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Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
279. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who would have sat the leaving certificate this summer who will now not be entitled to a calculated grades due to a lack of evidence or lack of access to a registered teacher for a given subject or several subjects [9297/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
280. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider arranging an alternative examination for potential leaving certificate students that will now not receive a calculated grade such as, for example, an online oral [9298/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
281. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible to arrange a written leaving certificate examination [9299/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Third Level Admissions
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
282. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that post-leaving certificate students from 2020 will be in a position to attend third-level in 2020. [9300/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
283. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if work undertaken after 12 March 2020 can be taken into consideration in the calculation of calculated grades. [9301/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
284. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stage junior certificate will be factored in view of his comments that junior certificate results can be used as a safeguard to protect a strong cohort from suffering under the standardisation part of the calculated grades model; and the role it plays in the statistical model being used for standardisation [9302/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
285. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department and the SEC are undertaking with regard to the leaving certificate of 2021 in view of the fact that the 2020 fifth year cohort have also suffered significantly from the lack of building-based schooling in recent times [9303/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
286. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the latest details regarding the July provision scheme. [9304/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
287. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the current draft of plans for school buildings re-opening; his plans for schools or units to be open for teaching before summer 2020; his further plans for a combination of remote learning and in school learning when schools reopen; if an additional budget will be provided for school cleaning; if an additional budget will be provided for information technology; and if he will publish a roadmap for education to give a clear basis for schools to begin preparation for the next school year [9305/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
288. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the SIM model for SNA and special needs allocations does not allow for significant shifts within a class cohort within a year; and if he will examine this further [9306/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
289. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure the significant shortfall of school places in ASD units and in special schools in County Cork is addressed. [9307/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
290. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the re-opening of schools will be on a phased basis; if it will still involve remote learning; and if he will consider additional funding to ensure access to remote learning for all primary and secondary children [9308/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hospitals Data
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
718. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments that have been cancelled by month in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork since February 2020. [9482/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
719. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for outpatient and inpatient appointments in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork. [9483/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
720. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in May 2018, 2019 and 2020 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and the positions recruited since October 2019 in County Cork in these sectors. [9484/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
721. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if all CHO areas are providing the same advice to home helps in terms of provision of PPE and sanitiser; if all areas have the same access; and his plans to ensure that home helps in CHO areas in counties Cork and Kerry have access to PPE and sanitiser. [9485/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
722. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider the provision of face coverings as distinct from medical grade PPE to the public by way of large scale procurement or a scheme to ensure persons on low incomes that desire face coverings may obtain them in view of findings (details supplied) that persons living in poverty that cannot afford face coverings is problematic. [9486/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Road Projects
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
963. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the L2455 road upgrade: his plans to fund it; if the NTA has submitted each of its observations to Cork City Council; and if the NTA is awaiting further information from Cork City Council. [9323/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Tax Reliefs Eligibility
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
50. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 December 2019, if further consideration has been given to enhanced or expanded tax relief or other forms of incentives on teleconferencing equipment with the objective of reducing emissions by minimising unnecessary travel to meetings in view of recent developments and changes in the way in which society works in terms of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7062/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Student Grant Scheme
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
274. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the situation that applies to students that are not classed as independent for the purposes of the SUSI grant whose parents are temporarily unemployed due to Covid-19-related circumstances but do not know if they will be taken on again such as, for example, in the bar or retail trade; and if persons in these circumstances will qualify for the change of circumstances clause in SUSI. [8025/20]