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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 8 December 2020, the way in which participation of students from low socio-economic backgrounds is facilitated for graduate medical programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given to creating a targeted strategy for medicine due to the high level of inequality within the courses following from data released recently from the HEA which showed that in 2018 and 2019 only 4% of enrolments of students in medicine were from disadvantaged areas versus 35% of students from affluent areas; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the lack of payment for student nurses and midwives will result in nursing and midwifery studies becoming less desirable; his further views on whether healthcare courses should be made more attractive to study following from a global pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Down's syndrome will be included in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy; if so, the group within which they fall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I think all of us across the Chamber can agree that a monumental effort by all staff - teachers, SNAs and others throughout the school community - has gone into keeping schools open throughout the pandemic. I note that today, UNICEF has called for teachers, and I imagine also SNAs, to be prioritised in the roll-out of the vaccine. In terms of the provisional order in which people will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI will issue an amnesty on all repayments due to grant overpayments arising from the 2020-2021 academic year considering the extreme effects on Covid-19 on student employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42788/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of repayments due to grant overpayments over 2020-2021 academic year sought by SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the reopening of the Fitzgibbon Street Garda station that was due in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention been drawn to calls to initiate a pilot project for reopening theatres; her views on the feasibility of such a pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43526/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment will be given and initiated to ensure remote learning options for school children who are living with a person in the very high risk category also referred to as extremely vulnerable for Covid-19 in 2021 as a strategy for mitigating the risk of transmission from festive gatherings and following ECDC suggestions; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with cerebral palsy who are in the high risk category for Covid-19 are included in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy, specifically the seventh group, persons aged 18 to 64 with certain medical conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43523/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 636. To ask the Minister for Health if local authorities will be consulted on the Covid-19 vaccine with reference to those in group nine, namely persons living or working in crowded settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43525/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Students (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to extending the temporary online application process for international student graduates seeking to avail of the third level graduate scheme but are unable to renew in person as they are outside of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42158/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the details of capital funding made available by his Department to all maternity hospitals in the past three years. [42518/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary business case for a critical care wing by the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42517/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to occupational data (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of actions undertaken to date for the legislative ban on conversion therapy as committed to in the Programme for Government; if there is a timeline for such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42157/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if student nurses and student healthcare workers will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine based on occupational data from his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42789/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank the ambassador for joining us today. I want to refer to the recent enforced truce that took place in the Nagorny Karabakh region in November. It is fair for me to say that the EU institutions were found wanting so, as a consequence, Russia now has a stronger military presence in the area. Are there lessons to be learned from the failure of EU institutions to intervene in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I wish the ambassador and the Jewish community in Ireland and throughout the world a happy Hanukkah. The date of 10 December also coincides with international Human Rights Day. I am sure we will all join people throughout the world in advancing more access to greater human rights. I want to take up the point raised previously by my colleague. One fundamental human right is the access to...