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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is due back. I do not want to put the Minister of State in the position of making predictions with regard to how we should proceed but there are certainly a number of pinch points in the system. Every single third level institution and college of further education says that it is underfunded. Meanwhile, there is a feeling that there is too great a burden on the individual student or on...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I knew I was straying. That is why I was trying to be nice.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: What are the demographic pressures on the Department? Does the Minister of State have a sense of how many more young people, or people in any other age bracket, will be entering third level education? Will more strain be put on the system?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The issue is that the numbers do not stand still.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate that.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: During debates of this kind, we often find ourselves strongly advocating for a Bill and strongly opposing the position of the Government. As the previous speaker indicated, however, thankfully we are in a position whereby the Bill tabled by Deputy O'Reilly is not being opposed by the Government and, therefore, can advance to the next stage when, hopefully, it can be improved, amended or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Parental Leave (3 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in providing a right to force majeure leave to workers in the context of the pandemic. [35096/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Examinations (3 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing students such as the case of a student (details supplied) who wishes to repeat the leaving certificate year; the direction her Department is giving regarding applications to secondary schools regarding requests to facilitate repeating a leaving certificate school; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (3 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a further eligibility criteria sample process review report was prepared by auditors for the Munster Technological University consortium after 28 May 2019 (details supplied); if so, if he will make the report available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40882/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (3 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Cork Institute of Technology’s Department of Construction, Centre of Craft Studies, Department of Fine Art, at CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and CIT Cork School of Music were included in the computation of the eligibility criteria set out in section 28 of the Technological Universities Act 2018; and if on foot of his moving...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 21. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of applications to date under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme by month; the number of successful applications to date; the reason for applications not being successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40573/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 22. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the value of successful applications under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme by month; the average loan value; the largest size of loans; if a list of successful applicants will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40574/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 23. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of applications to date under the Brexit loan scheme by month; the number of successful applications to date; the reason for applications not being successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40575/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 24. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the value of successful applicationsunder the Brexit loan scheme by month; the average loan value; the largest size of loans; if a list of successful applicants will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40576/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Brexit Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 25. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the projected number of applicants for the MFI Brexit business loan; the value of loans expected to be issued by the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40577/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Employment Regulation Orders (2 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 34. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when he plans to sign the employment regulation order for the contract cleaning sector that is due to come into effect on 1 December 2020. [40710/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the active measures being taken to phase out single-gender schools at primary level. [40043/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the effect Brexit will have on the terms of registration for teachers who are trained and are fully qualified to teach in the UK returning to Ireland and registering with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40063/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the scarcity of second level places in north Dublin owing to schools reducing their intakes to enable social distancing; the action she plans to take in relation to the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40042/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cap on a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will be lifted. [40044/20]