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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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 20 May 2021, the progress of her Department's review of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been purchased by or on behalf of her Department for the purpose of school provision in Trim, County Meath; if so, the plans and details of the proposed usage of any such site; her views on the capacity levels of second-level schools within Trim, particularly in relation to boys; and her views on current plans for a school...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (6 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time for birth registration in the Civil Registration Office in the Lombard St. office; if there was a backlog before the HSE cyber-attack; if the office has caught up on this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36556/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: Last Saturday, on the 16th anniversary of the events that led to his death, I once again marched alongside the family of Terence Wheelock and the community of the north inner city. We met peacefully and in a socially distanced way at the Garden of Remembrance and walked to Store Street Garda station. I was there not only to support a family I have known since I was a child, although that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: It is important to clarify that this issue was raised with me very recently by advocacy groups working in the area of disability. It is important that we examine whether that is happening on the ground. It is also important to say that Ireland has the unenviable title of having the lowest employment rate for people with disabilities in the EU. Poverty and social exclusion among people with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated costing of removing the 13-week requalification period for those persons on partial capacity benefit; and the status of removing the 13-week anomaly by early intervention and referral. [35390/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: Will the Minister for Social Protection outline the estimated costing of removing the 13-week requalification period for those persons on partial capacity benefit, PCB, and the status of removing the 13-week anomaly by early intervention and referral?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: It is a very welcome announcement that the Department will not pursue overpayments. That will alleviate the anxiety of many people. Partial capacity benefit was introduced in 2012 when there were 700 recipients. That number increased moderately over the years and now stands at 3,172 recipients. Partial capacity benefit aims to extend illness benefit or invalidity pensions. However, when...