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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (10 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when new travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23252/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application process is likely to be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23254/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23255/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the number of suitably qualified science and technical graduates to meet the continued requirements of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22626/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: This question relates to the ready availability of suitably qualified graduates, academic and technical, to meet the requirements of the workplace.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Is the Minister satisfied that in future years the effect of Covid-19 will not materially affect the supply of qualified academic and technical graduates to the workplace?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate third-level places remain available for students seeking such places in 2020; if he foresees difficulties arising from the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his vision for the further and higher education, research, innovation and science sector with particular reference to the need to compete on the international market for available job vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22971/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the development of an enhanced polytechnic equivalent here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22972/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role he sees for the further and higher education, research, innovation and science sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his ambition for the development of a ready supply of graduates specialising in research in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22974/20]

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

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which challenges arising in the course of the Covid-19 crisis have identified the need for specific educational response at third and fourth level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22975/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the higher level education sector is in discussion with business and enterprise with a view to matching requirements in the workplace with suitable graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has identified the areas in which most opportunities are likely to arise for graduates throughout the various employment sectors in both the public and private sectors; if he has received indications showing specific requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22977/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps needed in the higher educational sector to ensure an adequate supply of suitably qualified personnel to ensure the attainment of the highest number of employment positions at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate college places remain available to meet the requirements of a changing workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in the higher education sector likely to be in most need of adapting to new challenges with particular reference to the scientific, innovation and research sectors meeting requirements now and in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22978/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Like other members, I thank the witnesses for addressing the committee and giving of their time. Unlike three other members who have spoken, I am not a lawyer. Rather, I am a layman and my interpretation of the rules and regulations may be slightly different from theirs. In the first instance, my belief is that guidelines are only guidelines and have no legal effect unless they are...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman and I welcome the witnesses. I have a couple of questions. I have no legal expertise so I speak as a lay person. To what extent do the witnesses believe that people use their own common sense in determining what is best at a particular time in the context of the Covid pandemic? Is it reliable? I suggest that it is not and that recent events, particularly those in the...