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Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: The right to identity, to know who we are, is fundamental. Whether these babies were removed, gifted, trafficked, placed or sold, the survivors - our fellow citizens - are entitled to the same documentary right to their identity as the rest of us. They have so far been denied it, and it should be anathema for that to be considered acceptable in a functioning republic. I am proud of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current infection and public health advice underpinning safe, prospective school openings, particularly in the context of the new UK variant of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views and her policy regarding the serious health and safety worries of many primary school teachers for themselves, their pupils and the wider community in the reopening of schools particularly in the context of the new UK variant of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3476/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise safety measures that will be put in place to guarantee the safe reopening of special education at the earliest opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of collaboration that exists between the parents of special needs children and her Department in ensuring safe access to education for this neglected cohort of children at the earliest possible moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the necessary clarity will be given to leaving certificate students on whether the examination will be held or calculated grades will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3477/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if citizenship will be fast-tracked for essential workers in the healthcare system given their heroic work on the Covid-19 front line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue clear instructions to employers on the definition of the qualification for essential work and essential workers in order to suppress Covid-19 by preventing unnecessary travel, contact and congregation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3472/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue new and clear instructions to the public on exercise etiquette to include mandatory mask-wearing outdoors and express reminders on how 2 m should be the minimum distance, particularly in the context of the virulence of the new UK Covid-19 variant and that many are reporting feeling unsafe due to crowding; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not introduced mandatory, monitored quarantine for arrivals at ports and airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce antigen Covid-19 testing and screening for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (21 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issuing of equine ID will be prioritised, given the critical situation regarding animal neglect, abandonment and suffering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy English, for coming in to take this Topical Issue debate. I wish to raise the issue of non-essential work and the Government's lack of strict, clear and proper instructions to employers. Each day, I have people contacting me about being forced to work onsite in an office or warehouse although we are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am forced to disagree with him. I believe the instructions that have been given to employers are a bit lax. Employers seem more intent on finding loopholes, which the Government should be fixing. It is important that we keep our workers safe at this time because our economy just cannot work without our workers' safety. I heard Deputy Doherty...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce mortgage and rental payment breaks for those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy schemes; the way such breaks would not affect their credit rating now and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the risk assessments and the NPHET advice declaring special education can be reopened safely will be published in the interest of public confidence; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a definitive response will issue on the sitting or other format of examination and assessment of the junior and leaving certificates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy schemes will be extended past March 2021; if special consideration will be given to especially hard-hit sectors such as aviation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request UCD to accede to the demands of certain master's degree student for a 30% fee cut given the abnormal circumstances of the academic year and financial pressure on their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if all staff involved in special education will be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/21]