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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I will ask some very direct questions, individually if possible, and I will be very quick. Why were only four of the officials who were present asked to make a donation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I was going to ask how the amount of the donations were arrived at but Senator Ardagh has done that. Did Mr. Hackett discuss this donation with the former Secretary General, Mr. Burgess, before he made the recommendation and did he mention to him that he was going to recommend €2,000, in advance of the recommendation being announced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: The report outlines that: "The decision to attend Iveagh House was discussed and agreed at video conferences with senior managers and as part of the advance planning arrangements." Why did the review not include details of what occurred during that advance planning prior to 17 June 2020?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: Why was the Covid-19 safe working group not contacted before June 17 if a team of staff was due to be in Iveagh House?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I am going to admit that my eyebrow did rise a little bit when Mr. Hackett said that the sparkling wine or the champagne was in the fridge for private occasions. What are the rules in respect of public servants drinking while on campus or in Iveagh House? Are there rules in advance of such activity? I would find it very strange if I walked into my office and some of my staff were sitting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: With the greatest of respect to Mr. Hackett, I intend to stick to the date in question. I understand the great work that is done but we would not be given the courtesy to depart from the topic. We do not doubt for a second the great work the Department does. I did not question whether there is a culture of drinking in the Department but Mr. Hackett did evoke the image of champagne sitting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: Did the former Secretary General, Niall Burgess, delete the tweet he put out that evening of his own accord or was he advised to do so? If so, who advised him to delete the tweet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: It is probably more appropriately directed to the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for recipient's of jobseekers payments having to visit post offices to receive their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5713/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: What is the rationale behind recipients of jobseeker's payments having to visit post offices to receive those payments and will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for her response. My question was motivated by a number of factors. For the life of me, I cannot understand why we are reverting to something that could be an inconvenience. I understand that social welfare payments to recipients were always made via post offices, but there was a break from the norm. During that time, was there evidence of an increase in welfare...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: It is without question that our post offices are vital pieces of infrastructure, but what other measures is the Government taking to rejuvenate them? People highlight any number of factors behind the decline of post offices, but there only appears to be one solution, that being, a procession of unemployed people having to travel to their post offices, stand in queues and receive payments...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the kinds of different results the total contribution approach produces for many retirees; if her Department has conducted a study of the implications of the total contributions approach for levels of pensioner poverty in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5487/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Websites (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the inaccessibility of paper-based applications for social welfare supports; and if she will consider making applications available online at MyWelfare.ie enhancing the independence of persons who are blind or vision impaired to populate and submit their applications independently. [5488/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to conduct reviews of the workplace adaptation grant and reasonable accommodation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5489/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of a cost of disability following the publication of a report (details supplied). [5490/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS primary schools operating with at least one autism class by county in tabular form; and the total number of autism classes. [5714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools operating with at least one autism class by county in tabular form; and the total number of autism classes. [5715/22]