Questions asked 22 total

• Education 20 questions

  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if students who sits the leaving certificate in November can elect to sit the exams in a school or educational setting in their area that are facilitating the November exams but are not the schools that the students attended. [29688/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the date the lines of code containing the error in the context of the leaving certificate calculated grades model were last edited; and if further oversight and tests were carried out by the national standardisation group after the most recent changes were made to the code. [29827/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of lines of original code, excluding code contained within imported libraries, written by a company (details supplied); if all code was written uniquely for her Department or formed part of a pre-existing product; and if so, the title of the base product. [29828/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the programming languages used by a company (details supplied) in developing the system used for calculated grades. [29829/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if the leaving certificate calculated grades code was written entirely by a person (details supplied); and if there was an oversight of their work within the company. [29830/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the location the servers that hosted data relating to leaving certificate calculated grades is or are based; the company that hosts same; and if the site portal had an up-to-date SSL certificate at all times that Irish student data was hosted on such a server. [29831/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) retired from an organisation or associated third party institute or foundation; and her views on whether it is proper in view of the person's close relationship with the organisation and that the organisation was chosen to complete the independent review of the calculated grades model and work, including that of the person. [29832/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the positive factors which led to the choosing of a company (details supplied) to supply the leaving certificate calculated grading model; and if there was work of a similar purpose, or with a similar level and skill required, undertaken by the company previously. [29833/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the level of oversight applied over the calculated grading formula; if all previous testing was replicated after it was amended to remove any aspect of school profiling in the days before the results were released. [29834/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if the bonus for completing leaving certificate exams through Irish was taken into consideration when the algorithm was being applied to give calculated grades to students from Gaelscoileanna; and if these students received the bonus for 2020. [29838/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the progression of the building of a secondary school in Ballincollig, County Cork. [29905/20]
  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the date on which the results of the leaving certificate calculated grading appeals will be known. [30169/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will address the significant inequalities in pay, conditions and pension and other entitlements facing many school secretaries. [30312/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the development of clear guidelines on when and the manner in which children with special educational needs can integrate within mainstream classes during the school day and the way in which that will be managed. [30313/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education for details of the guidance for those at high risk; if schoolchildren who have medically vulnerable parents will be facilitated with remote learning; and if she will revise the Medmark process for high-risk school staff. [30314/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if the work carried out by a company (details supplied) on behalf of her Department regarding the calculated grades model was appropriately certified as in compliance with the standards expected by her Department; and if she plans to recoup payment on foot of the very significant errors which were made. [30280/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the position regarding school transport and the progress that is being made to ensure the same number of children who were carried in 2019 will be carried again in 2020. [30276/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the delivery of a new building for a school (details supplied). [30278/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the reason teachers who received a notification from the Covid-19 tracker app indicating they must isolate because they were a close contact of a confirmed case were then told by the Department of Health that they did not need to isolate; and the reason the notifications do not apply to the teaching profession. [30279/20]
  • 2020-10-14 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the significant issues facing schools that have lost teachers due to the school census and having reduced numbers at the time of the census relative to 2019; and if she will ensure schools do not lose teachers, potentially undermining their ability to achieve social distancing. [30277/20]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice the policy on the wearing of face masks by prison officers while on duty in prisons; if the policy is in line with national public health guidance; if compliance with the policy is monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30170/20]
• Health 1 question

  • 2020-10-13 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no Covid-19 testing centre on the southside of Cork city in view of its large population and level three restrictions; and his plans to set up a testing centre in this area [30218/20]