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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if teenagers and young persons can be permitted to play sports without spectators present during level 3 due to the important role that sport plays in their development and mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31018/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a new school (details supplied) will be put out to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (20 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that women prisoners are not subjected to threats or violence from other inmates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31120/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 545. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to unwind the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act for the community pharmacy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the format that permitted nursing home visits will take during level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31017/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am pleased with the content of the budget. I commend the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, and, in particular, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, on the excellent work they did in presenting the budget. As a Fianna Fáil Deputy it was a great honour for me to see the Minister, Deputy McGrath, present what was a very expansionist budget. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (15 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 30. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the targeted policy measures being taken by his Department to help young persons secure employment or start businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (14 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to Covid-19 testing in schools for school age children in which appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30096/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure active continued engagement with education partners and student representatives to the end of 2020 and in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30095/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which tourists who arrive here are allowed to travel outside their county of arrival in view of level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30425/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Election of Vice Chairman (14 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: I second that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Election of Vice Chairman (14 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to commence housing construction on the glass bottle site at Ringsend, Dublin 4. [29673/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for hearings of family law issues (details supplied) in each of the District Courts, in tabular form; the District Courts not taking new applications for hearings of family law issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29816/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the family law hearings (details supplied) heard by each District Court from 20 March 2020 to the latest available date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29817/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (13 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted on a monthly basis to intensive care units here in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, and in the first nine months of 2020. [30188/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when will the working time directive will be implemented in the Defence Forces. [29142/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: First, I would like to congratulate the Minister and Minister of State on their appointments. There are great challenges involved in being Ministers in a very new Department for the first time, but there are also great opportunities. I regard both Ministers as a dynamic duo, so I expect to see great achievements by both of them in this new Department. I will start with the Minister,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: On the broader issue of funding of third level institutions, we had the Cassels report a number of years ago. What would the Minister like to achieve when it comes to putting in place a reliable and secure method of funding for third level institutions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Minister with responsibility for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (8 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: The arrival of international students into Ireland has been affected by the pandemic. I, like other members of this committee, have been contacted by organisations concerned about the increase in insurance costs for international students in Ireland. Without getting into it in too much detail, can the Minister give those institutions any updated information that might alleviate some of the...