Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

English Language Training Organisations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

282. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work being done to support English language students here; and if he has had discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding suspension of student visas until September 2020 or such point when face-to-face classes can be resumed. [8085/20]

Post-Leaving Certificate Courses

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

289. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure 2020 post-leaving certificate courses are completed and-or accredited; and the way in which he will ensure that students coming from post-leaving certificate courses will be in a position to attend higher education or further courses on the strength of their course. [8120/20]

Student Visas

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

368. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the work being carried out to support English language students here; if he has considered the suspension of student visas until September 2020 or such a point when face-to-face classes can be resumed; if he has considered a guarantee that time lost due to school closures will not count towards the total number of months permitted under a student visa; and if attendance at online classes will not be a visa requirement. [8090/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

856. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to the need for a sustainability fund in view of the fact that many early years providers are under severe pressure and may not reopen after restrictions have been lifted and the fact that this is having a major impact on workers and their incomes. [7045/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

279. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance which will be given to teachers regarding the evidence they are expected to use in the calculation of grades; and the extent to which discretion will be given. [6396/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

280. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if mock exams, junior certificate and Christmas exams will be taken account of for calculated grades; and if so, the weighting of each. [6397/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

281. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards which will be put in place to minimise the impact of school profiling; and if it is the case that school results will be adjusted upwards or downwards depending on said profile. [6398/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

282. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the approach his Department is expecting to take to provide calculated grades for students that are repeating the leaving certificate or a particular subject or that are taking a subject outside a traditional school setting in view of the fact that there may not be the same knowledge of the student or may not be the same evidence basis; and the guidance to ensure they are given a calculated grade. [6399/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

283. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that will be used to decide whether to proceed with the leaving certificate in the coming months; the circumstances in which he will be satisfied that it is safe to run the leaving certificate; and his plans to ensure that notice will be given in order to allow for study. [6400/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

284. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if those that are home schooled will get a calculated grade. [6401/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

285. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the need for school profiling in view of the fact that it has a potentially harmful effect on schools with a lower profile of results and other safeguards are in place and can be put in place. [6402/20]

Third Level Admissions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

286. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that students who have received a conditional offer of a place at a university in Britain or Northern Ireland through the UCAS system will not lose that place and that offers will still stand; and the way in which he plans to achieve this outcome. [6403/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

287. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the same guidance will be provided for teachers who are teaching leaving certificate applied students as to students generally; and if not, the nature of this guidance. [6404/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

288. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing persons who are seeking to become teachers and who, in order to further this objective, have repeated subjects such as, for example, Irish, having completed the remainder of the leaving certificate in another year; and if the calculation of their grade will be considered acceptable to admit students to teacher training courses in such circumstances. [6405/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

289. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the situation that applies in respect of students who are not classed as independent and 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. [6406/20]

Third Level Admissions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

290. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is taking steps to ameliorate the stress facing leaving certificate students by seeking to expand the number of places at third level in view of the reduction in the number of international students seeking to study here. [6407/20]

Third Level Institutions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

291. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the paper produced by an association (details supplied) regarding the severe financial position faced by universities and other third level institutions; and his views on whether dedicated sustainability and growth funding is needed for the sector. [6408/20]

Schools Mental Health Strategies

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

292. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of specific counselling and mental health supports for leaving certificate students. [6409/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

293. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that recent events have had on fifth year students; and the steps being taken to support them. [6410/20]

Third Level Admissions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

294. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to expand places on the higher education access route, HEAR, and disability access route to education, DARE, schemes in view of the impact of recent events in order to ensure that the impact on students who suffer from disadvantage is minimised. [6411/20]