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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Will Mr. Ó Foghlú talk to us about the work carried out in 2019 on the accelerated marking system and whether it laid the foundation to use a very select number of areas? Did it lay the foundation for online marking in subsequent years, this year and so on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I imagine that when Mr. Ó Foghlú uses the word "speedy", it was probably nothing compared with what he would have envisaged speedy being in 2020.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Was any of the work that was comparable in that period applicable in subsequent years? Mr. Ó Foghlú is saying they did not relate-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Standardisation occurs in every year. Were any other companies contracted to provide advice or assistance on the standardisation of examinations as it related to 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: As Mr. Ó Foghlú has referred to those systems, was the coding of those systems or the IT systems which assisted in the standardisation process carried out within the existing IT systems within the Department or did it procure additional services for that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Do we know the companies that are involved in that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. I appreciate Mr. Ó Foghlú's assistance on that. I think it will prove beneficial as we move on with the issue. I wish to return, in the very brief time I have available, to the issue of the posting of payslips, which the previous speaker raised. I think many people will be shaking their heads at the thought of thousands and thousands of payslips each fortnight going out...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Mr. Ó Foghlú have an expectation or a timeline on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The Secretary General might come back to the committee with a timeline on that if possible.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person who has availed of the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme can reapply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31858/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (21 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the categories of business and industry that the reduced VAT rate of 9% will apply to from 1 November 2020. [31855/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline his plans to help childcare providers overcome the challenges arising from the hive registration and applications for a childcare identifier code key system (details supplied). [25972/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: What might the Department and the Minister do to assist childcare providers, especially those in disadvantaged areas, to overcome the challenges they have experienced with the early years hive registration and application system brought under the national childcare scheme?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: One parliamentary question might be an early warning system, but three might be an alarm. While I accept the response with regard to the bedding-in period, no amount of bedding-in will help to tackle the issue of the way the scheme is being applied in disadvantaged areas. Representatives from the Aisling Project, an after-school project in Ballymun, and the Poppintree Early Education Centre...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for an improvement in pay and conditions for childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31369/20]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund laptops for third level staff to help teach remotely. [31246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on college fees for the academic year in view of university and college institutions not being fully utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31247/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fleet size of Dublin Bus in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31769/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide funding and resources to enable schools to provide technology to staff members who require same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Oct 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of each of the teaching supply panels by county in tabular form; the number of teachers on each panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31272/20]