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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount of money spent on the Educational Testing Service. [33101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new date for the planned leaving certificate exam 2020, which was scheduled to commence on 16 November 2020, has been agreed; if so, if she will provide details of same; if students who were planning on taking the exams have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the results of successful and unsuccessful appeals from the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year in tabular form. [33104/20]

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

Gary Gannon: 776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the effects of Covid-19 were able to be considered as a factor for lower enrolment numbers that projected under appeals for the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information on the planned membership of the Commission on Pensions; if the Commission will be independent and reflect all sections of society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if household social welfare inspections are permitted to take place under level 5 [32873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will enact a review for social welfare inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32874/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parent households and two parent family households availing of the working family payment over the past 18-month period in tabular form. [32875/20]