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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the school meals programme into the summer holiday months will be extended in order that families that have lost jobs or are temporarily laid off as a result of the public health emergency can continue to access food during these exceptional times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7146/20]

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: My second question is topical. In recent months, car access has been restricted in the Phoenix Park. I think the Phoenix Park is the second largest city park in the world. Central Park in New York is the biggest, although I might not be correct on that. Anyway, it is an amazing amenity in the city of Dublin. Will the Minister review the use of cars, especially around the side roads of...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: Many artists, singers, poets and so on have lost their livelihoods over a short period and the future for them is uncertain. Would the State support the idea of having gatherings in public spaces where physical distancing is adhered to? There could be performances by poets and singers and so on in spaces such as the Phoenix Park on a small scale that adhere to physical distancing as...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: It is a long time since we needed the environment and nature so much. The darkness of the pandemic has drawn us to parks, canals and other amenities to which we would not normally be drawn, and that is a very good thing. There is a new appreciation for our surroundings, which is also a really good thing. Canals such as the Royal Canal and the Grand Canal are probably being more used than...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (21 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: My next question is not in respect of Covid. Last year, the Minister made an announcement regarding access to Spinraza for those living with spinal muscular atrophy. Unfortunately, the response I received yesterday to a parliamentary question indicates that fewer than half of the applicants approved for Spinraza have received it. Glen McHugh Farrelly, one of those applicants, is 19 years...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (21 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy. I have two questions for the Minister. The first concerns testing of front-line healthcare workers. Healthcare workers across the world have suffered a terrible toll in fighting this pandemic. In Britain, 200 NHS workers - doctors, nurses, care assistants and auxiliary staff - have died. It has been a terrible toll. In Ireland, more than a...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: My second question concerns early school leavers in DEIS schools. This age group includes those aged between 13 and 16 and, like their peers, they have been out of school since March. That has taken a heavy toll on that age group and these students are at disproportionate risk of leaving school early. Has the Department made provision regarding class sizes and extra resources for those...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: The Minister referenced the July provision a number of times in the past hour and a half. This is obviously a vital service for students with an intellectual disability. Can he give us a bit more meat on the bones in relation to that provision? Could it be extended into August, if possible, because a lot of students have been out of school for a considerable amount of time and the service...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an increase in the number of special education teachers and SNAs provided to all schools in the 2020/2021 school year in order to ameliorate the loss of in-school teaching time for these students in view of the fact that young persons in SEN and DEIS settings are most likely to have experienced difficulties engaging in remote...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the issues arising from the isolating of children required to reduce the spread of Covid-19; if the NCSE will facilitate additional supports to children and school communities; if the number of SNAs and SENs will be increased to meet demand; if his Department is liaising with the HSE to increase staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the sick leave entitlements of teachers that existed prior to 2010 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6584/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of all school buildings will be carried out with a view to ascertaining the works needed to be completed to allow the safe return of students and staff; if special additional funding will be made available to schools to facilitate, among other actions, the hiring of cleaning staff to work throughout the school day, the installation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the school system is fit for purpose to facilitate social distancing norms in view of the fact Ireland has the largest class sizes in Europe and one of the lowest levels of funding per student in the OECD; the number of additional class teachers that would be required in the forthcoming school year to reduce class sizes to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to facilitate July provisions (details supplied); if it will go ahead; if so, when; the way in which it will run while keeping educators and children safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending maternity leave and or maternity benefit by three months in response to the closure of childcare facilities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the fact that many parents are facing job losses if they have to return to work with no available childcare; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with spinal muscular atrophy eligible for treatment with the approved drug Spinraza; the number of those receiving the treatment; the reason for the delay in treatment for some of these children such as a child (details supplied); the way in which and when these issues will be addressed in order that all children can receive this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 749. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation that as part of the applied social care education process students are required to do placement hours in social care settings and that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on the ability of students to complete placements; the steps he will take in relation to the perceived stalemate between third-level social care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imminent annual junior doctor rotation at hospitals is causing significant concerns for staff during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); if the rotations will be postponed for a number of months to minimise the impact on frontline staff that are working very hard to manage the public health crisis;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (20 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: 1046. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 December 2019 under the heading of B8.5 Cycling and Walking; the individual projects and associated expenditure on each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/20]

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: My second question is about students with special educational needs in DEIS schools. They have more than likely been experiencing difficulties, especially engaging in remote learning in the past two months. Does the Department have plans to ameliorate the loss of teaching time for these students and to increase the number of special education teachers and SNAs in September or October of the...