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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many SMEs and microenterprises are excluded from the support provided by the small business assistance scheme for Covid, given that they are not listed as ratepayers; if recourse will be provided for those that cannot access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 541. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected date for the Passport Office to start processing online and paper-based applications. [17600/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 540. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [17596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to youth encounter projects seeking to administer junior certificate examinations for a small cohort of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department began the process of holding copies of children's school reports as outlined in a programme (details supplied); the rationale for holding such information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1127 of 24 March 2021, if he will consider waiving the student contribution fees for the small number of students to ensure they do not face financial penalties after being offered an uplifted deferred place for the 2021-2022 academic year based on the 2020 CAO application having sat the 2020 leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1233. To ask the Minister for Health if transient groups such as persons that are homeless will be prioritised for single dose vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1234. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent administration of vaccinations by a hospital (details supplied) which disregarded prioritisation and sequencing guidelines; if there will be an investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17599/21]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency Project and Defence Forces Service in the UN: Motions (30 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to ask the Minister about a couple of aspects of his contribution. My first question relates to MARSUR III and our contribution. Will we be able to offset some of the challenges presented over the past year by some states interfering with data cables and undersea fibre-optic cables between Europe and the US? Will MARSUR III be able to be a bulwark against that? Are we in a...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I will be pressing my amendment. I fully accept the bona fides of the Minister in what he outlines but it is not in any way fair to suggest the child of a one-parent family will not be able to avail of the same time at home with a parent but this could be open to spouses or family members when this would not be the case. In many cases the parent in a one-parent family parents the child...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 2: 2.In page 6, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Reporting 4.(1) The Minister shall, not later than six months after the passing of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister, as part of the review, shall— (a) conduct policy and budgetary analysis...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Staff (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to shortages on primary school supply panels; if she will consider supplementing the supply panel with final year teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Vaccination Programme (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity to home school community liaison officers as to when they can expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine following reports of Tulsa-employed staff such as education officers, welfare officers and staff in schools having already received the vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 228. To ask the Minister for Health when the capacity review of disability services will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (25 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 229. To ask the Minister for Health when home school community liaison officers will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/21]

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: My contribution will be brief and focus on the final point raised by Deputy Whitmore, which is seeking parity for the children of one-parent families. They are entitled to the exact same time at home as those in any other family dynamic. Consistently in society, one-parent families are the most vulnerable at-risk group. They are at risk of economic disadvantage and all of the crushing...

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: The Social Democrats, including myself, will be very enthusiastically supporting this Bill. I will be doing so on a number of fronts. I am a representative of the constituency. I grew up in the north inner city. I am the son of a Dublin street trader, albeit a Henry Street trader rather than a Moore Street trader - there is a difference. I commend Sinn Féin on introducing this Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement by Ireland on the position taken by the European Commission at the March 2021 World Trade Organization meeting on the proposed temporary TRIPS waiver on intellectual property in respect of Covid-19 vaccine and technology; if Ireland supported the decision by the European Commission to oppose such a waiver; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 25 February 2021, his views on whether those receiving the carer’s allowance should be excluded from the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme as secondary applicants if it is not possible to produce an average length of time for the allowance; if there could be a mechanism...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1003. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the pandemic unemployment payment and employment wage subsidy scheme until six months after mass gatherings are permitted again to adequately support the events industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15133/21]