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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: I will change the issue slightly. We made international headlines once again this weekend, and not in a positive way, when CNN ran a story entitled: "They saved lives during the pandemic - now they're facing deportation from Ireland". The story related to two of our healthcare workers from Zimbabwe who are facing deportation. Some 160 people in direct provision are currently working in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for students opting to sit the written leaving certificate scheduled for November 2021 if they have suspected Covid-19 symptoms and are awaiting a test or results; if they are close contacts and have to self-isolate for 14 days; the accommodation that will be made available to them to sit their exams; and if they can be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for students sitting State examinations in June 2021 if they have suspected Covid-19 symptoms and are awaiting a test or results; if they are close contacts and have to self-isolate for 14 days; the accommodation that will be made available to them to sit their exams; and if they can be accommodated to sit their exams virtually or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (12 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the reopening of the Keltoi residential drugs and alcohol service, Phoenix Park, Dublin 20, which was closed in March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36038/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: I am afraid it does not alleviate them. When the Minister came off script at the end of his reply, he was a bit more honest about what is happening. I fully appreciate that the culture of Dublin Bus is not to leave any child at a bus stop. The drivers make a remarkable contribution to our city. They are generally friendly and reliable. However, at this time of level 5 restrictions, there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for taking the opportunity not only to be here tonight but for re-arranging the session we were supposed to have last week. We all agree the restrictions have been hard on many people and many different sectors. They have had unintended consequences which have placed particular difficulties on how people go about their lives. Keeping schools open has been particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 93. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the provisions which will be made available to ensure pubs, restaurants and nightclubs will be able to survive in the likely scenario that they will not be able to open over the Christmas period. [35130/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public consultations have happened regarding the proposed Maynooth DART project; and if so, the means that were used to ensure contact has been made with persons living near the railways and the geographical extent either side of the railways by which notice was given to the surrounding populations in Dublin city. [35442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 364. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commission an independent investigation into the cancellation of the tender for communications from the Arts Council after four months following differing and conflicting explanations for the reason of the tender cancelled. [35437/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 365. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a dispute between a union (details supplied) and the Arts Council over its breaching of agreements; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that a work to rule may impact the distribution of resources to artists which the Council is established to serve; her views on the Arts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the reasons the Arts Council cancelled a tender after four months of processing same have been investigated; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Arts Council has changed its reasons for cancellation; and her views on the inconsistency of the claim by the council that one tender was cancelled due to costs...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request that the Arts Council also does a survey on its communications with artists in addition to the survey being carried of its board and staff in relation to its communications in order that a fuller picture may be gained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35440/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has not been a similar decrease in the staffing schedule for urban band 1 junior schools and vertical schools as there has been in mainstream classrooms, given that research shows the impact of class size and achievement is most effective in the first four years of schooling and that children from low socioeconomic backgrounds...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to decrease the staffing schedule for urban band 1 and junior and vertical schools by one point in line with all other schools. [35444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further supports made available to DEIS schools catering for the highest concentrations of education disadvantage from the budget allocation of €2 million in 2021; and the detail of the full allocation of €5 million in 2022 announced in budget 2021. [35445/20]

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

Gary Gannon: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent ballot outcome of a union (details supplied) and its members to take industrial action due to numerous issues of safety facing schools; and the action taken by her Department to engage with these concerns. [35446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (10 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether pension reforms require a specific gender perspective, given that only 16% of women receive the full State pension (contributory); her further views on whether this perspective and expertise is included in the newly announced membership of the pension committee; if so, the specific members in this...

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: I was planning on going on some wanderings but I will not do that now. What we are talking about today, if we cut out the substance of what I was going to say, is power, privilege and the manner in which they replicate. This happens not only in the Irish education system but in Irish society as a whole. Education in Ireland is defined by many characteristics. It is full of decent people,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way in which the additional €5 million for DEIS schools in Budget 2021 will be allocated and drawn from. [32876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management which under the provision of the Education Act 1998 are charged with the direct governance of a school has the right to close a school after positive confirmed cases of Covid-19 within the school and concerns of an outbreak; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32880/20]