Results 21,021-21,040 of 21,076 for speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 997. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the requirement for 38 hours or more per fortnight for those eligible for the working family payment in view of the fact hours have been reduced for many workers. [8024/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 1075. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the necessary funding will be provided to address a major health and safety matter in respect of an out-of-order sewerage treatment plant at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8094/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: At the outset, I want to convey my sympathies to the families of all those who have passed away in the nursing home setting at this time, and to acknowledge the trauma for families and, equally, for nursing home staff. The focus today is very much on Covid-19 and how that has hit the nursing homes but, in the interests of balance, it is important to acknowledge that many nursing homes...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: I welcome that. A point raised with me by a number of nursing homes is the current position where if a patient has to be transferred to a hospital for a minor procedure - it may well be an X-ray, a cardiac issue or a pacemaker or a defibrillator check - on return to the nursing home, even though he or she might have only been on the hospital campus for an hour or two, he or she is expected...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: The turnaround for testing of staff in nursing homes has proven quite problematic as well. I want to raise that with the witnesses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: I acknowledge the excellent work of the many organisations and Departments represented here today, and I do so unequivocally. Equally, there is much that could and should have been done better, which, when not done as it should be in terms of best practice, can have a catastrophic impact. I wish to raise this afternoon the catastrophic impact on the lives and quality of life of the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: I absolutely dispute the fact that residents of the hotel accommodation in Dublin were not impacted by the positive diagnosis. Equally, I am still not clear who overruled the HSE in Cork and Kerry and its misgivings. I will move on, however. I note from the submission by the HSE head of primary care that the HSE is of the view that the first case of suspected Covid-19 in the Skellig Star...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the leaving certificate 2020 calculated grades will accommodate students that are taking a subject outside school. [6326/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the practical, project and course work element of the leaving certificate will be adjudicated. [6328/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the student records which will be utilised to formulate a calculated subject grade. [6330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his decision to introduce a school profile element to the calculated grade process (details supplied). [6331/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers are to be indemnified against legal action as a consequence of the new calculated grades system. [6327/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which CAO reapplicants will be catered for in 2020 (details supplied); and if no student will be disadvantaged in these circumstances. [6329/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Professions Admission Test (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the HPAT results will be available. [6332/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the leaving certificate 2020 results will be available. [6340/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the CAO revised deadline for the leaving certificate 2020. [6341/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the reopening of third-level institutions. [6342/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the potential to extend maternity leave and benefit for those that lost the benefit during the Covid-19 pandemic will be examined. [6269/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason asylum seekers were moved to a location (details supplied) in County Kerry following a confirmed case of Covid-19 at their place of residence in Dublin. [6284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons were not tested for Covid-19 prior to being moved to a location (details supplied) in County Kerry. [6285/20]