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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the qualified child increase for the under 12s by €1 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of one additional week of paternity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of one additional week of parent’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider publishing an interim report compiled from a smaller portion of the replies from the full cost of disability report by a company (details supplied) in order to assist with making part of the research available prior to budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the third-level student contribution also known as the registration fee by €500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual spend on the student maintenance grant; the estimated cost of increasing all rates by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38058/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the income thresholds for the student maintenance grant also known as the SUSI grant; the estimated cost of increasing all rates by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38059/21]

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]

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

Gary Gannon: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if technological support for assistive technology and Braille lesson packs to supplement learning over the summer are available for students who are blind or vision impaired; if not, if she will consider making them available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37147/21]

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.

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...

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...