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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (28 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 770. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will be working with Dublin City Council to ensure the former Magdalen laundry on the Sean McDermott Street site will remain in ownership of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18292/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (28 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 771. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the former Magdalen laundry site located on Sean McDermott Street will be developed as a memorialisation site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18293/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (28 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 772. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to release archived material regarding the records of laundries of religious institutions to the public, anonymising records where appropriate, in the interest of justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18294/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 958. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18275/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1095. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE staff will be made to isolate for 14 days after travelling from countries on the green list. [19180/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on disadvantaged communities; if her attention has been drawn to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to establish a special Oireachtas committee on poverty and inequality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19337/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: This question pertains to the prevalence of poverty in this country, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Has the Minister heard the calls from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which has acknowledged that the experience of the 700,000 people living in poverty has been compounded by the pandemic? It has asked for a special task force to be set up to examine poverty and inequality....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: This is a very specific matter regarding how we will confront the fact that poverty has been exacerbated during the pandemic. Poverty has a corrosive impact on people in every walk of life. We have had roadmaps but they have consistently missed their targets over the past ten years. What is being asked for by groups such as the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and other social justice groups...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: I want to confront the old trope that the best way of getting people out of poverty is to get them into work. The Minister should tell that to the 160,000 people who were working and still experiencing poverty before the pandemic. Despite being in work, they still very much experienced poverty. The best way to get people out of poverty is to provide an appropriate social safety net so that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether artists should be entitled to the full rate of the pandemic unemployment payment in view of the number of persons in the arts sector that have both PAYE and self-employed incomes which is a disadvantage to them for the payment in view of the fact these incomes cannot be combined for the same year and in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment that reported self-employed and PAYE income within the same year; and the number of applicants that were denied the full rate of the payment on that basis. [19017/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance hours for schools will be increased in 2020 in view of the disruption to all second level students and the increased need for student supports, in particular incoming first and sixth-year students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19539/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Maternity Leave (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has responded to a request to meet a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19541/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Maternity Leave (29 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has responded to a request to meet a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19540/20]

Adjournment of Dáil: Motion (30 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: It is imperative that we continue to sit, particularly on the subject of the reopening of schools.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: Could I use my time to ask a question, receive an answer, ask another question and receive another answer?

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: Brilliant. I thank the Minister for taking the time to speak to us this evening. I want to ask her about recommendation 5 of the framework to reopen schools. I will read it out just so she knows what I am referring to. It states "For those larger classes which remain difficult to accommodate consider a live streaming of that class to another room or area in the school." I have contacted...

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister. I did not really get an answer on Portakabins but I will move on to the issue of teacher recruitment.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: That is okay because I do not have that much time. The 1,000 new teachers that were allocated for secondary schools are very welcome. We have 723 secondary schools in this country. Does the Minister believe that will be enough if there is a second wave? I will also touch on the recruitment process for those 1,000 teachers. There is currently no advertisement related to the recruitment...

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Gary Gannon: I will touch on the lead worker representative role, an especially interesting position being catered for in the roadmap. I imagine it is quite a difficult position. Will the Minister tell us about this role, the person in charge of all the Covid related activities and precautions in a school? How will this person be identified? My understanding is he or she can be any member of the...