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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend circular 0030/2014 which defines the role of SNAs as one of care needs only given the actual work and role played by SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24719/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to recognise the education achievements and continuous professional development of SNAs; her plans to accredit the course recently commenced in UCD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to meet with representatives of SNAs (details supplied) to ensure that the allocation of rosters and work for the next school term can be arranged in a more just and professional manner than the current and previous system which results in great uncertainty for SNAs across the country; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation will be clarified for secondary school pupils who will not be progressing to fifth year having completed the junior cycle in 2021; if these pupils will be awarded a certificate for the junior certificate; if classroom based assessments will be provided to ensure the award of some certificate for same; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils expected to be placed in a school (details supplied) following the amalgamation of two schools; the additional resources and staffing and facilities that will be available for the school to cater for this increased number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24717/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who sat exams in November 2020 and who are expected to apply for third-level courses in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the plight of students who sat exams in November 2020 by accommodating these students' course preferences ahead of the class of 2021 given the difficulties they faced, especially with some having had their calculated grades reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (13 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the event that points needed are increased for third-level courses, he will make some arrangements for the class of 2020 who sat exams in November 2020 by facilitating their admission based on the 2020 points needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25262/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: When is the Government going to challenge the cuckoo funds?

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: For some time, the NESC has been calling for fundamental policy changes on urban development and housing provision . These are sentiments that are often endorsed by the Taoiseach and other Ministers. However, for the homeless, the renters and the first-time buyers, it feels like Groundhog Day. It was reported in The Irish Timesyesterday that on the question of introducing a stamp duty...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [24251/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: We will have another go at asking the Taoiseach this question. The emergency powers conferred on gardaí last year are due to expire on 9 June but it is rumoured that the Government wants to extend them even further. If that is so, will the Taoiseach insist that, at the very least, we will have full scrutiny of such an advancement and will he also create an all-party committee and have...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister of State for enlightening us on his intentions in the coming period. He said progress has been slow but I want to ask him how slow does he think slow is. What I find interesting is that now that he is in government, he seems to accept the fact that since 2015 when the Clerys debacle happened, there was a recommendation from Duffy Cahill to push up the priority of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Electronic Commerce (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to .ie domains and their usage by UK companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve changes to the CIÉ regular wages pension scheme that were approved in a ballot of members in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25094/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 40 and 41 of 6 May 2021, if the 100x is also facing cancellation by Bus Éireann; his plans to cover the towns and areas mentioned in the original Parliamentary Question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (12 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress towards the objectives of the student accommodation strategy in view of the disruption to the construction sector over 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25143/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (11 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the economic and sustainability impact assessment for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement will be published given that he indicated it would be due at the end of quarter 1 2021 and this date has now passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24128/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing event catering companies that comply with all of the business eligibility criteria to access the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the upcoming Land Development Agency Bill 2021 will be revised at committee stage to prioritise traditional council housing and to ensure that the affordable housing is defined in relation to incomes and not in relation to market prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24647/21]