Results 901-920 of 3,274 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 in today’s terms within a similar timeframe adjusting for inflation and accounting for the €397 million figure over five years outlined in the NCSE's 2006 implementation report on page 20. [32491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance from €309.50 to €330 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding the free travel scheme to include persons in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the annual carer's support grant from €1,850 to €2,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the carer's allowance a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for carer's allowance from €332.50 to €350 per week for a single person and to €700 for a couple; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32489/21]

Impact of Covid-19 on People with Disabilities within the Education and Health Sectors: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: Earlier this week, AsIAm, an autism charity, published its Every Child Counts report, which found that 66% of families surveyed had to wait more than two years to access an appropriate assessment for their child. More than three quarters of those surveyed said they were not in receipt of any support from the HSE's early intervention team, school age team or the child and adolescent mental...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SEC will recommence the extensive review how to support students experiencing exceptional circumstances during their State examinations following on from the interim pilot measure in 2019 for students who suffered bereavement close to or over their examinations; when this review will be completed; and if the interim measures will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to reports in the media that the leaving certificate orals were not up to standard this year; if candidates who seek an appeal will be provided with a full transcript of the oral interview or just a transcript of their own voice; and if the guidance from SEC to oral language interviewers was issued on 23 March...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (17 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention been drawn to the steep increase in on-campus student accommodation costs in UCD; if he has had any engagement with UCD or the university’s student union on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (17 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the steep increase in on-campus student accommodation costs in UCD; his views on whether this will be a barrier for those that wish to study in the university; if he has had engagement with UCD or the university’s student union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32784/21]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin Members for tabling the motion which we in the Social Democrats will be supporting. As we start to emerge from the pandemic many of us have been forced to re-evaluate what is important in our individual lives and in wider society - family, health and friendship. It might seem simplistic but we need to keep these learnings close to us. At the same time, we need to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available for a stadium (details supplied); and the details of funding provided by her Department to the stadium in the past five years. [33280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any communications with the management of a stadium (details supplied) to date; if she will take steps to prevent the sale of the stadium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33281/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will help to develop and enhance a stadium (details supplied) to ensure women and men's football can continue to play in a modern stadium into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that are being taken to ensure affordable vacant spaces for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33283/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if specific funding will be provided to enhance and develop sport facilities in the inner-city area of Dublin. [33282/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the lack of transparency surrounding special tax arrangements for multinational companies that Irish companies operating within the same sector cannot avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a special tax arrangement for larger corporations or market dominant players that allow them to pay a minimal amount of tax to the Exchequer; if his attention has been drawn to any such arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 345. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to issue an award or medal, similar to that awarded to HSE National Ambulance Service personnel, as a small token to members of the Civil Defence for their tireless and entirely voluntarily contribution to the State's Covid-19 response.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33557/21]