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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Balance (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the gender breakdown for all social welfare inspectors employed by her Department. [32814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question No. 1298 of 14 June 2022, the amount that was recouped from overpayments through student repayments in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [32815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 that outlines the main provisions of the assessment of needs process will be reviewed having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that is currently under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32816/22]

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: The Minister and the Minister of State have each stated multiple times, including in the opening part of the address today, that 25% of the Department budget, some €2 billion, is dedicated to meeting the needs of children with additional educational needs. That is an impressive figure but it is little or no comfort to young people and families without appropriate education. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: In this Chamber we hear much about the cost of living but the Society of St. Vincent de Paul report from several months ago captured the issue more succinctly. For too many families in this country, it is the cost of survival. There was a report yesterday from the ESRI that demonstrated clearly that those most vulnerable are, once again, lone parents and adults of a working age living with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 634. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take steps in relation to a passport renewal application for a child (details supplied). [29384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 633. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take steps in relation to a passport renewal application for a child (details supplied). [29383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 632. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the complaints procedure regarding issues and delays in relation to passport applications (details supplied); and the contact details for those applicants who wish to make a complaint. [29382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the way principals and boards of management of schools can avail of mediation support where there are issues relating to the build of an extension on school grounds; the issues that lie between the consultant and the builder where it appears the relationship has almost completely broken down; if her Department provides...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of projects for school extensions which will be used to accommodate ASD special classes that are ongoing; the number that are due to be completed and opened by August and September 2022; the number of these projects that are facing difficulties in relation to budget concerns, contractors, the sourcing of building supplies and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the workload is too onerous on principals and boards of management in relation to the building of school extensions, whether for ASD special classes or to remove need for temporary accommodation; and the steps that her Department is taking to ensure that the workload is limited, streamlined, and consolidated wherever...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to consider a more streamlined system for schools to apply for funding more easily for ASD special class extensions to school buildings; if an economy of scale has been considered for school extensions, that is that her Department would be able to consolidate projects across the country and order in bulk to achieve economy of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 1240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been recouped by his Department from student repayments due to SUSI grant overpayments in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [29389/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 1241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of grant overpayments by SUSI that occurred in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [29390/22]

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I commend the Minister on the announcement he made today. There was much merit in what he announced and, time allowing, I will come back to some aspects of it at the end of my contribution. I listened to the Minister's speech earlier and the part that stuck out for me was the disadvantaged action plan. He mentioned the concept of bringing more students from disadvantaged areas into...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: Several months ago I visited the Cerrejón mine with members of the Irish Embassy in Colombia and we saw for ourselves the impact that the mine and the potential expansion of that mine has on local communities. I was there and we saw the communities appeal to us as visitors and observers to take an interest in the fact that their lives and their children's lives have been grotesquely...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I hope the Minister does not mind me saying that the Bettercoal initiative is industry-led. Those companies are benefiting from the industry and should not be allowed to dictate the conditions by which we combat its impact.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has liaised with the ESB to ensure that a human rights assessment is carried out on the communities surrounding Colombian mines to ensure the protection of indigenous and local communities who have suffered as a consequence of these mines given that Ireland recommenced purchasing coal from Colombian mines. [28727/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: My question pertains to the fact that the Government, through the ESB, is back purchasing coal from the Cerrejón mine in Colombia. My question is on whether we intend to carry out a human rights assessment on the indigenous and local communities surrounding that mine to see the impact the mine and the fossil fuel extraction around that location is having on their lives.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I do not accept that the Minister does not have a function when we take fossil fuel extractions and the impact it has on the community. I do not accept that from Deputy Eamon Ryan, as a Minister in government and in his position as the leader of the Green Party. Whatever these extractions happen, if they impact locally or globally, we all have a function in that regard, which is why I am...