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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for her response. I do not need to diminish the importance placed on online safety for children in primary and secondary school. In the context of the horrific events we have seen in the past week, I wish to reference the area of priorities. As we concern ourselves with what children are viewing online nationally, I cannot step away from what primary school children...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I am sure the Minister does not need to tell me that the incident is not-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that. We can also appreciate that in more middle-class and suburban areas of the country, I often find parents campaigning to remove a fast food restaurant from outside of school gates. In the inner city and surrounding areas that I represent, too often over the years I have received calls from parents and members of the school community to remove open drug dealing from outside...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her priorities, and those of her Department, when considering her call for mobile phones to be banned in primary schools. [53100/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I am asking the Minister about her and her Department's priorities when considering her recent call, as opposed to the enactment of legislation, for mobile phones to be banned in primary schools.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the training teachers who work in special educational needs classes receive. [52826/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the secretaries grant will be received by schools. [52827/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions her Department is taking to tackle teacher shortages at primary and secondary level. [52830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when DEIS schools will receive the ICT grant. [52829/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some DEIS schools have not received a library and librarian under the scheme, while some other DEIS schools have. [52828/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the process for ensuring that all US military aircraft which pass through Shannon Airport are not carrying weapons or munitions of war. [50253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will advocate for the suspension of trade with Israel at EU level, which is governed by the EU Israel Association Agreement, due to its abhorrent violations of international law. [50256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of exemptions permitting the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish sovereign territory that have been granted to US military aircraft from 2022 to date; and the destination of each aircraft which has been provided an exemption. [50255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US military aircraft that have refuelled in Shannon Airport to date in 2023; and the following destination for each aircraft. [50254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his diplomatic engagements to free hostages from Gaza. [52831/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. At its most basic, removal of the triple lock would make it easier for Irish troops to be deployed on military operations overseas. While some might think that is a good thing, I certainly do not. In practice, it means the State could send military personnel overseas on missions not mandated by the UN, since the clause that has...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach began by saying that he is keen to hear feedback from the community. Let me tell the Minister about some of the feedback from the parents in Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire as regards what they have experienced over the past 24 hours. Can she imagine what the parents of those children have experienced over the weekend since last Thursday? What would her expectation be if that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (28 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to permit those with Crohn's disease access to a disabled parking permit. [52021/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider the creation of a dog-friendly park within Phoenix Park, to be constructed and enclosed for that function. [52020/23]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill. Given the surplus of resources the Government was faced with entering this term, budget 2024 should have heralded real change. It should have looked to the future, tackling inequality that has become entrenched. It could have addressed the chronic underfunding of public services, bringing them up to, at the very least, European standards....