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

Gary Gannon: I am really happy that we seem to be in line regarding reviewing this. However, I wrote to the Minister in November and again in January, at which time we seemed to be at odds. I am glad that seems to have been rectified. I am very conscious that the Minister has included reference to the Minister for Justice. My concern is that the buck will continue to be passed between the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who are heading one-parent families are a priority group for supports into further and higher education at all levels of education; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a systemic disadvantage for one-parent family recipients who wish to pursue a PhD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SUSI review will be published; when he plans to implement the recommendations from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work by his Department on reducing the issue of precarity of employment in the higher education sector. [12851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual expenditure from the Revenue Commissioners towards additional healthcare expenses for a child from 2017-2021; the average annual relief claimed for child oncology patients in tabular form. [12899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amounts paid to third parties for the rental of properties for school accommodation from 2010 to date broken down by county, year and school in tabular form. [12905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of 16- and 17-year-olds living with cancer who applied for disability allowance from 2018 - 2021; the number of applications that were accepted and refused; the annual expenditure on accepted cases in tabular form. [12900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the participation rates of students in recipient of SUSI on the Erasmus+ programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [12906/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 652. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an association (details supplied) which is seeking an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across Ireland; if he has engaged with this association; if so, the details of the engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 653. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Mater Misericordiae University is currently operating with a shortage of neurology nurse specialists; the estimated cost of an additional eight neurology nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting a neurology outpatient appointment in the Mater Misericordiae University. [12903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 655. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether investing in neurology nurses is a cost-efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and ensuring patients have access to the specialist support they need to manage their conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12904/22]

Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (3 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: First, I thank and commend Senator Flynn, in her capacity as chairperson of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community, all the members of the committee and the wider participants on creating this vital report that so starkly presents not only the inequalities but also the structural violence faced by Irish Travellers. I also acknowledge the ferocity in the call in...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the opportunity to discuss Amnesty International's vitally important report entitled, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: A Cruel System of Domination and a Crime Against Humanity. The report details how Israeli authorities are forcing a system of apartheid against all Palestinians living under their effective control. This include Palestinians living in Israel and the...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: The issue is the phraseology of apartheid and whether the Government will support the use of that particular word, which has a different weight behind it. Apartheid is both an international wrong and a crime against humanity. When a crime against humanity is committed, the international community has an obligation to hold the perpetrators to account. There is hope that by shedding more...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific sanction aimed at the Russian Federation as a consequence of its assault on Ukraine that will target the funnelling of funds through Russian shell corporations based in the International Financial Services Centre. [12148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to reduce the delays for first-time passport applications; and the number of backlog applications awaiting processing. [12150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (2 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the publication of the review on current and future provision of out of school education. [12149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date regarding an application of citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (1 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review into the pilot for the free school books scheme for the academic year 2020-2021 has commenced; the timeline for the completion of the review; if the scheme will be reintroduced and expanded for the academic year 2022-2023. [11791/22]