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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (6 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role that the Government will seek to play to ensure that all European Union Member States adhere to the rule-of-law functions which guarantee fundamental protection of rights and values for all its citizens. [49073/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (6 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made contact with the newly-elected government of Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ireland's Overseas Development Aid Programme, including the way in which this vital aid will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (6 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts of the grants allocated in the most recent year for which data is available to each of the voluntary management bodies which manage primary and secondary schools in Ireland in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49397/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (6 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent year in which the grants allocated to each of the voluntary management bodies which manage primary and secondary schools in Ireland were increased, separated by body, if appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49398/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (6 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to the latest statement of the special rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council made on Friday 23 September 2022 calling on Ireland to introduce adequate redress for systemic racism and racial discrimination in childcare institutions; the actions that he plans to take to provide...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: On three occasions today, the last of which was at 1.41 p.m., I was contacted by people, one of whom asked "Can you help me? I'm in desperate need of help." Does anyone around this Chamber have any doubt about the content of that message? It was the third person today telling me they were about to be made homeless. The children of each of the three families by which I was contacted will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: Their notices are up.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: Let us have an eviction ban.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: That is the issue I am raising.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: What is the point in asking questions if-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: Does the Taoiseach agree with a ban on evictions?

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: As Deputy Whitmore said, there is some merit in the proposals in the Bill before us. The €1.7 billion investment will do some good but that needs to be put in the context of the level of suffering and need in the country. The failure to target this will mean that people in this country will continue to have to choose between heating and eating. That is something that cannot and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the release of the 2022 junior certificate results; and if a date cannot be provided, the reason that a date cannot be confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50372/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: My question pertains to the junior certificate, in particular as to when the results of that examination will be furnished.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: I fully accept the complexity of junior certificate results, particularly following Covid, which destabilised the leaving certificate, the appeals and everything else that came with that. Today I contacted a number of schools in my area and asked if there were any issues I could raise. What came back continually was the junior certificate results. This has implications, for example, for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate the response. In particular, the idea of a review is welcome. We could learn a lot from such a review. As has been suggested by a number of schools and people who take part in it, does it call into question the validity of the junior certificate moving forward? Is this still an examination we are committed to? This year's cohort of junior certificate students awaiting a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of a science-led and age appropriate relationship and sexual education programme that is mandatory across all publicly funded schools. [50373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline information in relation to newly established collaborative efforts between HSE children's disability services and education to examine if services to children with complex additional needs and their families has been rolled out in all up and running CDNTs to date; and when and how such a collaboration will be evaluated in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 775. To ask the Minister for Health if pregnant women and persons suffering from hyperemesis will need a prescription from an obstetric consultant prescription in order to access cariban free of charge; and the reason that the drug considered as a first-line treatment in HSE guidelines will not be free if prescribed by a GP. [50381/22]