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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children availing of hot free school meals; and the cost per child and school of delivering same. [18828/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if 2019 tax returns can be taken into consideration when assessing pandemic unemployment payment rates for those who are self-employed. [18983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 729. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to restore the school completion programme to 2010 levels. [18717/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (28 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 773. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if international students will be granted entry here if the language school or college at which they have been accepted is delivering classes through a mix of blended learning or exclusively online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18335/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Tánaiste's earlier response to Deputy Pearse Doherty in regard to education was not much of an answer. Surely he knows a bit more about the July stimulus. Reopening schools will require investment. Will the July stimulus contain money for additional space and to ensure every school has hot water and adequate personal protective equipment? When will we know more? A Revised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (23 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to facilitate those that have not applied to university via CAO or UCAS and that may now miss out on their place in a university on mainland Europe due to the delay until September 2020 in the releasing of leaving certificate results; and if alternative provisions will be put in place to ensure that these students do not miss...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (23 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation for international students that already have their results and are waiting to see whether they have been accepted into a university here through the CAO system; her further views on whether they will be able to start university as normal in September 2020 in view of the quick turnaround between round 1 CAO offers and...

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is ar éigean is féidir le mo ghlúin íoc as cúram leanaí. Cuireann sé bac agus constaic ar dhaoine dul ag obair nó ó thaobh ioncaim de. Most parents I know who look for childcare simply cannot find it. Even if they do find it, they very often cannot afford it. The reality is that the model of childcare and early education that successive...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle on the same matter. I want to add my voice to that call. The Minister has scarcely answered a direct question in her short time in office. It is urgently needed. The concern among students and parents is unbelievable. The Minister really does need to come into the House to clarify the situation on the leaving certificate and on the return to school. People...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is my first debate with the Minister and, therefore, I take this opportunity to wish her well in her new role and likewise the Minister, Deputy Harris. We are here to discuss Revised Estimates for the Department of Education and Skills. The news for education is that the net allocation sought for education and skills is unchanged from before the pandemic. I know that the Minister has...

Employment Rights: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Nine years ago, the workers of Vita Cortex in the south side of Cork city sat in for 160 days to try to get the pay and redundancy to which they were entitled. At the time, they were visited by many public figures, maithe agus mór uaisle, including the current Taoiseach, who gave them very strong support, vocally if not practically. We are now in the same situation nine years on in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: What is the plan? When will it happen?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On page 113, the programme for Government refers to outlining preparations for post-Covid-19 education and the return to school. The Taoiseach has just said that it is the number one priority. Parents, however, were absolutely aghast at the interview given by the Minister for Education and Skills to the Sunday Independentbecause there was scarcely any answer at all in the interview. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Liquidations (15 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legal protections to ensure that companies based primarily abroad do not engage in tactical liquidations of entities here in order to prevent employees receiving their full entitlements; his views on whether this is applicable in the case of a company (details supplied); and if further actions to protect such workers either via...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (14 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have agreed with the other Deputies to take the full two minutes. There are a number of issues with the response from the Minister of State. There is a context to this. The Government and senior Ministers received an email in recent days from a maritime lawyer, Mr. Michael Kingston, who is the son of one of the victims of the Whiddy Island disaster. He outlined in that email his...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (14 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to ask a question as a matter of courtesy. Is the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, taking the issue raised by Deputy Griffin? I think Deputy Griffin was waiting.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (14 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is just that Deputy Griffin was before me.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (14 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am sharing time with Deputies Buckley and O’Rourke. Last week the European Court of Justice found that the Marine Casualty Investigation Board is not adequately independent and gave costs against the State. Any decision of the European Court of Justice that finds against the State is weighty and significant but this is especially so in the context of the work that the Marine...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (14 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: How am I to know?

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I propose to share time with Deputies Tully and Kerrane. Having become the father of a baby boy nine months ago, I have experience of what it was like to have a newborn during lockdown. Our baby got his four-months injections before lockdown and his six-months injections during it. I hope that by the time he gets his 12-months injections the world will be a different and better place,...