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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (3 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of working family payments and one parent family payments ahead of setting targets for 2021 following on from the Comptroller and Auditor General report. [40159/20]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward the motion, which we in the Social Democrats will support. Ireland's State pension age was 65 years from the 1970s until 2014. Reforms motivated by pressure from the troika led to legislation which increased this to 66 years in 2014, 67 in 2021, and 68 in 2028. If these increases come to pass, it will leave us with the highest State pension age...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the leaving certificate 2020 and the calculated grade model will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40157/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recently published report by a person (details supplied), which details a significant decline in arts involvement between 13 and 17 years and that DEIS schools are least likely to offer music or art classes at leaving certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40153/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to Health Protection Surveillance Centre guidance for an indoor air quality meter in each classroom that relies on natural ventilation; and if her Department will follow this guidance. [40154/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on sixth year classes in secondary schools having increased classroom-based assessments in preparation for a potential repeat of the predictive grades; her views on this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of appropriate PPE to school staff, particularly SNAs, who cannot adhere to social distancing with students will be clarified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40155/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Losses (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 119. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of redundancies registered in each month between October 2019 and October 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40509/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the absence of systematic data for persons with disabilities or from minority or ethnic backgrounds working in academic and research roles in Irish higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 778. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has informed him if all retailers met the 12 November 2020 deadline for the structural separation of alcohol under the public health legislation. [40507/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if retailers that have failed to meet the 12 November 2020 deadline for the structural separation of alcohol under the public health legislation have been contacted regarding their failure to meet the deadline; the steps he now plans to take; and if he plans to instruct the HSE to take prosecutions under the legislation. [40508/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 780. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention been drawn to the petition from an organisation (details supplied) to pay nursing interns the same rate as healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention been drawn to the petition from an organisation (details supplied) to provide full health and safety protection to students, including payment if they contract Covid-19 and have to go on leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 782. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing students who contracted Covid-19 since the outbreak in March 2020, by month in tabular form. [40512/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (26 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 406. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) commissioned by the Rotunda Hospital that details chronic lack of space, which increases risks of infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 407. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the Rotunda Hospital in relation to its chronic lack of space and aging infrastructure [39525/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: During Leaders’ Questions yesterday, the Taoiseach indicated that restaurants would get proper notice of when and, most importantly, how they can reopen following the expected ending of level 5. Today, Micheál Lehane said it is likely to be 7 December when gastropubs and restaurants will open. The Irish Independent has run a story that pubs can serve indoors but only if they...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: Today, our contributions will focus on the horrific cruelty to animals associated with the greyhound industry but it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge how corrosive gambling is to those who find themselves locked in its vice-like grip. My colleague, Deputy Cairns, requested that each Deputy declare if he or she has a conflict of interest regarding the greyhound industry or associated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for no indoor classes taking place under level 3, which effectively shuts music schools, dance schools and speech and drama schools. [39243/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department received a submission from a group (details supplied) of 15 Irish music schools regarding the Covid-19 guidelines; and if her Department will engage with the group. [39245/20]