to the majority of post-primary school students, nor to students transitioning from preschool into mainstream primary schools. As a result,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (25 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: He does not believe. Ms Griffin might be able to answer a question that was asked earlier, but she did not get a chance to come back. Inclusion Ireland claimed that this could potentially be a breach of the Equal Status Act. Does the National Council for Special Education agree with that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (25 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: The NCSE accepts that it was open to challenge. Inclusion Ireland claims it could be in breach of the Equal Status Act. I will go on to quote something else in the Down Syndrome Ireland submission: There appears to be a complete disconnect between the Minister and officials in his Department, and it is students with Down syndrome who are caught in the middle. It's shocking and deeply...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (25 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I find it shocking that an organisation that represents children with Down's syndrome is stating that there is a disconnect, that there were difficulties with its parents being blindsided and that children are being left behind, and yet the Department has a polar opposite view. Something is seriously wrong when an advocacy group is so strong and compelling in its statement and yet the...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I commend the new Minister and wish him well. I send him my best wishes. Obviously, we want anyone who takes up high office and a Ministry as important as health to succeed. In 2009, I was a member of Waterford City and County Council when a presentation was given to the council by a group of healthcare professionals who were based in University Hospital Waterford, a number of whom were...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the calculation of average net weekly pay for the purposes of the temporary wage subsidy scheme may cause an underpayment to some persons that are usually paid monthly (details supplied); if adjustments are planned to rectify the underpayment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, further to the passage of the motion on community employment pension scheme on 26 April 2018, he met with unions that represent community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors in order that negotiations could commence with a view to creating a process to bring this issue to finality. [12771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, further to the passage of the motion on community employment pension scheme on 26 April 2018, he made available the financial resources to address this issue. [12772/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the community sector high level forum last met; the plans there are for it to meet again to resolve the ongoing issues it was set up to examine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13696/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals process for students that were self-taught and did not receive a grade for subjects in which they were self-taught; the reason their pre-leaving certificate examinations are not sufficient for estimating grades; her plans to rectify same; when they will get to sit an exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the backlog in processing claims for and making non-Covid-19 related payments; her plans for dealing with this backlog; the timeline for resolving this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12739/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 825. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the means test threshold for entitlement to carer's allowance in €50 intervals up to €950 per week in tabular form. [12985/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 827. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the means test threshold for entitlement to carer’s allowance in €50 intervals up to €950 per week in tabular form. [13044/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 848. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years of age that claimed jobseeker's benefit in each month of 2019 and in each month to date in 2020, in tabular form. [13417/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years of age that claimed jobseeker’s allowance in each month of 2019 and in each month to date in 2020, in tabular form. [13418/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 810, 811 and 812 of 23 June 2020, when the report referenced will be finalised; and when it will be published or otherwise made available to members of Dáil Éireann. [13419/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: That is a fair response.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: There is no minute to be taken back. Not at all.