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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]

Covid-19 (Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party has tried to be as reasonable and as constructive as possible in these most trying of times, particularly in the education space. We know there is no easy decision for the Minister to make. We appreciate that she was faced with a difficult scenario last week. We appreciate the efforts she has made to listen to education spokespersons who spoke to her on Monday with...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jan 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I speak for many people when I say that the point-scoring between Sinn Féin and Fine Gael is getting quite tedious. I have a question about Beacon Hospital. It is reported in the Irish Independenttoday that the staff in the privately-owned Beacon Hospital were vaccinated yesterday. This is the same hospital that refused to sign up to the deal with the HSE to make even 30% of its beds...

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]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (17 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I would appreciate a copy of the response, if that is possible. I appreciate the Minister of State's reply. I do not in any way think that this situation is a reflection on his Department or the Government. It is particularly bad form for the company not to have communicated this decision to IDA Ireland or the Department before making it. Of course, the timing is also bad form. On that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (17 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, will be aware that the announcement of any job losses in any part of the country is particularly devastating at this time of year. He will be aware that last Friday, the potential loss of 440 jobs at the Viatris plant in Baldoyle was announced. This was a devastating blow to the workers and their families at this time of year. The company is going to...

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]

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1)shall continue in operation until the date specified by order under section 251A(4) of the Principal Act.”.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We have gone from J.P. McManus to Karl Marx in a single leap. While I support the other amendments, I want to speak to amendment No. 7 because we want to ensure this is not a long-lasting provision within the Act. To make reference to what has been said already, the development plan is effectively the constitution of the city or county in which one lives. There is often an...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----it is important that we get back to the reason we are here, which is to defend democracy and defend that essential link between individual citizens and the people they elect to oversee the development plans of a city and a county.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not intend to use all my allotted time as there are many amendments we wish to discuss on Committee Stage. As Deputy Ó Broin stated, this is not really the way we should be doing business. The Labour Party has no issue with the motion as proposed, but to present the House with the emergency-type rationale the Minister has given for the Bill is not good enough. I commented...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: When I came back into the Dáil and took on the responsibility of speaking on housing matters for our spokesperson, Senator Rebecca Moynihan, I felt like I was walking into a dressing room where everybody knew each other for years and I just had to get to know the dynamics. I have other responsibilities in this Oireachtas in terms of education, enterprise and trade but I am taken...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Once again we find ourselves in a situation of good politics, where an Opposition Bill is not being opposed by the Government. The ethic within the Bill from Deputy Ó Broin and what he is attempting to achieve are to be applauded. The Deputy accepts that the Bill is not perfect and the Minister has pointed out some of the issues he has with it. Not opposing it and allowing it to go to...

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...