Results 561-580 of 3,429 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the practice of voluntary contributions in schools; whether her Department has collected data on the number of schools that currently rely on this practice; if she considers voluntary contributions to be a fair approach, particularly in the context of providing equal access to education; and the specific steps her Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if permission was granted for flight RCH700 to operate within Irish sovereign airspace on 16 and 17 October 2024, specifically following its departure from Portsmouth International Airport in the USA on 16 October and its entry into Irish airspace off the coast of Kerry-Cork shortly after midnight on 17 October; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Regulation (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance what measures are in place to ensure that the treatment of businesses making repayments as part of the warehouse repayments scheme is fair, transparent, and not excessively punitive, particularly when they are making regular payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44234/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Regulation (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s process for examining whether the use of sheriffs is necessary or appropriate in situations where businesses are compliant in their repayment arrangements as part of the tax warehousing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44235/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Regulation (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance if sheriffs employed by his Department are employees of the State, or privately contracted; to provide details on the vetting process for the employment of sheriffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44236/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Clearance Certificates (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance given current tax clearance certificate policies, which prevent businesses from applying for grants or new State contracts without one, to clarify why this policy also prevents payments to businesses that have completed work on existing State contracts (details supplied); if his Department will consider reviewing these regulations to ensure payments are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 333. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken on claims of unfair competition and market abuse by SOLAS in relation to the safe pass programme; the timeline he expects the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to report to him on it; if he expects the commission to act promptly when reports are made by him; the best practice requirements he has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44412/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43957/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 759. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 10 October 2024, if she has followed up on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44789/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care of the Elderly (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 874. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the guidance his Department offers to individuals seeking to establish legal decision-making processes for elderly relatives to ensure that their wishes are respected and upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44216/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 1069. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that the financial assessments and contributions required of individuals in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme are fair and just, given the concerning financial situation faced by some elderly residents in nursing homes availing of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 1070. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on any reforms being considered to the fair deal scheme to address the financial challenges faced by families, particularly considering situations where miscommunication or administrative errors have led to financial distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44215/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 1082. To ask the Minister for Health given the urgent need for improved healthcare resources for patients with amyloidosis in Ireland, including access to the serum amyloid P component (SAP) scan, to outline what steps are being taken to make this scan available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44244/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Gary Gannon: 1083. To ask the Minister for Health what initiatives are being considered to raise awareness and provide information about amyloidosis in Ireland, especially given the challenges faced by patients too advanced in their illness to travel to the UK for a SAP scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44245/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (24 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: What I am going to say is not targeted at the Minister of State directly or individually. The next comment is not for him. There is a massive arrogance to just ploughing on regardless here. I have had it from the NTA, and I have had it from any sort ministerial intervention we have called for. Though I appreciate there are statutory limitations, we do know that there have been changes in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (24 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: I wish to raise with the Minister of State the issue of the No. 11 bus, but not so much its future because that is starting to look very unlikely under the current plans. I am conscious that this is not the first time the No. 11 bus has been raised with the Minister of State in the Chamber. I was present last week when his party colleague Deputy McAuliffe raised it. I was a little...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Enterprise Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given recent research from Social Enterprise Ireland revealing challenges for social enterprises in accessing local enterprise office financial supports, whether eligibility guidelines will be reviewed to give commercially viable social enterprises the same access as private businesses; and if she will commit to a timeline for this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent announcement regarding the additional €1 billion in funding for education, to provide clarity on the way in which this funding will be allocated; the specific changes that will be made to the education budget; to provide a detailed breakdown regarding the areas this extra funding will cover; and if she will make a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: Did the Taoiseach need a high-level task force, taking over five months to deliver its report, to tell him that Dublin city centre needed more gardaí? On 9 May of this year, when he said he would commission a task force report, he said it would take 12 weeks and that he would bring back its findings before the summer, with an expectation the budget would be allocated as such. We got a...