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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that. I followed events quite closely and understand the importance of the visit. I should give forewarning that at the end of my contribution I will turn my attention from the situation of the undocumented Irish in the US to the situation of undocumented people here in Ireland. This time last year the Minister for Foreign Affairs made it clear that the situation of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: Only for six months.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: Yes, exactly. That was wonderful. Should we not continue with that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: No, no.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I agree with about 90% of the Tánaiste's contribution. We are on the same page in many ways. Every year we see the Irish Government, including the Tánaiste and Taoiseach, go to the US to try to create pathways and to advocate for Irish people who have gone to the US who are contributing to that country through their work and through raising their families, who have made and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: They are valid.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: There are people who were born here who have not been regularised.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: One strand of the well-being framework is dedicated to improving the mental health of the population in their workplaces, schools and homes. However, it was reported this morning that there has been a drop since the pandemic in the number of people who believe it is okay to ask their employer for a mental health break. St. Patrick's Mental Health Services in Dublin have shown that 22% of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12653/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: The recent UN climate change report has warned us once again that if we do not speed up our climate action goals, the damage sustained by our planet will be irreversible. However, we still have time to prevent an all-out climate disaster if we begin taking these goals seriously now. The UN is urging wealthy countries, such as ours, to speed up our climate action goals by ten years, to 2040....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach recently spoke of the responsibility of all politicians to fulfil the promise of the Good Friday Agreement not only in the area of peace but also when it comes to reconciliation. I do not for a moment disagree with that assertion but I will add that, as we approach the 25th anniversary of the agreement, we have much to do when it comes to the implementation of the goals...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [12652/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 521. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in relation to a passport application for a child (details supplied). [12448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any updates on the Covid cleaning grant for term 2 that was expected in January 2023; and the timeframe in which it will be delivered. [13045/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €95 per student transition year grant for schools in the free education scheme for post-primary schools directly subsidises the cost of transition year for parents; and if not, if spending is left to the discretion of each school. [13046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Covid-19 is to be recognised as an occupational disease for frontline health care workers in Ireland as per EU ACSH Agreement in November 2022. [12450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how reviews are carried out for those in receipt of disability allowance or blind pension who are self-employed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13895/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the backlog of up to 15 weeks for applications for the working family payment; and if measures will be put in place to amend same (details supplied). [13897/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 999. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications submitted for dependents under 23 years of age that applied for irreconcilable estrangement from parents; and the number of applications granted regarding estrangement from parents in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form [12449/23]