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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Steven Matthews: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding leaving certificate students that are studying individual subjects externally in order to qualify for specific course requirements (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to concerns among students that the recent announcement indicating a delay in the results being announced will negatively impact on them...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Steven Matthews: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding social distancing in secondary schools if they are to return in September 2020; the timeline for her Department to provide return to work and school protocols to students and teachers that will offer assurances with regards to their safety. [18219/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (28 Jul 2020)

Steven Matthews: 766. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding inspections of direct provision centres in County Wicklow (details supplied); and if inspections have recommenced. [18215/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jul 2020)

Steven Matthews: 766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity can be provided to self-employed persons particularly in the arts sector with regard to the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied); and if it will be necessary for persons to turn down those one off offers of temporary work in order to continue to receive the pandemic unemployment payment. [20327/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jul 2020)

Steven Matthews: 867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity can be provided to self-employed persons particularly in the arts sector with regard to the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied); and if it will be necessary for persons to turn down those one off offers of temporary work in order to continue to receive the pandemic unemployment payment. [20326/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Data (8 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of self-employed persons registered with the Revenue Commissioners who list their profession as musician, sound engineer, lighting engineer and stage production or other related titles within the music industry. [21966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to historic cases by which women were given PPS numbers linked directly to that of their husband and who required the approval of their husband in order to attain social benefit payments (details supplied). [21200/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (9 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out or has plans to conduct an investigation into the development of horseriding trails here that may consider their feasibility in various locations across the country, the potential benefits of same and the potential financial costs. [22865/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to allowing sole traders to access the employment wage subsidy scheme, as they would be entitled to if they were listed as a company director in circumstances in which all other qualifying criteria for the scheme are met. [22871/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [22866/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal framework for persons that were made redundant during the Covid-19 pandemic and have to date been unable to access redundancy payments from their employers due to amendments in legislation on 13 March 2020 but can provide evidence that the layoff is not a temporary move due to Covid-19 and in fact a permanent one....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarity will be provided on foreign travel advice (details supplied). [23056/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (10 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will carry out a report and assessment of repairs required for two public sites (details supplied) under the control of the OPW in Bray, County Wicklow, that have been damaged by antisocial behaviour. [23075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is expected that the school extension for a school (details supplied) is expected to be completed on time; and the contingency plans in place to accommodate the school’s accommodation needs. [23066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the substantial waiting lists for driver tests due to the necessary cancellation of service during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he has met with representatives of the RSA to discuss ways in which this can be expedited; and if provision can be made for those that could be classified as urgent in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (15 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to entering further negotiations with the lending banks regarding a possible extension of mortgage breaks for those who continue to suffer significant drops in salary as a direct result of Covid-19. [23609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for same; the status of the application; and if the application will be prioritised. [23832/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 729. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity can be provided with regard to the most recent Covid-19 regulations and the way in which they apply to holiday caravan parks (details supplied); and if a collection of mobile homes in a designated caravan site constitutes a gathering; and if this activity can continue in circumstances in which all other precautions are observed [23713/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (15 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult speech and language therapists operating in County Wicklow; and the services available to adults in need of such care in cases in which access to a therapist is not available. [23608/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Sep 2020)

Steven Matthews: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being made in cases of children in direct provision and the potential interruption to their education if there are further outbreaks of Covid-19 in centres in view of the fact that if there is an outbreak the child must be removed from school. [24287/20]