Results 421-440 of 3,429 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given the recent case where a care home for vulnerable children falsified Garda vetting and background checks, what steps the Government is taking to enhance oversight and accountability in the recruitment process within child care facilities to ensure such incidents do not occur in the future; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the Childcare (Standards in Children's Residential Centres) Regulations; if additional legislation or amendments are being considered to prevent fraudulent practices like those seen in the ideal care services case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12628/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions her Department is taking to ensure that care homes are properly vetted and are there additional safeguards in place to protect vulnerable populations from the risks posed by staff members who may not have undergone thorough background checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12629/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Data Protection (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a data protection issue at an agency under her Department’s remit has been brought to her attention (details supplied); the steps taken by this agency and her Department to ensure that the GDPR is correctly enforced and that no conflict of interest issues arise; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to media reports (details supplied), to outline the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access requests, SARs, to Tusla are not abused by alleged perpetrators of violence; if Tusla can confirm, in line with GDPR requirements, the procedures in place to ensure the rights and freedoms of others...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1515. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a charitable organisation (details supplied), which is partially funded by the HSE, is allowed to refuse services to an individual with an acquired brain injury on the grounds that the injury was caused by alcohol consumption, in light of the fact that medical professionals working with the individual support the referral for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1516. To ask the Minister for Health given the findings of the reports on 'Wasted Lives in Nursing Homes' and 'Meeting the Needs of People with Korsakoff’s Syndrome in Ireland,' the actions she is taking to ensure that individuals who have Korsakoff syndrome can access rehabilitation services and are not excluded from the support they need, particularly when these individuals are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1517. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that individuals diagnosed with Korsakoff syndrome are not discriminated against when seeking access to rehabilitation services; and the steps being taken to improve the accessibility of such services for individuals with alcohol-related brain injuries. [10802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1518. To ask the Minister for Health the support services available for individuals with acquired brain injuries who are residing in nursing homes; and how individuals like those described in correspondence (details supplied) can access these services in a timely and effective manner, given that barriers have been reported to exist in accessing community and specialist rehabilitation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1883. To ask the Minister for Health when she anticipates that social care workers will be required to register with CORU; the steps being taken to ensure that the necessary regulatory framework is in place to facilitate this registration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12632/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (19 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1887. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12728/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: In May 2024, the Government the Minister was part of formed the city centre task force for Dublin with an aim of restoring our beautiful city to what it can be. In September, that report was delivered to Government by the overseer of the report, David McRedmond. In November, the report was released to great fanfare and much PR. It features in the programme for Government. Whenever I ask,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: The funding stream, Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if, given that there has been a delay to the rollout of the free hormone replacement therapy scheme, payments made since January 2025 will be reimbursed to the women affected by the delay when the scheme is rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10389/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust (IRGT) for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of individuals who provide foster spaces for non-coursing greyhounds awaiting homes; the cost per week for each individual non-coursing greyhound kept in foster care and the total...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that betting shops in Ireland no longer take bets on greyhound races in which the participating dogs have been graded by officials from Rásaíocht Con Éireann (details supplied); if he is concerned about the implications of this for the integrity of greyhound racing in this country; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers who to date have applied to have their flat-rate expense allowance reinstated for 2025; the breakdown of same, by category of worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of PAYE workers who claimed the flat-rate expense allowance in 2024; the breakdown of same, by category of worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding circular 0032/2017, if she has issued any further advice to boards of management in respect of mitigating costs associated with iPads and or Android tablets for students. [9931/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Mar 2025)

Gary Gannon: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has assisted any boards of management exit supply contracts for electronic hardware, laptops and or iPads and or Android tablets in the context of vendor lock-in, in the past five years to date in 2025. [9932/25]