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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am sure he does but he is not getting my time for them. Teachers have gone to extraordinary lengths and it is fair to recognise that others have also made a contribution, such as "Cúla4 ar Scoil" on TG4 and "Home School Hub" on RTÉ. While they are not as good as the ordinary school experience, they have helped put shape on the day for parents and children, including my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Mental Health Strategies (20 May 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of specific counselling and mental health supports for leaving certificate students. [6409/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approach his Department is expecting to take to provide calculated grades for students that are repeating the leaving certificate or a particular subject or that are taking a subject outside a traditional school setting in view of the fact that there may not be the same knowledge of the student or may not be the same evidence basis; and...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if those that are home schooled will get a calculated grade. [6401/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance which will be given to teachers regarding the evidence they are expected to use in the calculation of grades; and the extent to which discretion will be given. [6396/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mock exams, junior certificate and Christmas exams will be included to be taken account of for calculated grades; and if so, the weighting of each. [6397/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the same guidance will be provided for teachers that are teaching leaving certificate applied students as to students generally; and if not, the nature of this guidance. [6404/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards which will be put in place to minimise the impact of school profiling; and if it is the case that school results will be adjusted upwards or downwards depending on said profile. [6398/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the need for school profiling in view of the fact that it has a potentially harmful effect on schools with a lower profile of results and other safeguards are in place and can be put in place. [6402/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that will be used to decide whether or not to sit the leaving certificate in the coming months; the circumstances in which he will be satisfied that it is safe to run this; and his plans to ensure that some notice is given to allow for study. [6400/20]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is now taking to ensure that students that have received a conditional offer of a place at a university in Britain or Northern Ireland through the UCAS system will not lose that place and that offers will still stand; and the way in which he plans to achieve this outcome. [6403/20]

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...