239. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of women and pregnant persons who required hospital care as a result of untreated hyperemesis or dehydration or other effects of hyperemesis for 2021. [33251/22]
144. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will purchase the land at Bessborough or investigate if a compulsory purchase order is possible to protect the site from development and to allow for a detailed investigation for burial sites. [33246/22]
142. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the necessity for dependent spouse State pensioners from having to apply separately for dental and optical checks in cases in which they have already been approved by the system. [33250/22]
141. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the registration provisions for stillbirths following the consultation by the General Register Office. [33249/22]
140. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of social welfare overpayments recouped after death in each of the years to 2021. [33248/22]
139. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding the fuel allowance to include those in receipt of the working family payment. [33247/22]
713. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 that outlines the main provisions of the assessment of needs process will be reviewed having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that is currently under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32816/22]
654. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to parliamentary question No. 1298 of 14 June 2022, the amount that was recouped from overpayments through student repayments in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [32815/22]
618. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the gender breakdown for all social welfare inspectors employed by her Department. [32814/22]
598. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that income from scholarships (details supplied) bursaries, stipend or scholarships for PhDs is treated to ensure that it is disregarded for persons in receipt of the disability allowance and blind pensions. [32449/22]
597. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is currently a backlog of applications for the one-parent family payment; if so, the number of applications in the backlog; and the average time for processing a one parent family payment application.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32448/22]
587. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the way that her Department has acted on a report (details supplied) specifically in relation to the merit in a policy providing enhanced opportunities for career guidance training for teachers in special needs schools and in enhancing the access of such schools to wider career guidance supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32819/22]
586. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of notifications made to the Tusla Educational Welfare Support Service in relation to the use of reduced timetables for the current academic year; the number of reduced timetables used for children with special educational needs or disability; and the number of reduced timetables used for children with a Traveller or Roma heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32818/22]
585. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will be included in the review currently under way; if not, the reason for its exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32817/22]
530. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he received correspondence from this Deputy relating to an issue (details supplied) sent on 30 May 2022; and if a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32813/22]
70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has had any engagement or interaction with the Minister for Social Protection in relation to ensuring that artists with disabilities do not risk losing their core social protection payments such as disability allowance or blind pension when receiving grants and bursaries from schemes initiated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32447/22]
52. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the barriers for artists with disabilities availing of funding from schemes initiated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the steps that she is taking to eliminate these barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32446/22]
1241. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of grant overpayments by SUSI that occurred in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [29390/22]
1240. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount that has been recouped by his Department from student repayments due to SUSI grant overpayments in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [29389/22]
972. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she plans to consider a more streamlined system for schools to apply for funding more easily for ASD special class extensions to school buildings; if an economy of scale has been considered for school extensions, that is that her Department would be able to consolidate projects across the country and order in bulk to achieve economy of scale; and if analysis has been carried out to consider the benefits and disadvantages to such an arrangement especially pertinent given the significant lack of special class places that still remains across the country. [29388/22]
971. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on whether the workload is too onerous on principals and boards of management in relation to the building of school extensions, whether for ASD special classes or to remove need for temporary accommodation; and the steps that her Department is taking to ensure that the workload is limited, streamlined, and consolidated wherever possible. [29387/22]
970. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of projects for school extensions which will be used to accommodate ASD special classes that are ongoing; the number that are due to be completed and opened by August and September 2022; the number of these projects that are facing difficulties in relation to budget concerns, contractors, the sourcing of building supplies and planning concerns; and the number that face risks to the projected timelines of these projects. [29386/22]
969. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if he will outline the way principals and boards of management of schools can avail of mediation support where there are issues relating to the build of an extension on school grounds; the issues that lie between the consultant and the builder where it appears the relationship has almost completely broken down; if her Department provides mediation services to look to ensure projects are completed on budget within reason and on time; and if he will outline all other supports available to principals and boards of management of schools who might find themselves in such a situation and the way they can access such supports? [29385/22]
634. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps in relation to a passport renewal application for a child (details supplied). [29384/22]
633. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps in relation to a passport renewal application for a child (details supplied). [29383/22]
632. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the complaints procedure regarding issues and delays in relation to passport applications (details supplied); and the contact details for those applicants who wish to make a complaint. [29382/22]
358. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if a marriage licence between persons (details supplied) will be reviewed given that the couple followed all legal formalities and that their marriage is on the civil register in the United States where they married; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/22]
357. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if marriages of Irish citizens in Utah, USA, are recognised in Ireland in cases in which the ceremonies have taken place virtually; and if not, the reason given that these marriages are entered on the country’s civil register and all legal formalities have been followed. [28798/22]
302. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 22 March 2022, if she will provide further information regarding the rules-based approach to reviews; when this approach was initiated in her Department; the approach that existed prior to the rules-based approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28802/22]
301. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of any circular or memo issued by her Department that authorises home inspections for social welfare inspectors. [28801/22]
300. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the precise legislative provision that authorises home inspections as envisaged by article 4.2 and 4.3 of the Code of Practice for Social Welfare Inspectors. [28800/22]
287. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department is reviewing when the SNA allocations are released; if the information will be released earlier in the school year to reduce the stress caused by school leaders and SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28804/22]
286. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the SNA allocations for the 2022/2023 school year will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28803/22]
88. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has liaised with the ESB to ensure that a human rights assessment is carried out on the communities surrounding Colombian mines to ensure the protection of indigenous and local communities who have suffered as a consequence of these mines given that Ireland recommenced purchasing coal from Colombian mines. [28727/22]
179. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28501/22]
178. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €2,415 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28500/22]
177. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/22]
176. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €4,225 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate-level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28498/22]
175. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28497/22]
10. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the leaders of the political parties in Northern Ireland following the Stormont elections. [26206/22]
537. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of SUSI maintenance grants that were paid to recipients on full-time courses whereby disability allowance was declared by the applicant broken down by post Leaving Certificate, undergraduate and postgraduate courses for the academic years 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and to date in 2021/2022, in tabular form. [27504/22]
389. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to provide the data provided by each of the organisations involved in the recently published review of out-of-school education provision in relation to the number of students achieving the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27506/22]
388. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a press release from one of the organisations (details supplied) involved in the recently published review of out-of-school education provision, which states that the data it provided in relation to the number of students achieving the Leaving Certificate was misrepresented in page 51 of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27505/22]
325. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports on the activities of the Israeli military in the past weeks against the Palestinian people (details supplied); and the additional action that he proposes to take at national and European Union-level to advance a solution and alleviate the suffering of these Palestinian communities. [27634/22]
307. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the behaviour of the Israeli riot police who stormed a group of mourners as they attempted to carry the coffin of a Palestinian-American journalist (details supplied) from a hospital in east Jerusalem to a church in the Old City and the fact that police fired stun grenades and used batons to beat peaceful mourners and those carrying the coffin which at one point almost fell to the ground; the action other than condemnation that he will propose at European Union level to sanction Israel for this extreme conduct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27502/22]
198. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list the disability consultative groups and members of these groups that her Department engages with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27503/22]
136. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the current ratio of her Department's employment services case officers to clients; the current proportion of case officer clients who are lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26958/22]
135. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing core social welfare payments and the working family payment by seven per cent in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26957/22]
134. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the working family payment by €20, €30 and €40 per week for all recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26955/22]