Results 3,441-3,460 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that post-leaving certificate students from 2020 will be in a position to attend third-level in 2020. [9300/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department and the SEC are undertaking with regard to the leaving certificate of 2021 in view of the fact that the 2020 fifth year cohort have also suffered significantly from the lack of building-based schooling in recent times [9303/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest details regarding the July provision scheme. [9304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the current draft of plans for school buildings re-opening; his plans for schools or units to be open for teaching before summer 2020; his further plans for a combination of remote learning and in school learning when schools reopen; if an additional budget will be provided for school cleaning; if an additional budget will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the re-opening of schools will be on a phased basis; if it will still involve remote learning; and if he will consider additional funding to ensure access to remote learning for all primary and secondary children [9308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the SIM model for SNA and special needs allocations does not allow for significant shifts within a class cohort within a year; and if he will examine this further [9306/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure the significant shortfall of school places in ASD units and in special schools in County Cork is addressed. [9307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments that have been cancelled by month in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork since February 2020. [9482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for outpatient and inpatient appointments in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork. [9483/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in May 2018, 2019 and 2020 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and the positions recruited since October 2019 in County Cork in these sectors. [9484/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if all CHO areas are providing the same advice to home helps in terms of provision of PPE and sanitiser; if all areas have the same access; and his plans to ensure that home helps in CHO areas in counties Cork and Kerry have access to PPE and sanitiser. [9485/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider the provision of face coverings as distinct from medical grade PPE to the public by way of large scale procurement or a scheme to ensure persons on low incomes that desire face coverings may obtain them in view of findings (details supplied) that persons living in poverty that cannot afford face coverings is problematic. [9486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Jun 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 963. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the L2455 road upgrade: his plans to fund it; if the NTA has submitted each of its observations to Cork City Council; and if the NTA is awaiting further information from Cork City Council. [9323/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 December 2019, if further consideration has been given to enhanced or expanded tax relief or other forms of incentives on teleconferencing equipment with the objective of reducing emissions by minimising unnecessary travel to meetings in view of recent developments and changes in the way in which society works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation that applies to students that are not classed as independent for the purposes of the SUSI grant whose parents are 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work being done to support English language students here; and if he has had discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding suspension of student visas until September 2020 or such point when face-to-face classes can be resumed. [8085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure 2020 post-leaving certificate courses are completed and-or accredited; and the way in which he will ensure that students coming from post-leaving certificate courses will be in a position to attend higher education or further courses on the strength of their course. [8120/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work being carried out to support English language students here; if he has considered the suspension of student visas until September 2020 or such a point when face-to-face classes can be resumed; if he has considered a guarantee that time lost due to school closures will not count towards the total number of months...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 856. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to the need for a sustainability fund in view of the fact that many early years providers are under severe pressure and may not reopen after restrictions have been lifted and the fact that this is having a major impact on workers and their incomes. [7045/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will begin with the issue that has featured most in the public domain in recent days, namely, the return of building based schooling. I say it in this way because schools are still working. I know teachers have gone to extraordinary lengths and I give Deputy Cathal Crowe an A plus for managing to get in as many constituency schools into his contribution as he did.