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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which no student sat a higher level paper in either English, Irish or mathematics in 2017, 2018 and 2019. [52642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS second level schools that did not have any student studying higher level English, mathematics or Irish in 2017, 2018 and 2019. [52643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the effort under way by her Department to provide a non-denominational, co-educational secondary school for the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf area in view of the absence of provision of such a school; if her attention has been drawn to the level of demand for such a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53026/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if such persons could be offered an extension of offer and employment similar to those extensions for persons who were in community employment schemes when the pandemic hit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 879. To ask the Minister for Health the studies which have been undertaken and-or completed on the prevalence of long Covid; the steps that can be taken to ensure that the risks of suffering long Covid are mitigated or eliminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been diagnosed as suffering from the condition being termed as long Covid; if a study has been conducted as to whether one, two or three vaccine doses lessens the possibility of suffering from it or if non-vaccinated Covid-19 sufferers have a higher chance of developing these more long-term effects of Covid-19; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional SNAs hired in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and to date in the 2021-2022 school year; the base figure at the end of the 2018-2019 school year; the number of additional SNAs being hired at present; the extra number that will be employed by September 2022; the number of the 1,165 extra SNAs announced in Budget 2022 that were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51415/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school children by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51413/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school teachers by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51414/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the additional €18 million funding for DEIS in 2022; the number of extra primary and secondary schools that will be supported; the base cost of supporting an extra primary and secondary school, respectively; the specific additional costs for an average school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51416/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party has tabled a priority question on the decriminalisation of drug users for answer on Thursday. The Department of Justice has told us it is a matter for the Department of Health and, as a result, this priority question will not be answered by the Minister for Justice. The reason our courts are full of people with drug addictions is that this is a justice issue. It is dealt...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----because Members of this House and those we are trying to represent are not well served by Departments and Ministers who are ducking issues that affect very vulnerable people.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Taoiseach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank our guests for their contributions. I found them particularly exciting, if I can use that word, because I feel there is an historic opportunity for us to grasp reform of the leaving certificate and do something with it. I do not think anybody who has been through it or who has a family member going through it or who is in the system can pretend it should stay as it is. Even the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Assess.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have a general point to make. Professor Hegarty referred to the reform of the junior certificate. From my memory, that was not an easy process to go through at the time, although it was not suggested that people go into the workforce with only a junior certificate. The timing and way in which that programme was reformed meant it was a difficult process. That experience probably put the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to contradictory information as to whether training was provided to volunteer cliff rescue units prior to their return to active duty; if a series of operational assessments with no training component were conducted; if he will ask the Irish Coastguard Service to detail the replacement equipment that was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline and stage process of the end-of-life decision and actions taken for the Rescue 400 life jackets for the Irish Coastguard Service; the reason there was a requirement to stand down all Irish Coastguard Service boat operations while waiting for the procurement process for a replacement to be found; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department will make contact with a parent of a child (details supplied) with complex learning needs who is currently spending over €500 a week on taxis to attend a special needs class and discuss the alternative transport provision that can be made. [50432/21]