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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34228/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (5 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34213/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (5 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. Safe Pass courses are delivered by Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) and, as such, there is no central waiting list for first time applicants for Safe Pass training and assessment. The level of provision is responsive and demand-led. 3,131 persons have undertaken Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) and Quarrying Skills...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: The Higher Education sector does not provide short-term courses in first aid responder training. There are a number of courses available within the Further Education and Training (FET) sector. Officials in my Department have contacted SOLAS , the Further Education and Training Authority, and they have confirmed that 1,835 learners started a first aid/first responder course delivered or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (4 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there are such lengthy delays in issuing PPS numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33994/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an activity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34048/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 220. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason it was stated that travel agents qualify under the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, scheme when it was subsequently stated that they are not included. [32785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to provide support to travel agents on the basis that they have been effectively operating at level 5, with little or no travel, in line with Department of Foreign Affairs and public health advice, irrespective of the levels in the national framework for living with Covid-19. [32787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a rental property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32330/20]

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

Niall Collins: 714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to move the school completion programme across to her Department; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32456/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32935/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bus Services (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: 947. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Ensuring that further education and training (FET) is inclusive and accessible for all, including for people with Down Syndrome, is a key priority of my Department. Earlier this year, myself and Minister Harris launched the second FET Strategy: Future FET: Transforming Learning, which covers the period 2020-2024. Fostering Inclusion is one of the three core pillars around which this strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 public health emergency, my Department has been working with the key stakeholders across further and higher education to put in place systems to support continuity of teaching and learning in further and higher education. As part of its overall engagement structures on Covid planning, my Department established the Mitigating Educational Disadvantage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1002, 1010, 1011 and 1012 together. Safe Pass, Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) and Quarrying Skills Certification Scheme (QSCS) courses were included in Phase 2 of the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and restarted on 11th June 2020 under strictly controlled Covid-19 precaution measures (SOLAS’ Standard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: Officials in my Department have contacted City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) in relation to this matter. CDETB have stated that they have repaired the clock on a number of occasions in recent years. These repairs are expensive as some of the work needs to be undertaken abroad on the malfunctioning parts. CDETB have been advised that a more substantial overhaul is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Nov 2020)

Niall Collins: There are 58 apprenticeship programmes available as of November 2020. These programmes range in duration from two to four years and lead to qualifications at levels 6 to 10 of the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). A minimum of 50% of time must be spent in on-the-job training, however the off-the-job training component of the programme can range from remote delivery to one day per...

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

Niall Collins: 1058. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a bingo activity (details supplied) can be categorised similar to drive in cinema; the person or body in her Department this group can contact in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32640/20]

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

Niall Collins: 1388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter concerning massage therapists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33572/20]