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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (7 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to go back to the point I made about out-of-class activities. When a teacher is in the class, that is fine. However, when the students go outside, generally a small number of teachers supervise even a thousand students. Can Mr. Mongey quantify that? I acknowledge each school has a different physical environment, but an awful lot of-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome our guests before the committee. I get a sense of vibrancy and commitment from all of them. I appreciate that tourism is important for our economy and, as other speakers have said, unless we can recover and think in new ways with new ideas, we will have further problems and will perhaps face job losses. I support what Deputy Clarke said about people who drive buses for a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is very generous of the Acting Chairman. I welcome the teaching unions. They are doing a fantastic job and there is a very difficult task ahead. Every school has a plan and every school is different. Who signs off on those plans? How are productivity and needs verified? A small school in County Louth, Rampark national school, will lose two teachers this year. Large schools in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses and the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [12730/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to their mortgage application and the subsequent knock-on effects of being placed on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12994/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 89, 91, 107, 131 and 142 of 16 June 2020, if he will consider reducing the VAT on yoga services to the permissible 12% under the requirements of the EU VAT directive in order to assist yoga studios nationwide post-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13355/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the summer provision 2020; if contact will be made with the person to discuss the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12741/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a proposal from a body in relation to school transport providers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12754/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence received from a person (details supplied) in relation to the provision of school transport to a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspections (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an inspector has been contacted or has contacted a school (details supplied) as raised in Dáil Éireann on 20 May 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the requested meeting with officials for a campaign (details supplied) will be organised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13011/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 9 June 2020, if a further reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to dentists turning away medical card holders due to the additional expenses relating to Covid-19 social distancing guideline management and PPE cost (details supplied); the measures which will be put in place to protect medical card holders in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Deaths (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 515. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of the death of a person (details supplied) in a nursing home will be examined; and if a person will be contacted in relation to the matter. [13382/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 715. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised in submissions by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the bus and coach sector will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 881. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to announce the successful URDF projects for 2020; if the support of this Deputy will be noted for the port access northern cross route for Drogheda, County Louth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (30 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 882. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to announce the successful URDF projects for 2020; if the support of this Deputy for a project will be noted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13046/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I did not realise Deputy Brophy was there.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have an important question. Can I get a note on the number of people currently working on contact tracing and the number of volunteers, and how those numbers have changed over time? I ask for a note on the difference between the use of and recommendation on face shields compared to face masks. A number of people have contacted me about the use of face shields because they can speak while...