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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Telecommunications Services (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the newly announced expansion of Wi-Fi in 90 locations to aid online access for students in further and higher education institutions will be able to include secondary school students and provide access for them also; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1050. To ask the Minister for Health if any contact tracers are currently working in open plan office; if so, his views on whether this is safe and best practice given the current number of Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1051. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing a statement to have all contact tracers work from home in line with current public health advice from the Chief Medical Office. [1631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1052. To ask the Minister for Health where do HIQA inspectors fall in the definition of frontline workers; and if they will receive the vaccine with frontline staff in the current vaccination strategy. [1637/21]

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: Before I speak to the amendment, I will respond to the statements made by the Minister of State as to why we could not alter some of the amendments because the Bill needed to be ready tonight for tomorrow. I just checked with some Senators and they received a message from the Bills Office today saying that once the Bill is passed, a new version will be sent to them tonight, depending on the...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 22: In page 6, to delete lines 19 to 22 and substitute the following: “Summary proceedings: no time limit 7. Notwithstanding section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851, summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted at any time within two years from the date on which the person against whom the offence was committed became...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: It is the strong intention of the Social Democrats to support this Bill. We recognise that this particular Minister of Justice has prioritised the Bill. Certainly, in recent weeks, in light of the leadership that has been demonstrated, in particular, by young women on Twitter who have been impacted by this, there has been some rapidity brought to the legislation and we welcome the swiftness...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale following reports of the Low Pay Commission’s commitment to only a 1% increase in the national minimum wage for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26803/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have been forced to open against the wishes of the boards of management and principals due to high positivity rates for Covid-19 since the reopening of schools earlier in 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44551/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department has had communication with a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the dates on, and methods by, which these communications took place; if her Department has spoken with the principal and board of management or had communication with the school outside of the directive sent from her Department to reopen...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if a workplace which chooses to close due to concerns due to the risk of Covid-19 due to a 10% positivity rate should be forced to remain open; his views on whether is safe and in the best interest of the health and safety of those in that workplace; if there are workplaces other than schools which would be forced to open under these circumstances; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Dec 2020)

Gary Gannon: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of the school meals local projects scheme will be extended over the Christmas school holiday period in order that schools as local leaders may support families in food poverty as they have done throughout the year with the support of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44072/20]

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]