Results 541-560 of 1,155 for speaker:Gary Gannon in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1234. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent administration of vaccinations by a hospital (details supplied) which disregarded prioritisation and sequencing guidelines; if there will be an investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (1 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a family who has applied for a passport for their child (details supplied) can expect to receive the passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 25 March 2021, the number of substitutable days that have gone uncovered in this school year; the number of such days that have been subsequently claimed against via the new mechanism for banking such days according to the online claims system; the number of days a supply panel teacher was left...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the supply panel will be expanded for the 2021-2022 school year to meet demand; and the way in which SET provision will be expanded to make up for the loss of learning during the academic year 2020-2021. [18054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1096. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if music teachers who facilitated the music practical examinations for the leaving certificate 2021 will be able to avail of the examinations aide rate of payment and will be remunerated for their work. [20860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1097. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of data recording the number of instances and reasons leading to students having to repeat oral examinations for the leaving certificate 2021; if she considers this an oversight by the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the free travel pass scheme to persons who cannot hold a driver licence due to their level of vision impairment but do not meet the medical conditions for blind pension resulting in them being ineligible for the free travel pass scheme and incurring significant additional costs (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Welfare Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2429. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to regional variation that exists in the payment of blind welfare payment with many HSE offices refusing to make the payment electronically and forcing persons who are blind or vision impaired to travel, unnecessarily, to collect the payment by cheque; if he will mandate payment to be offered electronically for service users...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Sector Staff (22 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to persons who are over 60 years of age working in the Ordnance Survey repeatedly being asked their retirement date; and his views on whether this is appropriate behaviour. [21074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (22 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps pilot service commitment scheme will be retained in the long-term following its success and learnings gained from previous schemes; if he will extend this scheme further to the air crew and technical personnel to ensure that these vital services continue to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Consultation Process (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposed membership make-up of the recently launched Commission on Taxation and Welfare; the qualifications required for membership of the Commission; the methodology used for ensuring balance and a broad range of perspectives among members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations of the temporary toilet facilities for the Phoenix Park; and the expected duration these facilities will be in place for. [22359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 428. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of playing pitches in Dublin city which details the number of all-weather pitches available to clubs, schools and the public in tabular form. [22360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to calls to remove the voluntary contribution from schools given the financial difficulties each year for families due to school costs (details supplied); the status of the commitment in this regard in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if State examinations in 2022 will be modified to accommodate for disruptions in teaching and learning as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1207 of 21 April 2021 and a matter (details supplied), if she will include this small number of persons who without the free travel scheme are incurring significant personal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22357/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount awarded as travel supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme for the past five years in tabular form. [22358/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of core funding provided to public institutions that is ring-fenced for student supports, for example, counselling, access office, academic writing, mathematics supports centres and so on. [22352/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (29 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 22 April 2021, the reason for the refusal to extend the scheme beyond 2021; the reason the scheme is not being extended to the vital air crew and technicians that underpin all aviation operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Education Act 1998 will be amended or reviewed in order for ethos to no longer be used as a barrier to the effective, objective and factual teaching of the relationships and sexuality education curriculum to which each student is entitled which was recommended in the Report on Relationships and Sexuality Education by the Oireachtas...