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Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On the music point, I accept that the Minister is examining the matter but something urgently needs to happen. I emphasise the point in respect of high-risk family members. There needs to be a common sense approach from Tusla. What I am seeking in regard to mock exams, and I think students would like to hear the Minister say this, is that they will not happen. Will she say they should not...

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is no question that the best place to learn is in class in school. We have all done our best in recent weeks and during the last year with the home school hub, Seesaw, Jigsaw, Joe Wicks videos and all the rest. There is no substitute, however, for in-school learning. We in Sinn Féin are glad that the phased return to school is under way. In no small way, that is due to the hard...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Most of the people I grew up with cannot afford a home and have no hope of ever having a permanent one. Some will. Some will qualify for social housing and may get that after many years waiting. However, for the majority a permanent home is hard to imagine and out of reach. This is crushing and frustrating. It makes people so angry to spend so much money on rent that it stops them...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to extend the one point reduction in the pupil teacher ratio as set out in budget 2021 to all DEIS band 1 schools; and if not, the reason. [11265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special schools will reopen at 100% capacity. [11343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support very high risk and high-risk staff with medical vulnerabilities who are anxious regarding the reopening of schools. [11604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the updated guidance on ventilation for schools; and the details of the considerations she has given to the installation of air monitoring systems in schools. [11605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the updated plans in place to ensure that school transport is safe upon the return of schools on 1 March 2021. [11606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the actions she is taking to progress the reform of relationship and sexuality education in schools. [11623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (3 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 594. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive the full health services equivalent to those provided under the health amendment act card as recommended by the Quirke report. [11554/21]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the offers given out after results were issued to students who sat the leaving certificate exams in November 2020 constituted additional places in these third-level institutions; and if not, if they were within the general number of places available for entry in September 2021. [11947/21]

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]