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Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
635. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons that are regarded as high-risk and unable to return to former employment due to cocooning can continue to avail of the Covid-19 enhanced payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10397/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
291. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made provision in the calculated grades system for the leaving certificate for students who would have had valid reasons, including working towards the HPAT, to not focus on their mock leaving certificate exams to ensure that their grades will be fair and reflect their true ability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9320/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
689. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health when consultants will be able to schedule public appointments for patients they had been treating in a private capacity prior to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9319/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Student Accommodation
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
1238. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to give direction to private landlords of third-level on-campus accommodation to issue rent rebates or provide credits to students who have been unable to avail of their accommodation due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9318/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Special Areas of Conservation
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
1289. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to uphold the status of the freshwater pearl mussel as a qualifying interest in the main channel of the Blackwater River special area of conservation as recently affirmed by a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9321/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Special Areas of Conservation
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
1290. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement measures at least in the special areas of conservation for which the species is a qualifying interest with the goal of improving the bad overall status of the freshwater pearl mussel to be in compliance with the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9322/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
614. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Vaccination Programme
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
615. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
616. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Tax Collection
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
59. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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School Accommodation Provision
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
385. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Schools Property
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
386. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Schools Property
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
387. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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State Examinations
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
388. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the needs and concerns of students who 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 teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6908/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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State Examinations
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
389. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for students who are not content with their leaving certificate results sitting individual or multiple exams, receiving their results, receiving college places and entering college in the 2020-21 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6909/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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State Examinations
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
390. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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State Examinations
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
391. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
392. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
393. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Maternity Leave
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
425. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the 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 the matter. [6916/20]