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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when in-person oral hearings will resume; the date on which the matter was last reviewed; when it will be reviewed again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53411/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of oral hearings that took place in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by county; and the number of negative and positive appeals in each county in tabular form. [53412/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of recommendation 7.9 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection's Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland 2017 which recommended making the SUSI maintenance grant payable to students who are one-parent families. [52581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his officials have requested a copy of the McHugh report into the pay of student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1159. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the McHugh report on student nurses and midwives pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Relations (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of engagements he has had with trade unions on the McHugh report on student nurses and midwives pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53408/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: COP26 and its Potential Impact on the Developing World: Discussion (2 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the witnesses. It was fascinating to listen to the presentations of the witnesses. I have one question about the expectation of state actors going to COP26. Do we get any sense that states are going there to act as global citizens or are we still in the mould of 20th century diplomacy whereby individual countries are representing their own interests? Is more of a global approach...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: One in six people testing positive for Covid-19 over the last month have been children of primary school age. I have raised this issue with the Taoiseach several times during this session. We need infinitely stronger mitigation measures in our schools. Over the weekend the Taoiseach started to talk about antigen testing, as did the Minister for Health. The Tánaiste, Deputy Varadkar,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54774/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. [54775/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his knowledge of the concerns surrounding health and safety of a direct provision centre (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding the standards of care shown in the centre including from residents and advocacy groups such as an organisation (details supplied); and his views on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [53405/21]

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: With this Science Week and the Science Weeks in recent years, we can all have a much better appreciation of the work of scientists, researchers, engineers and healthcare professionals who have dedicated themselves to serving people in a multitude of different ways. Through their craft, through their dedication to their talent and through their copious amounts of research, we went from...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Home Care Packages (10 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken regarding the staffing crisis in homecare service providers; her views on whether the decision to exclude home carers from the critical skills exemption is greatly exacerbating the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55232/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for home carers who are not from the EEC to be able to work in the private nursing home sector but not the home care service sector; and if he has had engagement with the home care service sector regarding this issue. [55233/21]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: This is an incredibly wide-ranging Bill, as my colleague said. One matter that is a huge concern in constituencies such as mine and in those of other Deputies is the issue of scrambler bikes. This has been discussed not only in this House but also in local authorities in search of a resolution. I hope this Bill brings some resolution to this serious issue but there will have to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recent Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council and the UN Security Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: I have several questions, but one specific query I would like to have answered now. The Minister just made a sweeping statement regarding comments made in the Dáil and Seanad that he said would veer into anti-Semitism. It was an incredibly sweeping statement. Is he saying that has happened during this Dáil term? Does he have examples? I ask those questions because I reject the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recent Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council and the UN Security Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: I did not get to ask about our mission in Western Sahara in my opening contribution, as I had planned to do, because a specific question arose about comments that had taken me by surprise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recent Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council and the UN Security Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: We have withdrawn our two Irish officers who were in Western Sahara. Have we effectively given up, or washed our hands of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, as a consequence of that? Will our officers be back in? What will be our role in the MINURSO mission in Western Sahara? For me, Western Sahara represents another example of why we should be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (11 Nov 2021)

Gary Gannon: 154. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she will take to ensure the equal status of the Shelbourne women’s team who currently play their games at Tolka Park on the same terms as the men’s team in the Dalymount arrangement in the event of the proposed sale of Tolka Park going ahead. [55231/21]