Questions asked 18 total

• Education 9 questions

  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring that teaching principals have one release day per week. [26377/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of restoring assistant principal posts to pre-2008 levels. [26378/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the amount spent on assistant principal posts in the past 12 years, in tabular form. [26379/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of increasing the budget for assistant principal posts by 5%, 10% and 20%, respectively. [26380/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing capitation funding of €208 per pupil for the 2020-2021 academic year. [26381/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of when a new school (details supplied) can be expected to be delivered or construction commence. [27275/20]
  • 2020-09-30 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and post-primary schools with access to hot running water; and the number of schools which have gained access to hot water in recent months. [27418/20]
  • 2020-09-30 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring that all 2011-14 entrants into teaching will be paid on equal pay scales to their colleagues who joined the teaching profession before and after them. [27487/20]
  • 2020-10-01 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if a standardisation process will be applied to the marking of the small group of students sitting the leaving certificate exams in November 2020; and if so, the details of the standardisation process given that it will be an atypical cohort which is unlikely to fit with the patterns of an ordinary summer leaving certificate. [28076/20]
• Transport 6 questions

  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the actions taken to implement the aviation recovery task force report; the actions from this document he plans to implement; and the timeframe in which they will be implemented. [26578/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport his plans to progress recommendation 6of the aviation recovery task force report in which the State should directly provide the airports with a common fixed sum per passenger which will be used by the airports with the aim of protecting the viability of the airports and protect air connectivity nationally. [26579/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the direct supports he plans to put in place for regional and international airports outside Dublin; if he has considered a passenger subsidy, either indirectly by way of airport charges or directly; and the proposals that have been considered. [26580/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport his plans to progress recommendation 6 of the aviation recovery task force report regarding funding for essential capital projects in line with European Commission rules on state supports to airports in such a way as to ensure airports with fewer than 3 million passengers are deemed eligible for capital expenditure support. [26581/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is essential for County Cork to achieve its growth targets within the Ireland 2040 document to have a viable international airport; and the way in which he plans to ensure Cork Airport, as the second largest airport, can be supported, to safeguard the jobs within the airport and to ensure the viability of the airport on a continuous basis. [26582/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken regarding recommendation 3 of the aviation recovery task force report; his views on whether a comprehensive testing, tracking and tracing regime is essential to ensure that travel risks associated with international travel and aviation are minimised; the discussions he has had with the Minister for Health regarding the need to have a high enough level of testing and tracing to allow for such travel; and the outcome of such discussions. [26583/20]
• Further and Higher Education 1 question

  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the English language education sector falls under his remit or that of the Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht; if the sector should follow the reopening guidelines for tourism or for the higher and further education; and the body responsible for inspecting such schools to ensure compliance with the guidelines. [26350/20]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice the dates she expects the next two cohorts of trained Garda recruits or probationers to pass through Templemore Garda College and to be allocated to Garda districts. [26483/20]
• Health 1 question

  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if there is a scoliosis surgeon in Cork University Hospital; if not, the reason for this; and if there are plans to recruit one. [27243/20]