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Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. [54775/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54774/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: One in six people testing positive for Covid-19 over the last month have been children of primary school age. I have raised this issue with the Taoiseach several times during this session. We need infinitely stronger mitigation measures in our schools. Over the weekend the Taoiseach started to talk about antigen testing, as did the Minister for Health. The Tánaiste, Deputy Varadkar,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his knowledge of the concerns surrounding health and safety of a direct provision centre (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding the standards of care shown in the centre including from residents and advocacy groups such as an organisation (details supplied); and his views on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recent Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council and the UN Security Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: I have several questions, but one specific query I would like to have answered now. The Minister just made a sweeping statement regarding comments made in the Dáil and Seanad that he said would veer into anti-Semitism. It was an incredibly sweeping statement. Is he saying that has happened during this Dáil term? Does he have examples? I ask those questions because I reject the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recent Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council and the UN Security Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: I did not get to ask about our mission in Western Sahara in my opening contribution, as I had planned to do, because a specific question arose about comments that had taken me by surprise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recent Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council and the UN Security Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: We have withdrawn our two Irish officers who were in Western Sahara. Have we effectively given up, or washed our hands of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, as a consequence of that? Will our officers be back in? What will be our role in the MINURSO mission in Western Sahara? For me, Western Sahara represents another example of why we should be...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (3 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Taoiseach for a comprehensive presentation. I will start by focusing on the parts on which we find agreement. The Taoiseach's statements, both today and in the past week, in relation to Europe and the Polish challenge to the primacy of EU law were strong and effective. I do not think we can equivocate in this belief. There seems to be a change of tone from Ursula von der...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections carried out specifically in relation to Covid-19 in third-level over the academic year 2020-2021 and to date in the current academic year. [52584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to reform the leaving certificate with a view to reducing the stress caused to children highlighted by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in the list of issues prior to submission of the combined fifth and sixth reports of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals submitted to the primary staffing appeals board for April, June and October meetings in 2021; the number of appeals which were refused; and the number which were successful from each meeting. [52582/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HSA inspections carried out specifically in relation to Covid-19 in primary and post-primary schools over the academic year 2020-2021 and to date in the current academic year. [52583/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students with epilepsy who have a seizure before or during the leaving certificate examinations and are unable to complete their exam will be able to avail of the alternative set of leaving certificate examinations set to run in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53413/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills de bhun Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 146 ar an 4ú Márta 2021, agus Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 147 ar an 19ú Bealtaine 2021, cathain a bheidh scoil (sonraí tugtha) i gContae Bhaile Átha Cliath in ann bogadh isteach san fhoirgneamh buan nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [53415/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Education Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of recommendation 7.9 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland 2017 which made recommendations to make the back to education allowance payable for students who are one parent families. [52581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 14 January 2021, the position regarding the evaluation of the gateway scheme; if she has received the final report; when she will publish same; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53409/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Hospice Services (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a project (details supplied); if the research has been completed and published as planned for October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when in-person oral hearings will resume; the date on which the matter was last reviewed; when it will be reviewed again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53411/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of oral hearings that took place in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by county; and the number of negative and positive appeals in each county in tabular form. [53412/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of recommendation 7.9 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection's Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland 2017 which recommended making the SUSI maintenance grant payable to students who are one-parent families. [52581/21]