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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (29 Jul 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant for students to avail of information technologies announced on 22 July 2020 will be made available to students in further education. [19522/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome all the people before the committee. I will put a few things on record first and ask one question afterwards. The word people with disabilities and their families have used to me since the pandemic struck is that they feel abandoned by the services, particularly people who were using the day centres or adult services. Prior to the pandemic there was a huge crisis. That will be...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jul 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I am sharing time with my colleague, Deputy Fleming. I welcome this Bill and its contents. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, on his new role. I wish him every success during the Government's period in office. Looking at the contents of the legislation, it is to enable us to get money from Europe and get a fund in place to ensure funding available to businesses in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13744/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (30 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland does not use the land parcel definition of permanent grazing under established local practices which is used in other EU countries; when this decision was taken; the reason for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12789/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (30 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 868. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the services offered by the Property Registration Authority has been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis; when the services offered by the authority are expected to return to full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/20]

Reopening of Schools and Summer Provision 2020: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: My question relates to the July provision. Ordinarily, when children are enrolled in a unit or special school where they would be starting in the last week of August or first week of September 2020, they would have had an induction in the school in the last week of June or the last school week of the year. They would normally have had an induction in June of this year but because they did...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (16 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 965. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason two transaction payments to An Post for each double social welfare payment are not being made by her Department; if consideration has been given to the financial impact of this revenue cut to An Post; if the efforts made by post offices nationwide to remain open to the public through the Covid-19 crisis will be...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I will be very brief because I want to be sure that my colleagues get time to contribute. We have to look at what is there in rural communities. We have to look at the existing nucleus of the smaller villages and towns and we must enhance them. If the pandemic has taught us anything over the past three to four months, it is that. People have been working from home. The term "remote...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: The Minister or the Department might respond to us on any questions we ask. In the discussion about climate change and agriculture, we have, collectively, to be very strong in respect of our support for the agriculture industry. From the consumer's point of view, we produce the finest product in the world. We produce an expert product that, for those who consume it, whether in the home or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (9 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the timeframe for the reopening of English language schools; the supports his Department can provide to the sector in view of the impact of Covid-19 on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9927/20]

Covid-19 (Rural and Community Development): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I will make my contribution and the Minister can reply to me in writing afterwards. I want to make a few points in the limited time we have. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. I want to pick up on Deputy Calleary's point regarding the 5 km limit. For many urban dwellers, this limit does not impede them at all because they can do all of their business within a 5 km radius...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the new primary school in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the new ASD unit approved for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 813. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 814. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8802/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 815. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions in place for consumers to sell excess solar generated electricity back to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8803/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 1281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action being taken by her Department on the redesignation of the main channel of the Blackwater River as a special area of conservation for the freshwater pearl mussel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8806/20]

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

Michael Moynihan: We could discuss a raft of issues that fall within the remit of the Department but I will focus on broadband and working from home. In recent months, society has changed in ways we could not have possibly imagined. Policymakers would have argued that it was not possible to work in these ways because a raft of barriers was preventing decentralisation and so on. Working from home has worked...