Results 1-20 of 1,290 for speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the temporary suspension of the collection of professional withholding tax from payments made to dentists contracted by the HSE and the Department to treat medical card and PRSI eligible patients, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6919/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that will be put in place to award grades to leaving certificate students that have been studying an extra subject outside of school in order to have flexibility to choose their most successful subjects for CAO points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the needs and concerns of students that had planned to repeat the leaving certificate in 2020 in a new school with the hope of achieving higher points in view of the fact that the teachers in the new school would have no background knowledge of the student and the student may be relatively unknown to their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for students that are not content with their leaving certificate results sitting individual or multiple exams, receiving their results, receiving a college place and entering college in 2020/2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6909/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension to a school (details supplied) in the context of requirements of a child with special needs that is due to join the school; if the school will be given permission to proceed to tender stage and proceed as planned from there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6905/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building (details supplied) which has been empty since the opening of another school; his plans for the development of the school; the nature of the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building (details supplied) which has been empty since the opening of another school; his plans for the development of the school; the nature of the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6907/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that will be put in place to protect teachers, principals and schools from lobbying and canvassing by parents and students regarding potential exam grades due to the change in the leaving certificate for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6910/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration he has given to the re-opening of schools in September 2020; if he has given consideration to the earlier opening of schools to facilitate children with autism whose routines have been disproportionately affected by the long-term closure of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that will be put in place to accommodate families who would normally have access to the July provision for primary school students with special needs; if there is an alternative plan should it not be able to proceed in July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6913/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has made provisions for an extension to maternity leave for mothers that are due to return to work after maternity leave but that may be unable to do so due to a lack of appropriate childcare or concerns regarding health and safety in relation to their baby due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he has made for families that would normally access respite for their young children with special needs during the summer holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 804. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to allowing access to all adults in addition to the children and persons with special needs that already have access to emergency dental services provided by the 38 public health emergency dental centres operated by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6915/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1081. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to funding support for grassroots sports groups which fall outside the eligibility criteria of the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary, charity and social enterprises which will be critical to persons when exiting the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6921/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity will be provided regarding the eligibility for the pandemic unemployment payment of Irish citizens who have returned from abroad due to loss of employment owing to the Covid-19 crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6917/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered providing dentists with an advance in payments provided under the State schemes, that is, the medical card and PRSI akin to supports provided in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Germany and other jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6918/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered a reduction in the rate of employer PRSI contributions in respect of dentists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6920/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 614. To ask the Minister for Health if reassurance will be provided to the thousands of women whose BreastCheck and CervicalCheck appointments have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis that their appointments will be rescheduled and the backlog cleared in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with secondary school students that missed their HPV vaccine (dose 2) and MenACWY vaccines and young children that missed scheduled childhood vaccines due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the backlog in elective procedures that have built up in University Hospital Waterford and other hospitals nationwide due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8093/20]