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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: With respect, with regard to pre-Covid earnings, what people working in the live events sector would be earning now as we approach the end of the summer and the festival season is very different from what they would have been earning in February. I want to give the Minister a snapshot as a case study. Electric Picnic, which would be on around this time if it had been able to go ahead, is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: I do not doubt for a second that the Minister is endeavouring to be as fair as possible but are we being as fluid or as malleable as possible in terms of protecting particular sectors? The live events sector is more vulnerable than most, which is why the calls for the increase in the pandemic unemployment payment to be particularly targeted at sectors such as this one are very important. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if representation by the commercial live events sector will be ensured on the taskforce for the recovery of the arts and culture in view of the fact this subsection of workers are the least likely to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25188/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is provision to accommodate schools which need substitute bus escorts in cases of a bus escort having to self-isolate due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25189/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration and support for international students studying here prior to Covid-19 that may struggle to pay fees due to not being able to work over the summer period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25190/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank our guests. My questions are for Mr. Scanlon and Mr. Owens. In the absence of a substantial investment package before season tickets go on sale in December and January, which tickets will not attract the interest they attracted in previous seasons given that people expect further lockdowns throughout the next six months or so, do the witnesses believe that there will be a League of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: I am going to push this. I am aware that it is difficult to comment but could Mr. Owens state how much he believes each club in the League of Ireland, even in the premier division, would need to sustain itself?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: Is that €3.5 million so we can have a domestic League of Ireland competition?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: It does not seem like a lot.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: Certainly. There are a few representatives here today from Dublin City Council. In the past couple of years, we have been most excited about Dublin being a host city for UEFA Euro 2020. It will now be UEFA Euro 2021. Are we still on track to do that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: Significant developments were expected in my constituency, Dublin Central, regarding the redevelopment of Dalymount Park. Has the pandemic affected those plans in any way? Are we still on track?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank Mr. Owens.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the 2020 town and village renewal scheme outline for the accelerated measure in response to Covid-19 to enable more communities to avail of this funding. [24462/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Company Liquidations (17 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation of the Duffy Cahill report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24585/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (17 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was a difference between the number of CAO first preference offers in 2020 between candidates using 2020 predictive leaving certificate grades and those that completed their leaving certificate in other years in tabular form. [24575/20]

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: I am spokesperson on a variety of issues for my party, such as education, social protection and the arts. This is the first occasion on which I have seen a Minister being present for opening statements and then leaving the Chamber before the full Opposition has had a chance to engage. It debases parliamentary democracy. We have to be better than that and hold ourselves to a higher...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank Deputy Joan Collins and the Independent group for bringing forward this very appropriate and apt motion. The motion is five paragraphs long and within those five paragraphs is a very clear roadmap for how we can make better the lives of workers throughout this country who are experiencing an anxiety that is being accelerated by the fact there does not seem to be a sense the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (16 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice within emergency department units for next of kin or a chosen person to act on behalf of patients will be reinstated (details supplied); if a timeframe will be given for the reinstatement of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24403/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (15 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 93. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. [23679/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspections (15 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the school inspectorate in view of the fact that formal inspections have paused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23853/20]