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Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Roderic O'Gorman
240. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Skills if children with moderate learning difficulties in non-DEIS post-primary schools will be able to access the July provision scheme for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12473/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Court Sittings
Roderic O'Gorman
370. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements being made to allow persons over 70 years of age or with underlying health conditions to attend family court proceedings remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11258/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Crime Data
Roderic O'Gorman
371. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded incidents of racially motivated crime in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11259/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Court Procedures
Roderic O'Gorman
372. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration given to amending the process for affirming oaths while Covid-19 restrictions are in place to allow this be done remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11260/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Roderic O'Gorman
373. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Reception and Integration Agency last inspected a direct provision centre (details supplied); if residents were engaged with on that occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11261/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Naturalisation Applications
Roderic O'Gorman
374. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Covid-19 crisis has delayed the process of making determinations on naturalisation applications; if so, the extent of the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11262/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Roderic O'Gorman
656. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health when full church services will be permitted to reopen following Covid-19 restrictions; if consideration has been given to bringing the date forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11265/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Roderic O'Gorman
900. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the consideration given to the possible impact of the proposal of Tusla to decentralise its national remit for domestic violence, sexual and gender-based violence services to front-line services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11263/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Community Development Initiatives
Roderic O'Gorman
944. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support and advice available for non-county and city council operated community centres to determine when they can reopen according to the various facilities and services they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11257/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Roderic O'Gorman
1075. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the advice that can be provided to ensure that privately-owned playgrounds within residential areas are appropriately cleaned and maintained following their reopening on 29 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11264/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Roderic O'Gorman
142. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the temporary buildings for a school (details supplied) will be ready by the start of the academic year 2020/2021; the schedule for the completion of the permanent building for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10008/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Garda Recruitment
Roderic O'Gorman
224. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures taken to date to achieve strategic priority 3, outcome 5, of the An Garda Síochána Diversity and Integration Strategy 2019-2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10010/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Roderic O'Gorman
254. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has held with residents and the operators of a direct provision accommodation centre (details supplied) regarding the standard of food and accommodation there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10405/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Departmental Funding
Roderic O'Gorman
255. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of funding for an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10406/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Roderic O'Gorman
367. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if advice is being provided regarding isolating within households in which one member has returned from travel abroad and other members have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Travel Trade Sector
Roderic O'Gorman
569. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal position for customers that booked and paid deposits for foreign holidays through travel agents licensed here in circumstances in which that holiday cannot now be availed of due to Covid-19 restrictions; if there is an obligation on the travel agents to repay deposits in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10005/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Roderic O'Gorman
570. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment he has made of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control guidelines on flight safety during the Covid-19 outbreak; the applicability of same in assessing the appropriateness of generalised quarantine measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10006/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Child Benefit
Roderic O'Gorman
657. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the period within which child benefit can be paid up until the end of full-time education even if this means paying it for a child over 18 years of age; the estimated number of children such a decision would benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10007/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Roderic O'Gorman
709. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of community response forums which contain direct representation from persons living in direct provision including asylum seekers in temporary emergency accommodation by county; if they are not directly represented, if an assessment is being carried out in each county to ascertain if information is being adequately relayed from the forum to this cohort of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10332/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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English Language Training Organisations
Roderic O'Gorman
220. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers and students will be included as stakeholders in the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8872/20]