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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who completed the written leaving certificate examinations in November 2020 and have received deferred college offers to start their course in 2021-2022 are required to pay the student contribution fee if they already paid a student contribution fee for courses started in 2020-2021; if he considers this a financial penalty; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1604. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing discretionary medical cards to all cancer patients at the time of their diagnosis until their treatment has finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14826/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1605. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing life-long medical cards for all survivors of childhood or adolescent cancers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the practice of hospitals using debt collection agencies; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients currently undergoing treatment for cancer and other illnesses are charged €80 per day for outpatient treatment and if payment is not received within 47 days this can be passed onto debt collection agencies; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the reduction of intern positions for newly qualified doctors and maintain the 2020 number of intern positions to retain non-EU newly qualified doctors in addition to managing the waiting lists in hospitals which have grown as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14829/21]

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 2: 2.In page 6, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Reporting 4.(1) The Minister shall, not later than six months after the passing of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister, as part of the review, shall— (a) conduct policy and budgetary analysis...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I will be pressing my amendment. I fully accept the bona fides of the Minister in what he outlines but it is not in any way fair to suggest the child of a one-parent family will not be able to avail of the same time at home with a parent but this could be open to spouses or family members when this would not be the case. In many cases the parent in a one-parent family parents the child...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Staff (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to shortages on primary school supply panels; if she will consider supplementing the supply panel with final year teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Vaccination Programme (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity to home school community liaison officers as to when they can expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine following reports of Tulsa-employed staff such as education officers, welfare officers and staff in schools having already received the vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 228. To ask the Minister for Health when the capacity review of disability services will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 229. To ask the Minister for Health when home school community liaison officers will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/21]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency Project and Defence Forces Service in the UN: Motions (30 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to ask the Minister about a couple of aspects of his contribution. My first question relates to MARSUR III and our contribution. Will we be able to offset some of the challenges presented over the past year by some states interfering with data cables and undersea fibre-optic cables between Europe and the US? Will MARSUR III be able to be a bulwark against that? Are we in a...

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 1: (a) To insert the following after "with less support or respite": "— despite promises from previous Governments to find a solution, many carers fall between the cracks in the Irish State Pension system and face a retirement characterised by financial uncertainty; — the Programme for Government commits to finding a 'pension solution' for carers; and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: While I accept that a rationale was outlined yesterday, there was considerable moving of the goalposts in the context of our vaccination programme. That will have ramifications. Can the Taoiseach guarantee that all of our educators, SNAs, home school liaison staff and teachers, particularly those in primary schools who would be a younger cohort, will be vaccinated by September in order to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I would like to raise two issues briefly. I wish to remind the Taoiseach, with the restructuring of the vaccination programme, of the importance of the July provision programme. I also wish to acknowledge that many of the educators who take part in the July provision programme are younger educators who are seeking to supplement their income. They will need to be vaccinated. While I...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: No one is safe until everybody is safe. This is an incredible expression we have heard time and again in recent weeks. It was said with honest intent by Mike Ryan in his capacity as head of the World Health Organization and it has been repeated several times, including by the Taoiseach. As the European Council came on the horizon last week, it was not where the various countries were. In...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many SMEs and microenterprises are excluded from the support provided by the small business assistance scheme for Covid, given that they are not listed as ratepayers; if recourse will be provided for those that cannot access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 541. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected date for the Passport Office to start processing online and paper-based applications. [17600/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 540. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the World Health Organization C-TAP initiative; the practical engagement to date by his Department in this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to youth encounter projects seeking to administer junior certificate examinations for a small cohort of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17601/21]