Results 2,401-2,420 of 3,274 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to calls from by organisation (details supplied) to have students who, while sitting their State exams, experience a medical emergency such as a seizure and are therefore unable to complete their exam, be accommodated to sit them at a later date but before CAO offers; if she is considering this proposal; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average length of time between the application for an exception review being submitted to the outcome of the review being communicated; and the average length of time it takes for a review to take place in cases of successful applications. [29040/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (27 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if rural DEIS schools are included in the home school community liaison scheme; if not, the cost of bringing these schools into the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29042/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the contingency plan for a school (details supplied) in relation to alternative temporary accommodation for the beginning of the new school term in August 2021. [29043/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the contingency arrangements for a school (details supplied) will be sourced locally; if so, the location; the number of classrooms and other ancillary rooms that will be made available to the school; the length of time the school will have to remain at the location; when will the official temporary buildings be ready for the school to move...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Equality (27 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality to address the impact of the marriage bar by automatically qualifying women affected by the marriage bar for a State pension; if she is considering such a move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date driver theory tests will resume; the number of applicants who are in the backlog; and if the online driver theory test (details supplied) will be used to address the backlog. [28780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an online driver theory test service (details supplied) being employed for all theory test types; and the future phrases of the roll-out schedule for 2021. [28781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the necessary funds to resurface the soccer astroturf pitch at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list of all developing schools broken down by primary and post-primary will be supplied in tabular form. [28783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 13 May 2021, if the arrangements for the third and final instalment for the PPE grant 2020-2021 school year has been finalised; the date the grant will be issued to schools; if the third instalment of the grant was delayed; and if so, the cause for such a delay. [28784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Social Welfare Appeals Office expects to recommence oral hearings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to students (details supplied) on the MSc international management and global business course in the University of Limerick being refused reimbursement from the college for a cancelled international trip due to the pandemic; if he will request the college to return the funds to the students; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (26 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the return of a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied) that was submitted in their application for citizenship four weeks ago and who urgently needs their passport to travel for a medical procedure on 26 May 2021. [28778/21]

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: The Social Democrats is supporting this motion. We are proud to co-sign it, as presented by Sinn Féin and a number of different charities and NGOs working in the field. I imagine there is no silence as deafening as that invoked by a ceasefire. What sound does a person hear when bombs stop being dropped, when screams are not heard for the first time in weeks and when fighter jets are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if outdoor cinemas are permitted to operate along with other outdoor amenities from 29 May 2021; if not, the rationale for this sector to continue to be closed while other outdoor amenities remain open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider allowing for developing schools to be reprofiled in 2021 as was originally planned following on from the staffing schedule for primary schools for the 2021-2022 school year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (25 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants and successful candidates who availed of the pilot scheme to assist leaving certificate students who suffer bereavement of a close relative during the exam period in 2019. [28391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (25 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a report (details supplied) has been completed and submitted to her Department; if the delay in receiving the report will cause a delay in the publication of the report; and the date the report will be made available. [28388/21]

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: In an ideal world there would always be time for diplomacy, a time to temper our language and talk of peace. However, when children are being bombed in their homes and in their beds, there should be a time to tell the truth. The truth is that what is happening in Gaza at the minute is a massacre. Diplomacy is failing when children are bombed in their homes. Now is the time for plain...