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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants since March 2020 who have applied to work solely from home due to Covid-19 risk who were subsequently assessed by the chief medical officer of the Civil Service; the number of those cases granted leave to work from home; and the number refused the right to work from home. [33035/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of cases assessed by the chief medical officer in which the civil servant has been deemed not very high or high risk such that he or she can attend the workplace in circumstances in which there is evidence of a conflict with the civil servant's own medical advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33036/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the office of the chief medical officer and the Civil Service occupational health department have been working from home, working in the office or a combination of both during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33037/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the case of a child (details supplied) with complex needs who is having difficulties accessing a place in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request her officials to investigate, review and assist in the case of a child (details supplied) in order to examine a mechanism to meet the child’s need for assistive technology by her Department. [33388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Freedom of Information (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will issue a response to a person (details supplied) regarding concerns in relation to the application to the freedom of information process in a PRSI deduction appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Freedom of Information (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a disputed deduction of PRSI from post-employment RSU payments made to the person which were calculated at the rate of PRSI in the year of payment rather than at the rate of taxation at the year of cessation of employment as is calculated by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Student Grants Appeals Board has no memorandum of association or formally agreed operating procedures; and if he will work with the current board to put one in place before the change of board in September 2021. [32933/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet the current Student Grants Appeals Board before September 2021 to discuss its work and to ensure it will continue to operate with a similar ethos as the current board. [32934/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow the Student Grant Appeals Board as an independent entity to source its own legal opinion and provide the funds to do so rather than relying upon his Department to provide legal advice. [32935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no call has been published to appoint new Student Grant Appeals Board members and that there is serious concern on behalf of some board members that further delay will make transfer to a new board in time for the September 2021 hand-over challenging; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the frequency with which there has been engagement between the Student Grant Appeals Board and the responsible Minister, Secretary General or Assistant Secretary General in the past five years. [32937/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I confirm that I am in Leinster House and thank the witnesses for their presentations. Following on from Deputy Ó Laoghaire's questions about data, I am not utterly convinced that those two fora for collecting the data are going to help us in the long term. The whole-school evaluation only happens every five or six years as I understand it. It is not a regular interaction with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Can I ask a quick follow-up question? I do apologise. Am I right in saying that there is no requirement on schools to detail the nature of each bullying incident, whether it was racially motivated or whether it involved a seven-year-old, a 12-year-old or a four-year-old? None of that is a requirement of schools, as I understand it

Impact of Covid-19 on People with Disabilities within the Education and Health Sectors: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Ministers of State. I am a little bit taken aback by the Minister of State's address as it appeared she wanted to inform the House that everything is basically okay, that everything is fine, that Government is on top of things and that there is nothing to see here. Anybody who understands the education system well, and particularly how it interacts with the health system, will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Senator Bacik and I have been campaigning since February for a catch-up fund for children. The Government must invest in education for children who have lost out on in-school learning over the past year and a half or so. The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, announced two weeks ago she was working on a multimillion euro fund to this end. She said she would announce it shortly. She was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (17 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties which will be caused for students who sit the HPAT exams if the results are not released before the CAO course change option is closed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HEAR and DARE eligible students will be particularly affected; if he can report on the date for release of...

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I, too, am disappointed with the response of the Minister of State. Ireland has had a dysfunctional relationship with property and housing for many years and it is making a great many people utterly miserable. Highly disproportionate amounts of people's incomes are shovelled into mortgage repayments and rents every month. That money could be spent on their families, on life and on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Transfer of Undertakings (15 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a bank (details supplied) will be contacted to remind it of its obligations under TUPE legislation. [30559/21]