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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if and the way in which the commitment he made during the debate in Seanad Éireann on the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, has been delivered, which ensures appropriate access to independent advocacy support for those detained under section 11(5) of the Act; the way in which his related...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 848. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which a motorcycle driver with a provisional licence can travel to attend the Garda Training College in June 2020 in view of the closure of the RSA and in view of the fact the driver's test has been cancelled. [8232/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 855. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to waive compulsory attendance with regard to primary, secondary and third-level courses (details supplied). [8219/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1018. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person that requires a verified MyGovID account can set one up during the current Covid-19 emergency in view of the fact that a person must attend the social welfare office as part of setting up a verified account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8216/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1019. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uptake of rent supplement; the number of claims received; the speed with which claims are being processed; the level of approval rates; and the reasons for being refused and so on. [8229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason rent supplement applicants that are eligible under the rent supplement scheme as prescribed but not seeking nor eligible for the Covid-19 payment are being refused rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8230/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payment (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1021. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of deposits issued in respect of HAP tenancies since the commencement of the Covid-19 crisis. [8231/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions that have been made for self-employed persons experiencing reductions in their gross income that are now operating at a loss when operating expenses are taken into account and have no income at present; if self-employed persons will be allowed to avail of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment support; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1023. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown by profession of working age persons diagnosed with Covid-19. [8235/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1024. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to temporary extensions for those on social welfare payments other than the pandemic unemployment payment which are due to cease in view of the global crisis; and if a freeze on the cessation of illness payments will be considered in view of the Covid-19 crisis (details supplied). [8236/20]

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: I would argue that it is a vital piece of work which we really need to see, probably before the break for the summer. Career guidance counselling, which really works as emotional support in most schools, is an absolutely vital function. For the longest period of time, it has been completely underfunded and, I would argue, underappreciated. When there was talk of proceeding with the...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: One of those extra allocations of money will have to be for a school book scheme. A lot of conversation is happening around the digital divide and the quest to get iPads and laptops into students' hands. What has happened over the past couple of months is that schools have given out books to students and a lot of those books will not be coming back. We need to look at how we can get some...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: I am still a little bit confused as to how that would be taken in with the alignment process. One of the big inequalities in education is overcrowding in classrooms. On average, there are 26 students per classroom, which is one of the higher averages in the EU. One in five students are in classrooms of 30 students or more. The Minister's constituency has some of the highest...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: We have talked about this year's sixth year cohort having had an experience unlike any other. Arguably, the class of 2021 will have an even more unfair experience than any other. This year's fifth year cohort has lost a substantial amount of its fifth year schooling and they will be entering sixth year in an entirely new world. We do not yet know what that will look like. What is the plan...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: If possible, I will ask for a question and answer approach and for the Minister to be brief. Obviously, some questions will require more substantial answers than others. It was not my intention to return to the issue of calculated grades, but it is difficult to remove ourselves from it. I was struck by the Minister's opening remarks when he stated: The estimated mark [that a student will...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: On Thursday last, I raised an issue with the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Josepha Madigan, who referred me to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Some 23,000 artists and freelance technicians who make their work in the arts will not be able to return to work any time soon because their jobs require crowds, which present a danger. They will...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister and certainly echo those sentiments. I am interested in the sort of data we are collecting and collating at the moment and how we are going to apply the data. I have seen some statistics from the Office for National Statistics in the UK and they are really grim. They concern the occupations with the highest death rates linked to Covid-19 and, as one would imagine, the...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: I will make a brief opening statement and then ask questions and I might get the answers one after another if possible. There was much to admire in the Department's response to the Covid-19 crisis. It was swift and I cannot imagine the amount of work the officials and staff throughout the country engaged in. We really do owe them a debt of gratitude as we do to the Minister. She is the...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: I will not ask the Minister to comment on this but we need to consider who is in the room when these decisions are made. If trade union representatives were in the room, these gaps in the provisions, which exclude people, could be identified earlier. If we are going to be making further amendments, we probably need to widen the process of who is being included in the considerations. There...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: Is it not Fine Gael's time?