Results 961-980 of 3,274 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all school staff will be vaccinated ahead of the next academic year; if she is communicating with the Department of Health to ensure same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 25 May 2021, the timeline for when the report will be made available; her views on whether it will be available in time to inform Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to expand the free travel scheme for Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Citizens' Assembly on education committed to in the programme for Government is expected to take place. [35001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the research being carried out in association with an organisation (details supplied) into the cost of bereavement. [35636/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 20 May 2021, the progress of her Department's review of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36555/21]

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

Gary Gannon: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been purchased by or on behalf of her Department for the purpose of school provision in Trim, County Meath; if so, the plans and details of the proposed usage of any such site; her views on the capacity levels of second-level schools within Trim, particularly in relation to boys; and her views on current plans for a school...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (6 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time for birth registration in the Civil Registration Office in the Lombard St. office; if there was a backlog before the HSE cyber-attack; if the office has caught up on this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36556/21]

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: For the benefit of the next speaker, who may wish to make his or her way to the Chamber, I do not intend to take the full 20 minutes allocated to me. I like this Bill. A large portion of what it seeks to do is to provide for better communication between students, parents, teachers and school staff, as well as embedding the student voice in every level of our educational system. My...

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: On a point of information for the previous Deputy, who said the language that I used was not in the Bill, it was actually introduced on First Stage by the then Minister, Deputy Joe McHugh, which I referenced when I mentioned the language.

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: The Deputy was able to point out language as being important.

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: When the Minister introduced the Bill, he used that phrase.

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: If the Deputy is not aware what happened on First Stage, that is up to him.

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: He introduced it that way. He should not make comparisons like that. Do your homework.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (7 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be given to ensure that a vote on a directly elected mayor in Galway takes place in 2024 at the same time as the next local elections is supported by Government given that Galway City Council has unanimously passed a motion calling for a plebiscite vote on whether or not to have a directly elected mayor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI deduction for holiday earnings earned outside of term time up to a maximum of €4,500 is being applied to students who received the pandemic unemployment payment instead as their employment was interrupted by the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of SUSI and graduate entry medicine given students who currently wish to study graduate entry medicine face immense financial barriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the SUSI review and if consideration is being given to extending the scheme to part-time and postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was an increase in the number of students who received a reduction in their grant in 2020-2021 compared to previous years; his views on whether this is due to including the pandemic unemployment payment as income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an organisation (details supplied) is permitted to offer support as part of summer provision for students who are blind or vision impaired as it did in 2020; if not, the reason it is not included in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37146/21]