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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing persons that are seeking to become teachers and further to this have repeated subjects such as, for example, Irish, having completed the remainder of the leaving certificate in another year; and if the calculation of their grade will be considered acceptable to admit students to teacher...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation that applies to students that are not classed as independent and whose parents are currently temporarily unemployed due to Covid-19 related circumstances but do not know if they will be taken on again such as, for example, in the bar or retail trade; and if persons in these circumstances will qualify for the change of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is taking steps to ameliorate the stress facing leaving certificate students by seeking to expand the number of places at third-level in view of the shortfall in international students seeking to attend. [6407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the paper produced by an association (details supplied) regarding the severe financial position facing universities and other third-level institutions; and his views on whether dedicated sustainability and growth funding is needed for the sector. [6408/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that recent events have had on fifth year students; and the steps being taken to support them. [6410/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to expand places on the HEAR and DARE schemes in view of the impact of recent events to ensure that the impact on students that suffer from disadvantage is minimised. [6411/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to expand accessibility to SUSI and increase the amount and reduce income thresholds in view of the impact of recent events to ensure that the impact on students that suffer from disadvantage is minimised. [6412/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support children that are finishing primary school during transition to secondary school at this time. [6413/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that service delivery staff had been employed for a number of weeks of the year by the State Examinations Commission will now not be employed disrupting their pattern of employment; and his views on whether functions can be found for the staff to ensure that they are kept in employment in view of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the entire 2020 cohort of leaving certificate students should be entitled to resit the exam at any stage in their lives at no cost, including the cost of tuition through further education and so on in recognition of the disruption to the tuition of the school year. [6923/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 761. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether home help workers should be entitled to PPE and adequate sanitisers; if they have such access; and the steps he plans to take to ensure that this happens. [6414/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister and appreciate his making himself and his officials available for engagement on an ongoing basis. I am running tight on time but wish to flag something to which the Minister can respond in writing, rather than eating into Deputies Tully and Clarke's time. The pressure the parents of special needs children are under cannot be understated. The children's lives and...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will break my contribution into two parts: leaving certificate and other issues and I have allowed about a minute and half after each for the Minister to respond, if that is alright. Some of what I say will be critical so I want to preface it by saying that I understand the Minister and the Department are in a very difficult situation, that all the options were difficult and the decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (13 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the number of cranial facial specialists for adolescents here; his plans to recruit additional specialists; and his views on whether the matter needs further consideration. [4065/20]

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will not take up any more time by seeking answers but I appreciate that. We need clarity on that very soon. I would also say, and I do not want the Minister to respond now because it would be taking from my colleague's time, that people doing construction studies and project works need certainty also.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Will the Minister ensure that additional dedicated mental health supports are provided to students via a helpline or online, or however it is needed?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am glad to hear that and I look forward to seeing the detail. On what date will the Minister outline the full details of the timetable, including the procedure for exam halls and papers? Will he publish the detail of any plan B he is preparing?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Will that be published?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate that is very important. Plan B needs to be as nailed down as plan A because things could move quickly. I have been lobbied by many students who are either living with somebody who might be vulnerable or who are worried that they might be displaying symptoms. If that was to happen at the time of the exams, what provision would be made?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have been contacted by students throughout the State who are under severe pressure. To do the leaving certificate any year is extremely testing, much more so against the background of a pandemic and much more so again against a background of such complete uncertainty. They are worried and anxious and, what is more, they are frustrated and angry at the lack of detail and the fact that many...