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Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: Europe Day is a day celebrating peace and unity. I echo that - a day celebrating peace and unity - given all that is going on in the world, all that we have seen on television screens and all that has been experienced by the people of Palestine, not only over the past 24 hours or the past week, but for many decades. We should be cognisant of talking about how we celebrate a day of peace and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: The median age of the population of Gaza is 17.7 years. The size of the population is over 2 million. When bombs are dropped on an area of its size with that kind of population and with such a median age, it is inevitable that children will die. The Palestinian community is crying out for international solidarity and help. I am not even going to ask the Taoiseach about the Control of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: On the same issue, we need to have statements on the ongoing crisis in east Jerusalem. I noted just before Leaders' Questions started that the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, has called the Israeli ambassador to his office, which is often a prelude to criticism. I hope that happens and I hope it is stark and full criticism. We need statements on this matter and we need to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the potential for famine in Ethiopia as a consequence of the conflict in Tigray. [24200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Chinese embassy following reports that an Irish journalist and their family had to leave China following extensive surveillance and threats from the Chinese authorities. [24202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (11 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the correspondence his Department has had with the governments of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in relation to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. [24199/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to begin by thanking my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, for bringing forward this Bill and for the leadership he has shown on this issue throughout his time in Dáil Éireann and beforehand. The inability to access housing and a home is destroying lives in this country, and has done for more than a decade. This debate happens regularly in this Chamber, as it should as...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the World Health Organization C-TAP initiative; the practical engagement to date by his Department in this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations by Ireland to support the World Trade Organisation TRIPS waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 31 March 2021, the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the World Health Organization C-TAP initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the most up-to-date and verified data on school absences; if there has been an increase in early school leavers since March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategy Statements (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 18 February 2021, if the statement of strategy 2021-2023 for her Department has been published; and if not, when it will be made available. [23595/21]

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

Gary Gannon: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made and timelines for the provision of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if extra provisions will be provided for the upcoming term to ensure safety of staff and students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the model of allocation being used for SNA allocation for the academic year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; when the allocations will be published for 2020-2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for her Department not including students under the applied education programme who are living with very high risk family members; if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23604/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I want to begin with the issue of the TRIPS waiver. Notable commentators, such as our own Mary Robinson, have been to the forefront of calling for a TRIPS waiver. It would not be a simplistic position to take. The idea of partnership began when more than €5 billion of public funding went into the pharmaceutical companies in Ireland to...

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: My thanks to the Labour Party for bringing forward this important Private Members' motion. My thanks go to the previous contributors for outlining their personal experiences on the issue as well. Those of us in the Social Democrats are highly supportive of the motion. An emerging theme in most of the contributions in the Dáil in recent months has been the issues that we cannot...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: We have heard time and again that nobody is safe until everybody is safe, in the context of vaccine justice and equity. Tomorrow, the World Trade Organization, WTO, meets to discuss the potential waiver of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS. The Tánaiste is our Minister with responsibility for trade. I asked the Taoiseach this question at...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: Public money.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (29 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 22 April 2021, the reason for the refusal to extend the scheme beyond 2021; the reason the scheme is not being extended to the vital air crew and technicians that underpin all aviation operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22556/21]