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Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Industrial Relations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
14. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the aim to increase the current collective bargaining coverage level of only 30% to the level of 70% threshold stated within the European Commission proposed directive; and if he will withdraw his objection to the use of a directive as a mechanism to achieve that objective. [7015/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Legislative Measures
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
36. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address concerns in relation to the enforceability of Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 due; and his views on whether an employer who withholds tips from employees should be subject to criminal sanction. [7017/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Legislative Measures
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
62. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider the exclusion of service charges and the distinction between mandatory and voluntary payments from the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7016/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Low Pay
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
94. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the best way to ensure that workers in the hospitality sector are properly paid is the establishment of a joint labour committee and the implementation of a sectoral employment order which could ensure workers were paid properly for the work they do. [7018/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Energy Conservation
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
214. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applicants for home energy grants administered by the SEAI in each of the years 2019 to 2021; the number of those applications that resulted in grant payments being made to the applicant as distinct from the applications being initially approved in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and the percentage of the overall budget allocated to the SEAI for administering home energy grants used in each of the years 2019 to 2021. [7317/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
243. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Finance the efforts that have been made to recover Covid-19-related payments from companies whose performance during the pandemic allowed them to pay dividends and bonuses to management and owners. [7019/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Driver Licences
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
230. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to develop an online driver licence app in which clients can store a virtual driving licence, learner permit and other driver cards such as a CPC card. [6344/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
425. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if the introduction of the new SNA model has been postponed; the plans for the SNAs of children currently in sixth-class and who are moving onto second-level education; if these SNAs will remain in their current schools as was previously envisaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6297/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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National Council for Special Education
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
426. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that assessments of need by the National Council for Special Education will allow individual schools the opportunity to input into that assessment in order to ensure that the most current information regarding the needs of students including the information provided by diagnosis of additional needs from all sources in view of the acknowledged backlog of needs assessments. [6298/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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National Council for Special Education
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
427. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) can engage with the National Council for Special Education to ensure that its needs assessment is correct given the concerns that the official needs of students will not reflect their actual needs due to the backlog of needs assessments for individual student assessments caused by the non-availability of psychologists and the policy of not providing replacements for psychologists on leave. [6299/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
434. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the progress of the permanent build school for a school (details supplied). [6434/22]
Wed, 2 Feb 2022
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School Transport
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
88. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) to assist with transport to the nearest school with a suitable available place for their needs as supported by a clinical psychologist and the school principal. [5273/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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State Examinations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
121. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will give certainty and fairness to the leaving certificate class of 2022 and work to develop a hybrid model leaving certificate similar to the previous two years. [4655/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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School Costs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
133. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the status of the roll-out of the free schoolbooks scheme as announced in Budget 2022. [4690/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Energy Conservation
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
145. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department is taking to address higher energy costs within schools. [4691/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Education Policy
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
157. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her views on whether single sex schools are an outdated model for both primary and secondary schools; and the steps her Department will take to migrate to a fully co-educational model. [4656/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
161. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the SNA sector and its trade union to agree a new minimum qualification requirement at QQI level 6 for all new SNAs. [4657/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Museum Projects
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
308. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a museum (details supplied) will open again; and if the museum will continue in the current form as a public museum for the foreseeable future. [4428/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Housing Schemes
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
72. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households that have had HAP payments ceased due to arrears in 2020 and to date in 2022, by local authority; the average length of time the households were in arrears before payment was ceased; and the average rental arrears owed by households at the time HAP payments ceased. [3759/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Housing Schemes
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
73. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenants in receipt of HAP who have transferred to a local authority or approved housing body tenancy since 2014, by local authority in tabular form. [3760/22]