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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount of money spent on the Educational Testing Service. [33101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new date for the planned leaving certificate exam 2020, which was scheduled to commence on 16 November 2020, has been agreed; if so, if she will provide details of same; if students who were planning on taking the exams have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the results of successful and unsuccessful appeals from the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year in tabular form. [33104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the effects of Covid-19 were able to be considered as a factor for lower enrolment numbers that projected under appeals for the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information on the planned membership of the Commission on Pensions; if the Commission will be independent and reflect all sections of society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if household social welfare inspections are permitted to take place under level 5 [32873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will enact a review for social welfare inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32874/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parent households and two parent family households availing of the working family payment over the past 18-month period in tabular form. [32875/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social welfare sanctions for jobseeker’s payments ceased during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department carried out a data protection impact assessment on the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter Bill 2020; and if so, if the assessment will be made available. [33100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1106. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date definition of a close contact used within the school environment; and the details of changes and dates of changes to this definition. [32877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1272. To ask the Minister for Health if non-contact training outdoors can take place under level 5 restrictions; if so, if children can travel outside the 5km limit to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32870/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tests and cases of school-going children since 27 September 2020 to the most recent data available by 0 to four, five to 12 and 13 to 19 years of age, in tabular form.. [32871/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1316. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the approximately 2,000 persons that tested positive for Covid-19 and asked by the HSE to alert their own close contacts were teachers, SNAs or school staff. [33102/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider public libraries to run click and collect services under level 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32878/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: I initially put my hand up to speak on this topic out of anger because I spent a large part of this morning going over the amendments and preparing what I was going to say. Then, 20 minutes into the debate we were told the Minister would not be accepting any amendments. That is an extraordinary admission to make that resulted from an insightful question from my colleague, Deputy Cairns. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to significant delays meeting with homelessness officers; the reasons for such delays; and if there are alternative plans or suggested recourses to better support persons and families. [32279/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to individual schools that have had to make the decision to close after outbreaks of Covid-19 following no guidance from HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32276/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average length of time schools can expect to wait until hearing from the HSE. [32277/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a pathway for teacher pupil ratios to reach the EU average of 20:1 in classrooms here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32278/20]