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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education last met; and when it will next meet. [29413/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to talk about compassion within our education and State examinations system. I am no fan of the current leaving certificate model but it worries me gravely that we are moving backwards and not forward when it comes to compassion for students. Compassionate leave was granted for the first time in 2019 to students who suffered a close family bereavement over the course of their written...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: The people in the High Court will be looking for a voice today.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: And there is now a review.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I put it to the Taoiseach that the Government is speaking out of both sides of its mouth on the mother and baby homes report. Today in the High Court, the State will strongly defend the report of the mother and baby homes commission in legal action brought by survivors against the report. Simultaneously, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the witnesses and I thank them for their incredible and powerful statements. My first question relates to the international process needed for the courts. I ask the witnesses to highlight precedents where such a process has happened previously. I refer, for example, to Rwanda where the international community and the UN Security Council has done something similar. I would also...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his position on the TRIPS waiver. [24198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the removal of the vocational training opportunities scheme and back to education initiative courses from a college (details supplied). [30403/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international and European Union division of his Department. [29412/21]

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I never thought I would have to stand in our Parliament and describe a scene where Ryanair, an Irish airline, was effectively forced to perform a rendition flight between two European Union member countries, Greece and Lithuania. A rendition flight was performed on the order of the Belarusian, Alexander Lukashenko. It is an unprecedented outrage. I cannot begin to imagine the terror on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to divert the Taoiseach's attention to the report from the Irish Youth Foundation issued today, which I am sure he has seen. This report finds that young people in disadvantaged communities are those most disproportionately affected by the pandemic. This will not come as a surprise to many of us. The report talks about poor mental health as a consequence of the pandemic. We need a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north east inner city initiative. [28387/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: In the north inner city, sport has always been a great leveller and a great outlet for young people. Yet, in the Mulvey report, sport seems to be the great omission. The Taoiseach read out the list of funding initiatives but there is little that pertains to sport. There are two great soccer clubs in the north inner city, Sheriff Youth Club and Belvedere FC. Both play on an astroturf pitch...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: It was Corinthians Boxing Club. It is in the heart of the north inner city. They need a female changing room.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: I think it was the council. That will need to be addressed because there is a great desire for boxing in the north inner city. The Seán MacDermott Street swimming pool remains closed. It has been closed for two years. The students in the Central Model Senior School in sixth class are running their own campaign. I would love to see them supported in this campaign to get the pool open...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: Deputy O'Callaghan is not here so I am taking his position. Has each Department produced its resource-efficiency action plan for this year? When does each one intend to publish its plan? Much of the heavy lifting associated with biodiversity and climate action is being done by local authorities. They are doing a fantastic job in many instances but they claim they are not being funded. Can...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make the preliminary business case for MetroLink and the outcomes of the feasibility studies in relation to MetroLink and the Review of the Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area publicly available; if these studies were extended to include the feasibility of the MetroLink to come out as far as Firhouse and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that to date since the regulations were introduced Galway City Council has only received five planning applications for change of use for short-term letting and that staff appointed by his Department to deal with short-term letting have not yet been appointed as following a recruitment process, no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs of establishing and running the supply panels for primary and special schools in the school year 2020-2021; and her views on retaining this important staffing support in the 2021-2022 school year to ensure that pupils are taught by qualified teachers in the event of teacher absence in a school. [29846/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Jun 2021)

Gary Gannon: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available to primary and post-primary schools to purchase sensory room equipment for children with additional needs, including autism and Down syndrome; and if not, her plans to provide adequate funding to schools in the future (details supplied). [29847/21]