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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 428. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of playing pitches in Dublin city which details the number of all-weather pitches available to clubs, schools and the public in tabular form. [22360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to calls to remove the voluntary contribution from schools given the financial difficulties each year for families due to school costs (details supplied); the status of the commitment in this regard in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if State examinations in 2022 will be modified to accommodate for disruptions in teaching and learning as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1207 of 21 April 2021 and a matter (details supplied), if she will include this small number of persons who without the free travel scheme are incurring significant personal costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22357/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount awarded as travel supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme for the past five years in tabular form. [22358/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of core funding provided to public institutions that is ring-fenced for student supports, for example, counselling, access office, academic writing, mathematics supports centres and so on. [22352/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Services Provision (22 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: Would you believe I wrote down those exact sentiments? I echo those comments that some people find it easier than others to wait patiently. For example, there are people with Crohn's disease, and there are any number of reasons a person may find it difficult to wait patiently. It is not often we get a positive announcement with a Topical Issue matter but the fact the Phoenix Park will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Services Provision (22 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating this debate. It took a pandemic, with people, in effect, spending more than a year indoors, for us to realise what is needed to enable us to enjoy the outdoors and our public spaces. The last public toilets in this city closed 21 years ago. With that closure, a crucial part of what makes the city living and accessible was lost. Many people have...

Ireland's participation in MARSUR III: Motion (22 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: We had a detailed discussion of this motion at committee. The conversations we had were thorough and well-thought-through. At the time, I felt that the responses from the Minister were quite adequate in terms of why this motion is being brought forward and what we stand to benefit from it. The contributions I made then have not changed. I will reiterate them here. There is a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Sector Staff (22 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to persons who are over 60 years of age working in the Ordnance Survey repeatedly being asked their retirement date; and his views on whether this is appropriate behaviour. [21074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (22 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps pilot service commitment scheme will be retained in the long-term following its success and learnings gained from previous schemes; if he will extend this scheme further to the air crew and technical personnel to ensure that these vital services continue to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21072/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: I have a question regarding the ambition of the shared island initiative on the issue of education. I note the head of the shared island unit has highlighted that education is a priority for it. I ask the Taoiseach to put some bones on that and outline what it actually means. I have heard talk of investment in universities. In the past couple of weeks, as we saw members of certain...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the shared island unit of his Department. [17188/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: The past 14 months of the pandemic have demonstrated how essential some of our workers, who work in retail and other industries that have traditionally been defined by low pay, are. When will we see the introduction of a living wage in this country? Will it be in the lifetime of this Government?

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: I will share four minutes with Deputy Cairns.

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 2: (a) To insert the following after “waiting lists for mental health care within the public system were at crisis levels before the Covid-19 pandemic and are now at emergency levels”:“—eating disorders are mental health disorders, which can lead to psychological and physical complications, and which require specialist treatment; and (b) To...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1096. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if music teachers who facilitated the music practical examinations for the leaving certificate 2021 will be able to avail of the examinations aide rate of payment and will be remunerated for their work. [20860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1097. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of data recording the number of instances and reasons leading to students having to repeat oral examinations for the leaving certificate 2021; if she considers this an oversight by the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the free travel pass scheme to persons who cannot hold a driver licence due to their level of vision impairment but do not meet the medical conditions for blind pension resulting in them being ineligible for the free travel pass scheme and incurring significant additional costs (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Welfare Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2429. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to regional variation that exists in the payment of blind welfare payment with many HSE offices refusing to make the payment electronically and forcing persons who are blind or vision impaired to travel, unnecessarily, to collect the payment by cheque; if he will mandate payment to be offered electronically for service users...