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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to alter or reform the leaving certificate examination through alternative assessments after the experiences of the State examinations over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic and the work carried out by the NCCA for the reform of State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45719/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of legislation to ensure an inclusive, relevant and age-appropriate sexual education programme for students following announcements made by her in May 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when legislation will be brought forward to provide adequate, relevant and age-appropriate sexual education throughout Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (23 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the increased financial burden placed on families for back-to-school costs detailed in an annual back to school survey (details supplied) and the back to school survey by an organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (23 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the most recent meeting of the Working Group on Student Accommodation; the details of the immediate supports planned to tackle the student accommodation crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a family who has applied for a passport for a child (details supplied) can expect to receive the passport. [45268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the passport service following significant delays; the steps he is taking to address the issue; if his attention has been drawn to the lack of communication available to applicants from the passport office through the phoneline and WebChat function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45269/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 348. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he accepted an Ombudsman for the Defence Forces report which ruled that a person (details supplied) was not discriminated against when it was subsequently determined that they were discriminated against by the Workplace Relations Commission. [45270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 349. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he chose not to act, when it was brought to his attention in January 2017 through a protected disclosure that an officer in the Defence Forces (details supplied) was bullied, sexually abused, victimised and discriminated against and informed the person that their protected disclosure was subjective and could not be acted on in view...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the review on alternative education which includes services (details supplied); when this review began; the scope of this review; when findings are expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the publication of guidelines regarding reduced timetables in educational settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the upgrade of existing payroll systems to an online system which was planned to roll out on a phased basis over 2021. [45275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is ranked last out of 36 developed countries for investment in education relative to GDP according to the latest OECD publication Education at a Glance 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45276/21]

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Tonight, the Social Democrats will vote no confidence in the Minister, Deputy Coveney. At the outset, I would like to depersonalise the debate as much as possible. As we vote this evening, I would like our vote to be a rejection of the culture that enabled this controversy. It is culture of arrogance at the highest levels of our State, one that facilitates those who have governed for too...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: As we are tasked today with coming in here and talking about the review of the inner city initiative, it would be remiss of me not to mention that tomorrow, once again, several hundred people from the north inner city will descend on the Dáil in protest. That protest will be in recognition of the 16th anniversary of the death of Terence Wheelock. I cannot separate the inner city...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I understand how delicate this issue is and I do not want to put undue pressure on the Taoiseach when I am asking a question that I have not given him advance notice of-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: -----but GSOC was in its infancy when this case emerged, and maybe it requires a new look with fresh eyes. If that is from GSOC, so be it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner-city initiative. [43760/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Today we learned that 10,000 of the air monitors due for delivery in schools across the country are defective and now we have a scramble to see how quickly replacements can be found. The mid-September deadline will be missed, similar to the original deadline of the first week of September. The Minister, Deputy Foley, said at the end of August that the order was put in three months ago but...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I wish that was the only issue but it comes on top of the fact that 12,000 children are not in school because of being a close contact. How many parents does that mean are being forced to stay at home?