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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary and secondary schools without access to Internet connection at home; and the number of children without access to digital devices at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether expanded classrooms or additional prefabs will be required to be erected to facilitate appropriate distancing of pupils; and the funding her Department will provide to facilitate same. [18712/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether additional toilet and running water facilities will be necessary in schools; and if funding will be provided to erect same. [18715/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans she has put in place in the event of a second lockdown or a localised outbreak of Covid-19. [18713/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be can ensured that all children will have access to Internet connection and digital devices should online or blended learning have to continue. [18714/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes nationally that contain more than 30 children; and the number over 28 and 25 children, respectively.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools nationally that do not have a canteen. [18784/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools by one point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to designate an additional ten schools as DEIS band 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18786/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring that there would be a home school liaison teacher between two, three, four and five non-DEIS schools, respectively. [18787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes in primary schools in budget 2021 in view of the finding in the statistical bulletin of July 2020 that there has been little change in the average class size in primary schools over the past 20 years. [18788/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring the running of a school book scheme is entirely free to parents. [18789/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the budget of the school book rental scheme by 5% and 10%, respectively. [18790/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of developing a seed capital scheme for expanding the school book scheme into new schools. [18791/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of centrally acquiring the necessary personal protective equipment, PPE, and providing same to schools. [18792/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that receive child benefit payments; and the number of children these are in respect of. [18205/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the extension of the school meals programme over the summer months in 2020. [18206/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the school meals programme budget by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively; and the estimated cost of extending the programme budget to include provision for breakfast in addition to lunch. [18207/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in September 2020. [18716/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a double payment of child benefit. [18827/20]