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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of offers for places in third-level institutions given to students who sat the leaving certificate exams in November 2020 and received improved results; and the courses or subject areas in which these offers were given, that is, medicine, engineering, law, dentistry, arts and so on in tabular form. [11946/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 860. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the full health services equivalent to those provided under the Health (Amendment) Act, HAA, card as recommended by the Quirke report and agreed to. [11555/21]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 869. To ask the Minister for Health if an unaccompanied minor (details supplied) will be required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine upon arrival here. [11603/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ar an gcéad dul síos, táim anseo i dTeach Laighean más gá é sin a rá. Ba mhaith liom cuidiú leis an méid atá ráite agat cé go bhfuil sé gairid an t-am atá agam. B'fhéidir go bhféadfainn níos mó a rá faoi seo amárach. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le foirne scoile,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a question for the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, and a further question for the Minister, Deputy Foley. I ask that the Minister of State answers as briefly as possible. Parents of children with additional educational needs in mainstream feel they have been forgotten by the Department. At a previous meeting, I said that Sinn Féin wanted a phased return and special education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am afraid I must interrupt the Minister of State in order to ask my final question. I do not agree with her. I understand the point she is making, but these children have additional needs and remote learning is very challenging for them. It is a pity that they have had to wait so long. Some of them have to wait for six weeks. My final question is for the Minister, Deputy Foley....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will come back to the Minister's reply to the first round of questions. In fairness, two of them were responded to very clearly. On the last one, however, my understanding of the responses we have been given is that if there is a localised lockdown in a particular country, exams may not happen and there will not be a second opportunity. I have no issue with public health providing advice...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is leaving, I take the opportunity to join Deputy Fitzmaurice in saying that the situation he and his family faced is regrettable and needs to be condemned. There is no place for it in our society. Criticism of Ministers is one thing, but targeting of a home like that is unacceptable. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan made an interesting point about what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the deadline can be extended for applications from external candidates to sit the leaving certificate in 2021 in view of the extraordinary circumstances of Covid-19 and the recent decision on the leaving certificate. [10752/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the issues facing a special school (details supplied) that is finding it increasingly difficult to find places for its students in mainstream settings in secondary schools in its local area; and the steps she will take to ensure that children attending special schools are not disadvantaged by the feeder...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can be afforded autonomy in circumstances in which they are willing to do so to provide the 20-hour supplementary programme in the school setting during school hours for children with additional needs attending mainstream classes. [9639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who left school after completing the school-based junior cycle assessment in 2020 will receive their State certificate of completion of the junior cycle from her Department; and if no student who left school after this junior cycle programme will be disadvantaged in taking up apprenticeships due to the fact that they have not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional choice will be provided on the written leaving certificate examination papers in June 2021 to take into account the significant loss of learning time encountered by this cohort of students. [10444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether children who attend literacy classes in a school setting for support with reading and writing have missed out on this support as schools have been closed; and if the difficulties these children have experienced without these in-school supports will be kept in mind during discussions on the reopening of school buildings....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who opt for State Examinations Commission-accredited grades in language subjects and not to sit a written exam but who excel in the oral component of this subject can be afforded the option of taking an informal oral exam with their teacher which will help form the basis of this SEC-accredited grade. [10437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students will be given a period of time before the exams begin on 9 June 2021 to solely study and prepare for these exams without being expected to submit additional work to form the basis of their SEC-accredited grades. [10438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue clear guidelines to schools and students on the way in which the SEC-accredited grades will be calculated in 2021; and if she will provide clarity on the work by students that will form the basis of this grade. [10439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mock exams will be taken into account when deciding on SEC-accredited grades for leaving certificate students. [10449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if project work for technology and design and communication graphics will be taken into account when providing SEC-accredited grades; and if students can have the option of choosing to have their project work taken into account. [10450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students will receive their SEC-accredited grades and the results of written exams they have taken. [10440/21]