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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to introducing a scheme similar to that devised by the Scottish Government to assist workers in the wedding industry sector (details supplied) whose incomes have been devastated by the lockdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (3 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the request by an organisation (details supplied) in December 2020 to add this profession to the critical skills occupation list for employment permit purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5946/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Work Placement Programmes (3 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will liaise with CORU to resolve the difficulties for students in level seven degrees where practical placements have been greatly disrupted by the closure of HSE agencies due to the level 5 lockdown, resulting in them being required by CORU to make up these hours in summer 2021 without any term-time alternative being offered; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 885. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the reopening of a service (details supplied) given the critical role it plays in sexual health for members of the LGBT+ community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 886. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will issue clear instructions to those attending Covid test centres that public transport must not to be taken to the site given the threat of virus spread to fellow passengers and public transport workers; if alternative arrangements can be made for them in cases in which persons are dependent on public transport; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 887. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to prioritise vaccination for those living with serious conditions such as cystic fibrosis and end-stage renal disease, classified as very high risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (3 Feb 2021)

Réada Cronin: 888. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to accede urgently to the request by a society (details supplied) to the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment in December 2020 to add this profession to the critical skills occupation list for employment permit purposes given the deficit in physiotherapist...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am forced to disagree with him. I believe the instructions that have been given to employers are a bit lax. Employers seem more intent on finding loopholes, which the Government should be fixing. It is important that we keep our workers safe at this time because our economy just cannot work without our workers' safety. I heard Deputy Doherty...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy English, for coming in to take this Topical Issue debate. I wish to raise the issue of non-essential work and the Government's lack of strict, clear and proper instructions to employers. Each day, I have people contacting me about being forced to work onsite in an office or warehouse although we are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce mortgage and rental payment breaks for those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy schemes; the way such breaks would not affect their credit rating now and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the risk assessments and the NPHET advice declaring special education can be reopened safely will be published in the interest of public confidence; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a definitive response will issue on the sitting or other format of examination and assessment of the junior and leaving certificates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy schemes will be extended past March 2021; if special consideration will be given to especially hard-hit sectors such as aviation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request UCD to accede to the demands of certain master's degree student for a 30% fee cut given the abnormal circumstances of the academic year and financial pressure on their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if all staff involved in special education will be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current infection and public health advice underpinning safe, prospective school openings, particularly in the context of the new UK variant of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views and her policy regarding the serious health and safety worries of many primary school teachers for themselves, their pupils and the wider community in the reopening of schools particularly in the context of the new UK variant of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3476/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise safety measures that will be put in place to guarantee the safe reopening of special education at the earliest opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of collaboration that exists between the parents of special needs children and her Department in ensuring safe access to education for this neglected cohort of children at the earliest possible moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the necessary clarity will be given to leaving certificate students on whether the examination will be held or calculated grades will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3477/21]