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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
6. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach the status of the shared island unit of his Department. [17188/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
231. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the way in which the supply panel will be expanded for the 2021-2022 school year to meet demand; and the way in which SET provision will be expanded to make up for the loss of learning during the academic year 2020-2021. [18054/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
230. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 25 March 2021, the number of substitutable days that have gone uncovered in this school year; the number of such days that have been subsequently claimed against via the new mechanism for banking such days according to the online claims system; the number of days a supply panel teacher was left unbooked separating days school buildings were open to days they were closed; the number of days that have been covered using the five-day rule for unqualified personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18053/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
195. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a family who has applied for a passport for their child (details supplied) can expect to receive the passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18055/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
1234. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent administration of vaccinations by a hospital (details supplied) which disregarded prioritisation and sequencing guidelines; if there will be an investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17599/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
1233. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if transient groups such as persons that are homeless will be prioritised for single dose vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17595/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
769. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1127 of 24 March 2021, if he will consider waiving the student contribution fees for the small number of students to ensure they do not face financial penalties after being offered an uplifted deferred place for the 2021-2022 academic year based on the 2020 CAO application having sat the 2020 leaving certificate examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17598/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
647. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when her Department began the process of holding copies of children's school reports as outlined in a programme (details supplied); the rationale for holding such information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17602/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
646. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention been drawn to youth encounter projects seeking to administer junior certificate examinations for a small cohort of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17601/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
541. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the expected date for the Passport Office to start processing online and paper-based applications. [17600/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
540. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the World Health Organization C-TAP initiative; the practical engagement to date by his Department in this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17596/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
205. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many SMEs and microenterprises are excluded from the support provided by the small business assistance scheme for Covid, given that they are not listed as ratepayers; if recourse will be provided for those that cannot access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17597/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 March 2021
229. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health when home school community liaison officers will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 March 2021
228. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health when the capacity review of disability services will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16226/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 March 2021
110. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide clarity to home school community liaison officers as to when they can expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine following reports of Tulsa-employed staff such as education officers, welfare officers and staff in schools having already received the vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16228/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 March 2021
109. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention been drawn to shortages on primary school supply panels; if she will consider supplementing the supply panel with final year teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16227/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
1607. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will review the reduction of intern positions for newly qualified doctors and maintain the 2020 number of intern positions to retain non-EU newly qualified doctors in addition to managing the waiting lists in hospitals which have grown as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14829/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
1606. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will review the practice of hospitals using debt collection agencies; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients currently undergoing treatment for cancer and other illnesses are charged €80 per day for outpatient treatment and if payment is not received within 47 days this can be passed onto debt collection agencies; his views on whether this practice is patient centred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14828/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
1605. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing life-long medical cards for all survivors of childhood or adolescent cancers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14827/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
1604. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing discretionary medical cards to all cancer patients at the time of their diagnosis until their treatment has finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14826/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
1127. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students who completed the written leaving certificate examinations in November 2020 and have received deferred college offers to start their course in 2021-2022 are required to pay the student contribution fee if they already paid a student contribution fee for courses started in 2020-2021; if he considers this a financial penalty; and if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied). [14825/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
1085. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to carers on carer’s leave who are unable to return to work due to continuing care needs brought about through the Covid-19 pandemic; if he will consider an extension to current carer’s leave arrangements due to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14831/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
1003. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy scheme until six months after mass gatherings are permitted again to adequately support the events industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15133/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
676. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 25 February 2021, his views on whether those receiving the carer’s allowance should be excluded from the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme as secondary applicants if it is not possible to produce an average length of time for the allowance; if there could be a mechanism to assess a person receiving the carer’s allowance to see if they are long-term recipients in order to access the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14830/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
178. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement by Ireland on the position taken by the European Commission at the March 2021 World Trade Organization meeting on the proposed temporary TRIPS waiver on intellectual property in respect of Covid-19 vaccine and technology; if Ireland supported the decision by the European Commission to oppose such a waiver; his views on the implications of this decision for global public health and the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15130/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
624. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the hot school meals initiative; when a review of the pilot scheme can be expected; and if the scheme will be extended in the future. [13543/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
558. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of schools the pilot workshops plan to recruit further to her statement of 3 March 2021 in order to pilot workshops on well-being and resilience including trauma in order to inform approaches for school leaders in primary and post-primary schools; the way in which schools will be selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13544/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
557. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the free school books scheme which was piloted in September 2020; when a review of the pilot scheme can be expected; and if she is committed to extending the scheme in the future. [13542/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
556. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of Early Start units in schools currently under review with her Department; the reason for the review; if these units are at risk of being closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13541/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
555. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the July provision will be extended by two weeks for 2021 given the disruption to students caused by school buildings being closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13540/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
420. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will accelerate the steps required to place the architectural technologists’ register on a statutory footing; and the status of progress in relation to same. [13539/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2021
146. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when school building works for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will commence; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12418/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
1011. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators and vaccine staff Ireland requires to meet vaccination goals; if applicants who meet the correct criteria for vaccinators' roles and applied for the Be on Call for Ireland initiative will be contacted for the HSE Covid-19 vaccinator recruitment initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
1010. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application for Xonvea was rejected for inclusion on the drugs payment scheme by the HSE on the advice of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, which determined that the medicine is not good value for money and that comes at a higher cost than other ways to manage this condition (details supplied); and the other ways of managing hyperemesis gravidarum that were assessed by the HSE and NCPE. [12153/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
1009. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if unlicensed prescription medications are available on the drugs payment scheme in circumstances in which licensed versions are not currently available or marketed in Ireland; and if licensed medications for hyperemesis gravidarum are currently available and marketed in Ireland. [12148/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
1008. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE-recommended first-line treatments for medical conditions should be available on the drugs payment scheme, including Cariban, Xonvea and Navalem which are used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12147/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
1007. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum repeatedly presenting at accident and emergency departments as they are unable to afford to pay for their prescriptions to alleviate the symptoms of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12146/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
524. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to educators in DEIS band one schools who will not receive a reduction in their staffroom schedule calling for inclusion in the staffing schedule reduction which is set to benefit all primary schools with the exception of DEIS band one junior and vertical schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12155/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
523. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the cost of including DEIS band one junior and vertical schools along with DEIS band one senior schools for the planned class size reductions in the staffing schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12154/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
522. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if State certificates of completion will be issued to junior certificate candidates in 2021; if this certificate will serve as a mechanism for entry into apprenticeships; if not, the way in which students who were due to complete the junior certificate examinations can be deemed eligible for entry into apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12152/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
521. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if all students who paid junior certificate examination and leaving certificate examination fees in 2020 have received a refund; if not, the number of students still awaiting a refund; the cause for delay; and when a refund can be expected. [12151/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
305. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeline for the resumption of youth soccer under the COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead plan in view of the role that the sport plays in promoting positive mental health in young people especially in disadvantaged communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12150/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
236. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 25 February 2021, if the OPW will consider putting in place portable toilets in the park and ensure that all restroom facilities within the park are open and available to visitors to the park. [12157/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
235. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of areas in Dublin that do not have access to a community policing outreach van; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10949/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
189. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time a person claims carer’s allowance. [10953/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
188. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the lack of banks in the Irish market that accept carer’s allowance income as income for the purposes of loans, mortgages and other financial products following the withdrawal of a bank (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10950/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
179. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of "It Makes Sense" loans that have been taken over in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; if there has been a noted increase since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10951/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
176. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department will expedite plans for a new payroll system due to be completed in the latter part of 2021 to reduce the cost to her Department on posting out payslips; if she will commit that spending to support DEIS schools instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10947/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
175. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils who have opted into the in-person supplementary programme to support the education and-or care needs of pupils with complex needs scheme; if the number of students availing of the programme is smaller; and the number of teachers and SNAs participating in the scheme. [10946/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
79. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide additional public restroom facilities within the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/21]