657. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if financial assistance will be put in place for self-employed taxi drivers in view of the impact of Covid-19. [12699/20]
129. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will lose a teacher for the school year commencing in September 2020. [12810/20]
828. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on conducting a review of the back to education allowance with a view to removing qualifying time criteria for those in receipt of Covid-19 related payments. [11976/20]
827. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the back to education allowance received from 1 March 2020 to 1 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11975/20]
787. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the application process will open for the back to education allowance. [11671/20]
394. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the role played by his Department in delivering a scheme to replace the July provision scheme. [11987/20]
390. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if clear advice will be provided to pubs on the way to safely reopen with regard to plastic screens, social distancing and other practical arrangements. [11779/20]
201. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of third level fees will occur further to the impact of Covid-19. [12163/20]
171. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if mechanisms are in place to encourage minorities to consider a career in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11986/20]
169. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a review undertaken of the conditions under which Droichead days are to be considered valid following the closure of schools. [11984/20]
168. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if issues related to Covid-19 have resulted in delays to works to be carried out under the summer works scheme; if so, the schools impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11983/20]
167. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding a review of an ex gratia scheme announced in December 2019. [11982/20]
166. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of laptops provided to schools to date through a procurement process undertaken for information communications technology equipment. [11981/20]
165. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the national co-ordination group for tertiary education has identified additional places for CAO applications for the 2020 year in its consultation with higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11980/20]
164. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the consultations to date with English language schools on plans to reopen. [11979/20]
163. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the funding provided through the National Training Fund for the human capital initiative was included in the overall annual expenditure ceiling of his Department. [11978/20]
162. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that have not applied for a calculated grade online due to take the leaving certificate in 2020; if his officials have examined the reasons for these students not applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11977/20]
161. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs, teachers and schools that have expressed an interest in taking part in the July provision scheme to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11974/20]
148. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision in 2020 will be available for children due to start school in September 2020. [11874/20]
39. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a business (details supplied) for the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [11674/20]
38. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) made to the Revenue Commissioners for the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [11672/20]
1099. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to bird kills involving the banned insecticide carbofuran; and the steps she plans to undertake to prevent bird kills involving insecticide products. [11191/20]
997. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is cocooning for medical reasons is entitled to the full pandemic unemployment payment. [10980/20]
867. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects driver tests to resume; and the measures which will be in place for social distancing. [11156/20]
433. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when local authorities can expect to receive funding for the purposes of the business restart grants as announced in May 2020. [11213/20]
331. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if extensions will be given in respect of public dancing licences due to the Covid-19 crisis particularly due to the crisis that pubs are undergoing and the fact that annual licensing courts are traditionally held during this time of year. [10776/20]
275. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to offer special education classes to children from Ashbourne, County Meath that cannot avail of them despite there being six primary schools in the town. [11286/20]
196. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reductions in teacher numbers in certain schools in the context of the plan to reopen schools currently under development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10655/20]
195. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of remediation works at schools built by a company (details supplied); if remediation works had been scheduled over the summer months; if works have been cancelled as a result of Covid-19; the projects cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10654/20]
194. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if court actions reported on recently which relate to schools constructed by a company (details supplied) which have already been identified within the 42 schools previously identified relate to newly identified issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10653/20]
193. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that in circumstances in which there is limited capacity within schools to facilitate a full cohort of students within the classroom, published plans will provide for the grouping of students by household within those that attend school on specific days (details supplied). [10652/20]
192. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current health advice received by his Department on the need to provide two metres of social distancing in school settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10651/20]
191. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the method by which teachers and students are being consulted on plans to reopen English language schools; his views on whether they should be consulted with regarding plans for reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10650/20]
190. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated loss in funding for higher education institutions, research funding through institutions and loss in income from student accommodation likely in 2020 and 2021 for universities, institutes of technology, further education colleges and English language schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10649/20]
189. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the scheme being developed to replace the July provision in 2020; if it will commence in July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10648/20]
188. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the two mechanisms for aggregate purchase orders for laptops for schools under centralised bulk provisioning processes under way in his Department; if schools have received equipment through this process to date; the number and type of equipment received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/20]
125. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the agreed new school to replace a school (details supplied) in order to provide needed spaces for Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9819/20]
804. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) can expect good quality broadband. [8394/20]
1065. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the specific guidance he will provide to local authorities that are required to hold statutory meetings that are open to members of the public to consider their proposed county development plans, which are currently under review. [7841/20]
1064. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he envisages a backlog in planning applications and appeals to An Bord Pleanála; and the steps his Department has taken to ensure that An Bord Pleanála has the adequate resources to deal with such a backlog should it arise. [7839/20]
1063. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a backlog in registrations in the Land Registry; the remote working arrangements if such a delay is holding up the sale of a property; if there is a system of expediting a particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7822/20]
901. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will introduce a special grant scheme for community and voluntary organisations that are members of the PPN nationwide in view of the Covid-19 crisis and the considerable financial loss they have experienced. [7842/20]