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Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I was saying, I wish the Minister of State all the best. She has a significant challenge. Over the years, it has always been more difficult for mental health services to get the money than it has been for some of the more high-profile acute services. We will give her every support we can in trying to get this money. As we are coming up to the budget, it is important that we are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made for the college sections of apprenticeship programmes due to the effect of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22383/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding provided to third-level sector in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of additional places made available by the third-level institutions for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22382/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that drivers who are on a provisional driver licence can get driver tests in circumstances in which they need to drive a car for the purpose of going to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22955/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Middle East Peace Process (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken since the formation of the Government to advance a Middle East peace process and build a consensus at EU level to take a more proactive approach in supporting a negotiated two-state solution and lasting process there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22951/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Middle East Peace Process (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken by Ireland within the EU to oppose plans by Israel to annex territory in the West Bank and apply Israeli sovereignty to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Middle East Peace Process (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans and those of the Government to recognise the state of Palestine as part of a lasting settlement of the Middle East conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: United Nations (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the commitment by Ireland to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22954/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to set up a teacher supply panel for the primary schools for the area of north-west Connemara, County Galway in view of the fact that the only other teacher supply panel in Connemara for substitute teachers is based in the Gaeltacht and services schools teaching through Irish while all schools in north-west Connemara operate through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 168 (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application from residents of Inisbofin Island, County Galway to set up a post-primary school; if so, when a decision will be made on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22996/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to end the temporary suspension of certain redundancy provisions in order that persons that are laid off permanently either due to Covid-19 or otherwise can get their statutory redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22956/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason services are not being scheduled for a child with special needs (details supplied); the reason for the delay in view of the fact that they transferred from the early intervention services in January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22736/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I accept that there are a large number of naíonraí but a naíonra is a preschool whereas a naíolann is a crèche. There is a world of difference between the two. Getting to children at the crèche stage presents great advantages as against getting to them at the ECCE stage. For one, the service has them all day. There are naíolanna in the country operating...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The State has a constitutional duty to promote the Irish language, which is also its clear policy. When it comes to delivering, it always seems to be a case of listing what we are doing while not really doing anything. There are many Gaelscoileanna in this city. In many cases, and with great difficulty, the communities behind these Gaelscoileanna have provided naíonraí. One...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy he has to promote all Irish language and bilingual crèches in and outside the Gaeltacht to ensure all parents have a choice between an English-language crèche, a bilingual crèche and an Irish-language crèche in view of the ability of very young children to easily learn a second language. [22329/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire as a cheapachán. What is the Department's policy to ensure that all children nationally have a choice between Irish-language crèches, bilingual crèches and English-language crèches? We know that children absorb languages and the younger they are, the easier they find it to learn two languages or three if they are exposed to those...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide sufficient funding to the local enterprise offices and Údarás na Gaeltachta to fund all valid applications under the business continuity scheme; the estimated cost of doing so; the expenditure under the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21707/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to delays in issuing Eircodes to new properties; if his attention has been further drawn to the knock-on effect this is having in relation to the provision of broadband and landline services to private households especially those households that are working remotely due to the Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to rescind by-laws 806 and 809 as they relate to inland fisheries and replace them with new by-laws that exclude areas that are special areas of conservation for salmonid fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21702/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a scheme or to change the law to ensure that persons who booked airline tickets prior to the Covid-19 outbreak and are now cancelling their travel plans in line with the travel advice relating to non-essential travel will be entitled to a refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21826/20]