303. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to an increase in violent attacks in Dublin city centre on women, members of the LBGTQI+ community, and other minority groups; and if she has liaised with the Garda Commissioner or local Garda stations to develop plans to ensure the city’s safety. [46553/22]
300. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the decision regarding students of a third level institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/22]
156. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will specify all children’s disability network teams that serve the HSE CHO 9 area. [46376/22]
134. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health Network teams that serve the HSE CHO 9 area; his views regarding a letter received by a person from one of the Children’s Disability Network teams that states there is a minimum 40 week wait to be seen by them in view of the fact that most children have been waiting for many years under the previous regime without being seen; the reason that the wait list is so long; if there are staffing and other resourcing issues at play; his plan to rectify the issue; for a timeline for such plans that can be provided to waiting families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46312/22]
65. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the policy of his Department on Irish citizens being involved in fake election monitoring missions; if such involvement will lead to a review of membership of the 2018 Irish election observation roster; and if it will act as a bar to membership of the next roster due to commence in early 2023. [46311/22]
45. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banking sector to demand a moratorium on fining customers who fail to make direct debit payments on time for the duration of the energy crisis (details supplied). [46310/22]
1361. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science The estimated cost of reducing the third-level student contribution, also known as the registration fee, by €500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44263/22]
1045. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have requested the installation of an air filtration system in classrooms since September 2021, in tabular form. [44270/22]
1044. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have had an air filtration system installed in classrooms since September 2021, in tabular form. [44269/22]
1043. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there will be further funding for schools to buy new reading materials for their libraries. [44268/22]
781. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals that he has to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international Law in the occupied Palestinian territory including humanitarian and human rights law; if he will provide what he deems as an appropriate response to the further development of illegal settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/22]
780. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of all tangible efforts made by his Department in the past two years at European Union and United Nations levels to oppose further plans by Israel to apply its sovereignty over Palestinian territory; if he considers that persistent breaches of international law by Israel have already occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/22]
2205. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total budget allocated for libraries for the purpose of e-books from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [41822/22]
2204. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the issue regarding the sustainability and accessibility of e-books; if her Department is examining legislation to ensure that e-books are made available to libraries under reasonable terms and conditions as called for by an organization (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41821/22]
2029. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the date on which the recommendations by the HSE medicines management programme for cariban will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41824/22]
1491. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the documentation from SUSI such as court records and or records from Tusla in relation to parental estrangement is difficult to secure for students, leaving students ineligible to apply to SUSI or unable to be reclassified; if his Department is examining the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41827/22]
1490. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students must have been living independently from their parents or legal guardians from October in the year prior to their first point of entry or re-entry into further or higher education to be classified as an independent; if he accepts that family relationships may break down over the course of a student's studies; and the avenues, if any, that are available for students in these cases who move from being dependent to independent over the course of their studies. [41826/22]
1489. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI can cancel applications submitted by applicants; if so, the number of SUSI applications that were cancelled by SUSI in each of the years 2017 to 2021 [41825/22]
1488. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to an emerging issue in relation to the availability of e-books in third level libraries as a result of market manipulation by the so-called big five British publishers (details supplied) and the potential for this to damage the quality of education delivered and the depth of research produced by students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41820/22]
1165. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department has explored the feasibility of making education truly free of charge; if this will be a priority area for budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41823/22]
128. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will extend the Reasonable Accommodation Fund to self-employed persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34585/22]
119. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that in Budget 2023 the free travel pass is made eligible to all persons who do not have enough vision to obtain a driver licence yet do not qualify to be registered blind. [34586/22]
384. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make the blind pension, disability allowance and or the invalidity pension a secure support for disabled persons in self-employment which would level the playing field with non-disabled persons. [38780/22]
383. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine regulations that exclude persons with disabilities from entering into self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38779/22]
379. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the weekly rate of €117.70 by €45.15 per week to €162.85; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38750/22]
378. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the weekly rate of €117.70 to the maximum personal rate of €208 for those aged 25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38749/22]
289. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport of a person (details supplied) will be issued given that they are due to fly soon. [38748/22]
278. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the recently announced Innovate for Ireland partnership will be open to applications from persons conducting PhD research in the arts and humanities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/22]
277. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI eligibility will be extended to students studying part-time in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/22]
220. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be issued on time given that they are due to travel in one weeks’ time. [36966/22]
68. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is working with the Department of Social Protection to reinstate SUSI maintenance grant for lone parents in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36766/22]
54. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that his Department is supporting incoming first year students from the national access routes HEAR and DARE; if he is concerned about the impact of orientation programmes for these students due to the release date of the leaving certificate results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36764/22]
20. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the work of the established sub-group of the national advisory forum for Ireland’s framework for doctoral education specifically in relation to PhD students and the issues of precarity and low pay that they face. [36765/22]
6. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students on graduate entry medicine courses will be eligible for SUSI for the 2022-2023 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36767/22]
70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation from the Ombudsman for Children's office in the report, Place for Places, that her Department urgently publish a plan to ensure there are sufficient school places in the short to medium term to meet the forecasted needs of children with special educational needs within their local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34588/22]
51. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department will start to gather data on the number of children requiring special educational needs supports in integrated settings in mainstream primary and post-primary schools; and, if so, if this data will be included within its annual education indictors, as per the recommendations made in the Ombudsman for Children's report, Plan for Places, published in June 2022. [34587/22]
28. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on the State Examinations Commission's leaving certificate examination result date for 2022; and her views on the effects of the lateness of the results on students and the higher education sector. [34909/22]
16. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will review the eligibility criteria for the deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure that students who have a unforeseen medical emergency while sitting an examination are eligible for deferred sittings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34589/22]
689. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI attempts to recoup payments in instances in which further and higher institutions have received fee grants by SUSI from overpayments; if so, the amount of overpayment in fee grants identified by SUSI in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the amount recouped for these years. [34592/22]
674. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will commit to fixing the anomaly in the legislation to ensure women and pregnant people can defer their maternity leave while undergoing cancer treatment or any other serious illness. [34593/22]
55. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if a person from his Department is currently seconded to the university or third-level education sector. [26205/22]
360. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of expanding the 15 additional teaching hours to all children seeking sanctuary from conflict and war. [33510/22]
359. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she believes that Ireland’s education should equally support all children fleeing conflict and war in the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33509/22]
358. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to claims that the treatment shown to Ukrainian students is preferential to any other children fleeing conflict and war from other regions in the world including Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33508/22]
357. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if students who cannot complete leaving certificate examinations due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are eligible to apply for access to the deferred sittings. [33507/22]
356. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the State Examinations Commission has changed its policy in relation to supporting students who due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are not able to complete a leaving certificate examination (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33506/22]