Results 921-940 of 3,274 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make funds available to ensure the preservation of Ireland’s last Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in order that it may be a site of conscience and truth-telling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant from the current rate of €3,025 to €4,025 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant of €3,025 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33562/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant from the current rate of €3,025 to €4,025 and extending this to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant of 100% to €4,025 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant from €1,215 to €2,215 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33565/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant from €1,215 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant from €1,215 to €2,215 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [33567/21]

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I begin by bringing into the Chamber the words of the American poet, feminist and lesbian activist, Adrienne Rich, who said, "Every built thing has its unmeant purpose." It should be a source of celebration the Irish State and people should be getting a modern maternity hospital, free of Nightingale wards and with single-room occupancy. The fact hundreds of millions of euro will be spent to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the witnesses and I thank them for their incredible and powerful statements. My first question relates to the international process needed for the courts. I ask the witnesses to highlight precedents where such a process has happened previously. I refer, for example, to Rwanda where the international community and the UN Security Council has done something similar. I would also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for not providing guidance counsellors to special schools; the estimated cost of providing one guidance counsellor to each special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33961/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: Heads of State are today meeting at the European Council. As they do, variants of the virus are rampaging through the global south. I ask again what is the position of the Irish Government on the TRIPS waiver? It is fair to say the vaccination programme here and in other wealthy countries are going well but if perfect incubator conditions are being created in less prosperous places...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (24 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities of the Government on a sexual and reproductive health policy ahead of the Generation Equality Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (24 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to date on reviewing and renewing the national carers’ strategy committed to in the programme for Government. [26433/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (29 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Naval Service ships are unable to take to sea (details supplied); and the steps taken or that will be taken to remedy this situation. [34672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cybersecurity Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a recent article in the media (details supplied) which stated there has been a 413% increase in ransomware attacks in Ireland since 2020; his views on the impact that cutbacks to the Defence Forces budget have had on the response to the HSE cyber-attack; if he will carry out an in-depth review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the re-opening of St. Bricin's Military Hospital or the construction of a new purpose-built military medical facility staffed by members of the Medical Corps will be committed to in order to better prepare readiness in the face of future challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to Irish controlled airspace repeatedly being entered by Russian aircraft with its transponders turned off; his views on the need for the State to have the capacity to be aware of aircraft movements in the air space for which it is responsible; and if he will report on this issue. [34674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that talent, skills and personnel of the Reserve Defence Forces can be utilised in the near future in view of the current situation between the retention crisis in the Defence Forces and reservist contributions during the HSE cyber-attack; and if he plans to engage with employers to facilitate paid leave and job protection...