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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Records (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 527. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when Circular 39/07, concerning the process by which Departments classify material as top secret, will be either updated or replaced with new central classification rules, given that the existing 13-year-old circular may no longer provide sufficient guidance in respect of the digital data that are increasingly managed and stored by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied) including the site and the new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 900. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the 92 primary schools with the title of a junior national school; the schools that only go as far as first class; if they are single gender or not; if in the case of junior schools only going as far as first class, they are legally entitled to amend their enrolment policy to include second class; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to primary schools under the green agenda initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1087. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the legislation for parental benefit will be passed; the earliest date on which it can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14988/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the return of documentation held in her Department once urgently requested (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1433. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which he plans to utilise the €20 million additional funding for mental health services announced in February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1438. To ask the Minister for Health the pay entitlement for a HSE worker who is out of work as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case but whose work cannot be done remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1671. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available for a person (details supplied) to access the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15092/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 1789. To ask the Minister for Health if family carers will be added as a priority group on the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 2021. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the decision of his Department to increase the buffer zone radius from 3 km to 15 km for all forestry projects; the authority that advised this increase; when his Department received this instruction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15421/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the witnesses for the fine statement they forwarded to members before the meeting. I have one brief question. Faecal egg counts are used to determine the impact for farmers of the development of resistance of parasite burdens. Is this best practice? Is it the gold standard or are there other ways to use these tests in isolation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Hopefully, we will get more information from them than we did from the last witnesses. This is a very hot topic within the agricultural community. One hears words like "monopoly", "more money for the vets", "costs" and "prescription charges" used. I hear them on a regular basis from farmers. I have three or four quick questions. What is the real...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Even though this is a virtual meeting, I remind members and officials to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration because they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when in silent mode. The meeting has been convened to consider the Revised Estimates for Vote 26 - Education, and Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, which were...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister. The first questioner is Deputy Conway-Walsh, who will be followed by Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I will ask the Minister to conclude. The next speaker is Deputy Nolan, followed by Deputy Jim O'Callaghan

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister. The next speaker is Deputy Jim O'Callaghan. He will be followed by Deputy Conway-Walsh, who is taking Deputy Ó Laoghaire's slot.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: The next speaker is Deputy Conway Walsh, who is taking Deputy Ó Laoghaoire's place, and she has four minutes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I must interrupt the Minister. I advise Deputy Conway-Walsh there are five minutes remaining and I want to take my speaking slot as we missed a Fine Gael slot. Deputy Farrell did not take up his speaking slot and I did not take his speaking time. Deputy Conway-Walsh has got in twice. I want to ask a few questions in the five minutes remaining. I apologise for cutting across the Minister...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: It is not clear how the digital funding is apportioned within schools. There does not seems to be a way of measuring how it is utilised in individual schools. Recommendation 5 of the report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Primary and Secondary Education states there should be a national online learning programme that guarantees all students have access to a digital device and broadband. Do...