Questions asked 16 total

• Education 10 questions

  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the plans that have been put in place to ensure that leaving certificate geography students who have chosen geographical investigation topic number five who can no longer attend geography field trips to conduct this research in view of guidance from her Department will not be disadvantaged when receiving their leaving certificate qualification; and the way they will complete this investigation without field trips being permissible. [14192/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of special education places currently available in Cork city; the location of these places by primary school, secondary school, special school and so on; if these places are within an ASD unit, special class or mainstream class; and the discipline related to each of these places, for example, severe intellectual disability, mild to moderate intellectual disability and so on. [14679/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools with ASD units in Cork city. [14680/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary schools with ASD units in Cork city. [14681/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of special schools in Cork city. [14682/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children on waiting lists for access to special schools in Cork city, both in primary and secondary schools. [14683/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children on waiting lists for access to ASD units in Cork city, in both primary and secondary schools. [14684/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education when the outcome of appeals lodged after the release of the results of the written leaving certificate 2020 exams in February 2021 will be released. [14726/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if permission to travel outside five kilometres for educational purposes extends to families that home-school their children and must travel to access a network of other home-schooling families, for educational trips and to access educational resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14888/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if guidance on continuation of education during level 5 restrictions will be provided for families that provide schooling to their children from home all year round; and if not, the reason such guidance is not being provided (details supplied). [14889/21]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a family (details supplied) will be permitted to complete construction works in their house to repair the roof and rear supporting wall given that the property is currently uninhabitable and the recent bad weather has damaged the property significantly. [14492/21]
  • 2021-03-25 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the funding of €1.8 million granted to Cork County Council for the purchase of Passage West docks under the 2018 urban Regeneration fund remains in place. [16019/21]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if persons on combined therapies and at very high risk are within group 4 on the vaccination schedule; and if not, when they will receive the vaccine. [14879/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered allowing dental hygienists to participate in the national roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations as vaccinators. [15027/21]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to protect aviation workers at Cork Airport; and if he will consider using the connectivity fund for this purpose. [15511/21]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if shoe fitting for young children will be considered an essential retail service under level 5 restrictions (details supplied). [14926/21]