Results 521-540 of 3,274 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 878. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage or number of staff with a disability working in her Department and the agencies under her aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the actions being undertaken by her Department to actively recruit and retain persons with disabilities. [42150/20]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: Before I speak to the Bill, I want to counter a couple of points that have been made by the Minister and Government representatives about inequality. It has been pointed out that inequality has been falling in Ireland over the past couple of years, which is true, but I want to speak to those trends so that it is not further misconstrued. The at risk of poverty rate, also known as the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Food Poverty (9 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will be permitted to use funds from the social inclusion unit to supply families in poverty with food during the Christmas 2020 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42523/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to disruptions in learning for students particularly final year students in post-primary schools due to teacher and student absences; the way in which this is being factored into plans for State examinations in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in primary and post-primary schools who have recorded absence from school; and the duration of the absence since the reopening of schools in tabular form. [42525/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if administrative status will be granted to all primary schools operating two or more special classes. [42526/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost associated with granting administrative status to all primary schools operating two or more special classes. [42527/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to extending the temporary online application process for international student graduates seeking to avail of the third level graduate scheme but are unable to renew in person as they are outside of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42158/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the details of capital funding made available by his Department to all maternity hospitals in the past three years. [42518/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary business case for a critical care wing by the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42517/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to occupational data (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of actions undertaken to date for the legislative ban on conversion therapy as committed to in the Programme for Government; if there is a timeline for such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42157/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if student nurses and student healthcare workers will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine based on occupational data from his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42789/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank the ambassador for joining us today. I want to refer to the recent enforced truce that took place in the Nagorny Karabakh region in November. It is fair for me to say that the EU institutions were found wanting so, as a consequence, Russia now has a stronger military presence in the area. Are there lessons to be learned from the failure of EU institutions to intervene in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I wish the ambassador and the Jewish community in Ireland and throughout the world a happy Hanukkah. The date of 10 December also coincides with international Human Rights Day. I am sure we will all join people throughout the world in advancing more access to greater human rights. I want to take up the point raised previously by my colleague. One fundamental human right is the access to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: According to the WHO, Palestinians only have access to 55% of the water they should have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: When does Israel intend for that to happen?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I think all of us across the Chamber can agree that a monumental effort by all staff - teachers, SNAs and others throughout the school community - has gone into keeping schools open throughout the pandemic. I note that today, UNICEF has called for teachers, and I imagine also SNAs, to be prioritised in the roll-out of the vaccine. In terms of the provisional order in which people will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI will issue an amnesty on all repayments due to grant overpayments arising from the 2020-2021 academic year considering the extreme effects on Covid-19 on student employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42788/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of repayments due to grant overpayments over 2020-2021 academic year sought by SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42787/20]