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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2020 leaving certificate appeals process was closed before all errors in the grading mechanisms were identified; if so, if students will have another opportunity to appeal decisions in the way in which they were graded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that all instances in which students were incorrectly marked for the 2020 leaving certificate have been identified; the number of those affected; if the CAO rounds of offers were made while errors in the grading were being identified; if so, the number of students who missed out on a place in third-level education as a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates on which the first calculated grades were made in relation to the 2020 leaving certificate results; the date on which the rounds of CAO offers were made; the date on which errors were discovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30014/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if women who took parental leave in 2017 or 2018 will obtain credits for this period to entitle them to social welfare supports during the Covid-19 pandemic; her plans to ensure that parents who take parental leave are not discriminated against in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29636/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ballet teaching school sector are within Schools, Early Learning and Childcare services and Higher and Adult Education of the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19, in view of the fact that the sector follows internationally recognised exam syllabi up to vocational level; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 6,500 students who were erroneously upgraded in the 2020 leaving certificate results who were given a place on a course through the CAO process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30015/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29916/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to phase out the reliance on direct provision centres as a method of housing asylum seekers especially in view of the overcrowded conditions of centres increasing the likelihood of Covid-19 transmission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not provided for the reduction in prescription charges set to come into effect on 1 July 2020; if medical card holders will see the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29635/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 491. To ask the Minister for Health if meetings of an organisation (details supplied) are allowed to continue in view of level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If ever there was a demonstration that there is one law in this country for the rich, the powerful and big business and another for working people, we saw that demonstrated in the Four Courts yesterday, where KPMG, the liquidators of Debenhams, sought and got an injunction against Debenhams workers. This means workers who have been treated in the most despicable fashion by their employer and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Stop the clock please. Do not waste my time. Stop the clock.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What I am talking about is the failure of the Government to address the situation whereby Debenhams can abuse workers like this. KPMG has very serious questions to answer about the way it is handling the liquidation process, given that there is court evidence from Debenhams that the online business was part of Debenhams Ireland's operation. Every worker knows it to be the case, but nobody...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is long past time for action on this. We now face the prospect that ordinary working people - most of whom are women - who are not criminals and should not be criminalised, and have worked long, hard and loyally for Debenhams and have been treated despicably, could end up in jail. The Taoiseach needs to act urgently to prevent that. He should be under no illusion. They will hold this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not the shop stewards.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Where did the €1 million come from?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He did not-----

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The devil is always in the detail with budgets. Despite the headline-grabbing figures for this budget, digging into the detail reveals some very severe problems. I was absolutely gobsmacked to get an email yesterday from a young woman who is a science graduate pursuing a postgraduate qualification in public health. She applied for a job as a contact tracer and received a contract from CPL,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (14 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of Coillte planting that is coniferous; the percentage that is broadleaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Oct 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The shameful behaviour of KPMG in sending a notice to the union representatives of the Debenhams workers stating it would not try to remove stock this week and that it would give two hours' notice, and then in the dead of night sending people in to remove stock, is absolutely shameful but typical of the way in which KPMG has treated these workers. The Government has said it has sympathy for...