375. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time for birth registration in the Civil Registration Office in the Lombard St. office; if there was a backlog before the HSE cyber-attack; if the office has caught up on this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36556/21]
332. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a site has been purchased by or on behalf of her Department for the purpose of school provision in Trim, County Meath; if so, the plans and details of the proposed usage of any such site; her views on the capacity levels of second-level schools within Trim, particularly in relation to boys; and her views on current plans for a school (details supplied) which continues to operate from temporary accommodation. [36554/21]
218. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 20 May 2021, the progress of her Department's review of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36555/21]
297. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the research being carried out in association with an organisation (details supplied) into the cost of bereavement. [35636/21]
239. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the Citizens' Assembly on education committed to in the programme for Government is expected to take place. [35001/21]
151. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to expand the free travel scheme for Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35392/21]
141. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 25 May 2021, the timeline for when the report will be made available; her views on whether it will be available in time to inform Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35391/21]
109. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of removing the 13-week requalification period for those persons on partial capacity benefit; and the status of removing the 13-week anomaly by early intervention and referral. [35390/21]
105. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of disability for persons and families, on which there is a commitment in the programme for Government. [35631/21]
99. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if all school staff will be vaccinated ahead of the next academic year; if she is communicating with the Department of Health to ensure same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35388/21]
86. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if SENOs are required to make a visit to schools in September 2021 as part of the SNA exceptional reviews for post-secondary schools; if there will be a knock-on effect in relation to when schools will be able to hire SNAs resulting in resources not being present in schools at the time students enter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35386/21]
81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene to ensure that a school (details supplied) does not lose a teacher in the next academic year due to being one pupil short of the retention figure [35387/21]
76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if students completing State examinations in 2022 have the option of bereavement leave or exceptional circumstances during their written exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35394/21]
56. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 13 May 2021, the status of the workshops on the promotion of wellbeing and resilience in schools which includes trauma informed approaches; and if a national roll-out of these workshops are still planned for the next academic year. [35389/21]
200. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if the Cabra HSE dental clinic is to be closed for a duration of time; the dates of the closure; and the other HSE dental clinics that are due to close for considerable amounts of time. [27116/21]
155. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each of the past three years who received partial capacity benefit broken down by those who were in receipt of illness benefit and those in receipt of invalidity pension in tabular form. [35393/21]
474. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 3 June 2020, if schoolchildren who were in sixth class and did not have a dental screening prior to school buildings closures in 2020 have received new appointments in the Dublin north city or north-west Dublin. [27117/21]
454. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of primary school children who missed dental screenings due to external circumstances such as school building closures and redeployment of staff that will be accommodated in the future. [27118/21]
421. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice when the Criminal Procedure Act 2021 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34670/21]
49. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that talent, skills and personnel of the Reserve Defence Forces can be utilised in the near future in view of the current situation between the retention crisis in the Defence Forces and reservist contributions during the HSE cyber-attack; and if he plans to engage with employers to facilitate paid leave and job protection for reservists being mobilised. [34671/21]
45. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to Irish controlled airspace repeatedly being entered by Russian aircraft with its transponders turned off; his views on the need for the State to have the capacity to be aware of aircraft movements in the air space for which it is responsible; and if he will report on this issue. [34674/21]
35. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if the re-opening of St. Bricin's Military Hospital or the construction of a new purpose-built military medical facility staffed by members of the Medical Corps will be committed to in order to better prepare readiness in the face of future challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34675/21]
34. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a recent article in the media (details supplied) which stated there has been a 413% increase in ransomware attacks in Ireland since 2020; his views on the impact that cutbacks to the Defence Forces budget have had on the response to the HSE cyber-attack; if he will carry out an in-depth review of the capabilities and structures of the Communications and Information Services Corps and the Permanent Defence Forces to ensure the retention of skilled personnel within the forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34673/21]
30. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Naval Service ships are unable to take to sea (details supplied); and the steps taken or that will be taken to remedy this situation. [34672/21]
450. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to date on reviewing and renewing the national carers’ strategy committed to in the programme for Government. [26433/21]
118. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the priorities of the Government on a sexual and reproductive health policy ahead of the Generation Equality Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33914/21]
163. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason for not providing guidance counsellors to special schools; the estimated cost of providing one guidance counsellor to each special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33961/21]
484. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant from €1,215 to €2,215 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33567/21]
483. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant from €1,215 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33566/21]
482. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant from €1,215 to €2,215 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33565/21]
481. 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 of 100% to €4,025 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33564/21]
480. 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 from the current rate of €3,025 to €4,025 and extending this to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33563/21]
479. 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 of €3,025 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33562/21]
478. 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 from the current rate of €3,025 to €4,025 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33561/21]
439. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make funds available to ensure the preservation of Ireland’s last Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in order that it may be a site of conscience and truth-telling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33556/21]
345. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if there are plans to issue an award or medal, similar to that awarded to HSE National Ambulance Service personnel, as a small token to members of the Civil Defence for their tireless and entirely voluntarily contribution to the State's Covid-19 response.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33557/21]
230. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if there is a special tax arrangement for larger corporations or market dominant players that allow them to pay a minimal amount of tax to the Exchequer; if his attention has been drawn to any such arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33559/21]
229. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the lack of transparency surrounding special tax arrangements for multinational companies that Irish companies operating within the same sector cannot avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33558/21]
128. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if specific funding will be provided to enhance and develop sport facilities in the inner-city area of Dublin. [33282/21]
126. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will help to develop and enhance a stadium (details supplied) to ensure women and men's football can continue to play in a modern stadium into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33279/21]
115. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has had any communications with the management of a stadium (details supplied) to date; if she will take steps to prevent the sale of the stadium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33281/21]
99. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures that are being taken to ensure affordable vacant spaces for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33283/21]
76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be made available for a stadium (details supplied); and the details of funding provided by her Department to the stadium in the past five years. [33280/21]
381. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the steep increase in on-campus student accommodation costs in UCD; his views on whether this will be a barrier for those that wish to study in the university; if he has had engagement with UCD or the university’s student union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32784/21]
366. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention been drawn to the steep increase in on-campus student accommodation costs in UCD; if he has had any engagement with UCD or the university’s student union on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32786/21]
341. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to reports in the media that the leaving certificate orals were not up to standard this year; if candidates who seek an appeal will be provided with a full transcript of the oral interview or just a transcript of their own voice; and if the guidance from SEC to oral language interviewers was issued on 23 March 2021, three days prior to examinations commencing. [32787/21]
340. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the SEC will recommence the extensive review how to support students experiencing exceptional circumstances during their State examinations following on from the interim pilot measure in 2019 for students who suffered bereavement close to or over their examinations; when this review will be completed; and if the interim measures will continue to be offered while the review is taking place. [32785/21]
176. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for carer's allowance from €332.50 to €350 per week for a single person and to €700 for a couple; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32489/21]