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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the contributors. I had a number of questions, but time is short and they have answered many of them. In terms of the confluence of crises that are happening at present, the huge levels of displacement, war, a global pandemic and food shortages, are we even conscious of what is upon us at both national and European level? The witnesses work in humanitarian organisations and must be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I begin by expressing my revulsion, the revulsion of my party and I am sure the revulsion of all of us across the House, at the latest war crime committed by Russia in Ukraine, namely, the bombing of a maternity and children's hospital in Mariupol. A picture from that atrocity of a heavily pregnant and bloodied woman being stretchered away from the smouldering ruins of the hospital is on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: Many of the ideas the Minister has suggested are welcome. They are good ideas. In the first instance, as the Ukrainian people arrive here we need to recognise the trauma they have experienced. That needs to be met first. The idea of employing Ukrainian teachers has a lot of merit. The people coming over here are going to be looking at their cities under siege, maternity hospitals being...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: Has the Department of Education been involved to this point? What are the timelines for the involvement of the Department with the Minister, Deputy McEntee's cross-departmental approach to combating men's violence against women? Can the Minister, Deputy Foley, update us on that particular work? Specifically, what role has the Department of Education had to this point? Will this feature in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021; and if she will expedite the work on the Bill. [13664/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: What is the status of the Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021 and will the Minister make a statement on the matter to update us on the work that has been ongoing since it was brought to the House five months ago? If possible, will she expedite the Bill?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I would like an update on the Bill, which was delayed by nine months. We are more than halfway through that period, at five months. Is it the Minister's intention to bring the Bill back on Second Stage, as was agreed to when the Bill received cross-party support in November? Will it be brought back before or after the summer? I might highlight some of the issues that were raised during...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the recommendation from the Joint Committee on Education to provide emotional counselling and therapeutic supports on site in all primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review on alternative education will be published; and the reason for the delay. [13535/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukrainian War (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support the education and emotional needs of Ukrainian children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reprofiling exercise originally planned to take place in 2021 will be conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will review the impact of participation in the basic income for artists scheme on existing social protection supports, in particular if artists in receipt of payments, such as a disability payment, will not be precluded from participating in the scheme, given the proposed trial is to be launched imminently....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian War (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 236. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to two Irish medical students (details supplied) currently in the Sumy State University in Ukraine. [13703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukrainian War (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to calls by Irish students studying medicine in Ukraine seeking to continue their education to become doctors; if assistance will be provided to them to transfer them home to study at medical schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13704/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on the Crisis in Ukraine: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: We all are aware of the statements the Russian ambassador made to the Russian television station, Russia-24, in which he described Ireland as being a hotbed of anti-Russian sentiment. I do not think anyone here is anti-Russian but we certainly are anti-Putin and we are opposed to the federation in which he is involved. Did the Minister talk to the ambassador about his statement to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on the Crisis in Ukraine: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: He said we were anti-Russian.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on the Crisis in Ukraine: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: They are not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of eligibility to student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12848/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: Has the Minister's attention being drawn to the lack of eligibility to student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I assure the Minister that finding commonality across the Chamber would never be an issue to be uncomfortable with. I wanted to raise this matter in general but also specifically relating to Irish citizens who are not currently eligible for the SUSI grant. This issue was brought to my attention by Kuxi Ghai, an incredible law student in Kings Inns and also an incredible advocate for the...