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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...

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

Gary Gannon: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a programme (details supplied); if the programme been has accessed for inclusivity of LGBTQI+ relationships and experiences; her views on whether it is appropriate that religion is used as a vehicle for relationships and sexuality education in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (29 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 158. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 25 March 2021, when the disability social care demand and capacity requirements up to 2032 will be published and available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22555/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I want to begin with the issue of the TRIPS waiver. Notable commentators, such as our own Mary Robinson, have been to the forefront of calling for a TRIPS waiver. It would not be a simplistic position to take. The idea of partnership began when more than €5 billion of public funding went into the pharmaceutical companies in Ireland to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to begin by thanking my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, for bringing forward this Bill and for the leadership he has shown on this issue throughout his time in Dáil Éireann and beforehand. The inability to access housing and a home is destroying lives in this country, and has done for more than a decade. This debate happens regularly in this Chamber, as it should as...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [23598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations by Ireland to support the World Trade Organisation TRIPS waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 31 March 2021, the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the World Health Organization C-TAP initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the most up-to-date and verified data on school absences; if there has been an increase in early school leavers since March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategy Statements (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 18 February 2021, if the statement of strategy 2021-2023 for her Department has been published; and if not, when it will be made available. [23595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made and timelines for the provision of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if extra provisions will be provided for the upcoming term to ensure safety of staff and students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the model of allocation being used for SNA allocation for the academic year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; when the allocations will be published for 2020-2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for her Department not including students under the applied education programme who are living with very high risk family members; if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23604/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: On the same issue, we need to have statements on the ongoing crisis in east Jerusalem. I noted just before Leaders' Questions started that the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, has called the Israeli ambassador to his office, which is often a prelude to criticism. I hope that happens and I hope it is stark and full criticism. We need statements on this matter and we need to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: The median age of the population of Gaza is 17.7 years. The size of the population is over 2 million. When bombs are dropped on an area of its size with that kind of population and with such a median age, it is inevitable that children will die. The Palestinian community is crying out for international solidarity and help. I am not even going to ask the Taoiseach about the Control of...

Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: Europe Day is a day celebrating peace and unity. I echo that - a day celebrating peace and unity - given all that is going on in the world, all that we have seen on television screens and all that has been experienced by the people of Palestine, not only over the past 24 hours or the past week, but for many decades. We should be cognisant of talking about how we celebrate a day of peace and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the potential for famine in Ethiopia as a consequence of the conflict in Tigray. [24200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Chinese embassy following reports that an Irish journalist and their family had to leave China following extensive surveillance and threats from the Chinese authorities. [24202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the correspondence his Department has had with the governments of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in relation to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. [24199/21]