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Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I will begin by acknowledging that although many of the events I will speak of happened a mere couple of hours up the road, I find it difficult to relate to them because I was 11 when the Good Friday Agreement was signed. I never had to march with my family to seek justice from state forces. The bombs had grown silent by the time I would have been old enough to hear them. The peace was...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: One of the justifications the Government has given today for not affording students a hybrid leaving certificate is that 25% of the students do not have a junior certificate. I have never liked the leaving certificate but one of the arguments made in its favour by its proponents is that it is a fair exam that everybody sits on the same day. Now we have a scenario where three out of four...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: That is how privilege is locked in.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education last met; and when it is next due to meet. [3076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the framework for sustainable funding for a centre (details supplied); the date of the last meeting between her Department and the centre; when the framework is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of alternative education which started in 2018 will be published; when the review was received by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the organisers of a campaign (details supplied). [4816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the pilot basic income scheme for artists will be eligible for comedians and comedy writers to apply for; if comedians and comedy writers are included in the definition of arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that well-being measurements will be included in the pilot basic income scheme for artists. [4838/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to support women and pregnant persons with hyperemesis who face significant financial costs to access HSE recommended treatment of pyridoxine and doxylamine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4839/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 748. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any licensed brands for treating hyperemesis that have an application for reimbursement on the drugs payment scheme card and the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4840/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for assessment of needs by county and waiting periods of less than three months, three months plus, one year plus and two years plus. [4837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (1 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and pregnant persons that required hospital care as a result of untreated hyperemesis or dehydration or other effects of hyperemesis in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [4841/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for bringing forward this Bill which seeks to modernise our higher education sector and brings significant changes to the governance of higher education. This must be balanced with autonomy and, critically, sustained funding of our higher education institutions, which I intend to address later. I will begin by speaking about other aspects the Bill makes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Jan 2022)

Gary Gannon: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a standardisation model was used in the leaving certificate 2019; and if so, the detail of the process of standardisation used by the State Examinations Commission prior to subsequent calculated grades and accredited grade models of standardisation. [4207/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (27 Jan 2022)

Gary Gannon: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early school leavers in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and the latest data available for 2022, by county. [4209/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Jan 2022)

Gary Gannon: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The number of students in further and higher education that have dropped out during the academic year 2021-2022, by institution and year group, that is, first year, second year, third year and fourth year [4208/22]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Gary Gannon: In the brief time I have I am going to focus on two points of immediate concern. First is COVAX and the issue of vaccine distribution around the world, particularly in the developing world. The Taoiseach has mentioned in the pre-European Council statements and again today in his discussion with Deputy McDonald the continued support for COVAX. COVAX reached a milestone a couple of days ago...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the motion and the opportunity to debate an incredibly important subject relevant to the lives of students throughout the country. I have absolutely no issue with the substance of the motion and will fully support it. It has already been referenced by Deputy Ó Laoghaire in his contribution that a further debate we could be having on this is on the model of assessment that...