Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Birth Certificates

Bríd Smith

154. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which parents of newborn children who have been unable to register their child’s birth can travel with their child for essential reasons to other countries in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30917/21]

State Examinations

Bríd Smith

204. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department will facilitate traditional Chinese leaving certificate papers in the future; if it will ensure that the correcting system can accept an answer written in traditional Chinese; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38362/21]

Departmental Offices

Bríd Smith

9. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [37719/21]

Cabinet Committees

Bríd Smith

18. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the Covid-19 oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [37720/21]

Health Services Staff

Bríd Smith

149. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the plans and measures that will be put in place to support training, recruitment and retention of the healthcare professionals necessary to build capacity across the whole health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37725/21]

Special Educational Needs

Bríd Smith

407. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the number of applications for an exceptional review in relation to SNA allocations in 2021; the number of such applications that were rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37370/21]

Third Level Admissions

Bríd Smith

512. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the criteria used to determine the six indicators for the higher education access route; his views on whether the rigid application of same can further exclude poor students; the numbers of applicants refused this term; and the breakdown of refusals by each indicator used (details supplied) in tabular form. [37274/21]

Grant Payments

Bríd Smith

33. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it will be ensured that students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment can have €4,500 disregarded in line with the normal treatment of payments for holiday work or the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36660/21]

Grant Payments

Bríd Smith

42. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the position of students who qualified for the pandemic unemployment payment and who now face cuts to their SUSI grant as a result of the additional reckonable income will be reviewed in view of the extraordinary difficulties faced by this cohort over the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36661/21]

An Garda Síochána

Bríd Smith

85. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will commission a review into the workings of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC and its limitations compared to a full commission of investigations in view of recent cases (details supplied) involving GSOC investigations and questions regarding the speed and outcome of these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36697/21]

Courts Service

Bríd Smith

92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the reason the work of the Jury Reform Group has been stopped; the costs to date of the work of the group; if there are plans for reform in this area; if the group will deliver a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36702/21]

An Garda Síochána

Bríd Smith

114. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered demands from the family of a person (details supplied) for an independent inquiry into their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36701/21]

An Garda Síochána

Bríd Smith

116. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the nature of any investigation taking place into the cancellation of emergency calls by An Garda Síochána by her Department; the person or body that is undertaking the investigation; if such investigations will reveal the location and personnel involved in cancellation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36698/21]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Bríd Smith

128. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on progress made by the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36699/21]

State Examinations

Bríd Smith

226. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will request the State Examinations Commission to conduct a review, re-evaluation and a full clarification in terms of the marking standard and the decision to exclude the use of traditional Chinese in leaving certificate Mandarin Chinese in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36957/21]

Cabinet Committees

Bríd Smith

7. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [34845/21]

Nursing Homes

Bríd Smith

133. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health if he plans to act on the recommendations of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response and commission an inquiry into the deaths that occurred in long-term residential nursing homes from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30442/21]

Vaccination Programme

Bríd Smith

191. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place to vaccinate those who could not avail of their vaccination slot through no fault of their own (details supplied); the steps they can take in order to obtain the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/21]

Cabinet Committees

Bríd Smith

6. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. [34689/21]

Departmental Bodies

Bríd Smith

10. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. [33406/21]