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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister and Minister of State. I acknowledge that there were good points in the budget, particularly on special education. However, as I have only four minutes, I will focus on some of the areas about which I have concerns, two in particular. The first area concerns capitation. I am aware that there was an increase but it primarily related to the allocation at the start of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome that and I hope it extends to the pupil-teacher ratio.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Ministers. As we are tight for time, I would like to raise two issues. It is desirable and the objective is that where possible, students should be in publicly funded accommodation on campus or adjacent to campus. The problem is that much of the accommodation provided by third level institutions is through arm's length companies, which have taken an enormous financial hit in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate and welcome that. I am talking about public authorities and State bodies generally.

Regional Airports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome this motion. It is timely and valuable. I have been raising concerns about Cork Airport for several months now and the Minister has said that he will happily sit down with anyone to discuss them. I would certainly take up that opportunity because there are many issues regarding Cork Airport and transport in Cork generally that I would like to discuss with him. There are about...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the funding allocation for her Department for 2021, by project. [35687/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Tests (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are specific guidelines for those wishing to travel back to Ireland for Christmas. [35154/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made in ensuring that persons can once again access a primary medical certificate; and if his attention has been drawn to the impact that this is having on the mobility and independence for those awaiting such certificates for cars. [35397/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason those sitting the November 2020 leaving certificate examinations in language subjects will not be marked on an oral component or, alternatively, will not receive full marks in the oral component as was announced in March 2020. [34808/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have lost a teacher in the 2020-21 academic year. [34819/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals by schools to retain their staffing levels and not lose a teacher in the 2020-21 academic year which were successful. [34820/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the exceptional circumstances of Covid-19 are taken into account by the board of appeals when considering appeals of a reduction of staffing levels in schools. [34821/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be provided with clear guidance on the way in which and when children with special educational needs can integrate into mainstream classes during the school day. [34868/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned that the leaving certificate examinations will go ahead as planned in November 2020. [34870/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the bonus for completing leaving certificate exams through Irish was taken into consideration not just by teachers when providing the teachers’ grades, but specifically by the algorithm as it was applied to give calculated grades to students from Gaelscoileanna. [34921/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a sample sanitiser from a company (details supplied) was assessed and evaluated by a team with the necessary technical competencies and cross-sectoral knowledge; the outcome of the process; and if issues were flagged with the product. [34931/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 664. To ask the Minister for Health if businesses providing elective aesthetic treatments under certain circumstances (details supplied) fall under essential services with respect of the level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. [34602/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the meaning of specialist medical practice activities under human health and social work activities in the list of essential services for level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. [34616/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for attending this afternoon. We all know the Department was left in an invidious position earlier in the year regarding the public health crisis and the exams. It has been my view, and I communicated this to the former Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, that using calculated grades was not the right approach. Unfortunately, students who worked extremely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will clarify that what I have in mind is something to the effect of establishing the points that would have existed without the error. The students who achieved those points could then be allocated those courses.