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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Magdalen Laundries (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he still accepts the sixth recommendation of a person (details supplied) to provide a suitable memorial to the victims and survivors of Magdalen laundries following the State apology made in 2013. [30368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider removing the rules within SUSI that do not allow students to be reclassified from the point of entry unless they take a three-year break in their education, which is unfairly targeting independent students. [31363/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the omission of financial supports for part-time students in budget 2021; and if part-time students will be eligible for the planned €250 universal student payment . [31362/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 14. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to support indigenous industries that cannot return due to Covid-19. [25616/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: My time is short so I will get straight into it. Yesterday was a fairly extraordinary day and €18 billion is an extraordinary figure for a small island nation. The insertion of €18 billion into the economy over the next year should and will have positive ramifications but I cannot help but feel, now that the dust has settled somewhat, that yesterday's budget was a lost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being advised for students in primary and secondary schools who have family members at home with severe underlying health conditions that would place their lives at risk should an incident of Covid-19 occur in their schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23680/20]

Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: We in the Social Democrats support this Bill and we commend Deputy Munster on bringing it forward. It is timely and incredibly appropriate that we should be debating it today. I will use some of the short time available to me to acknowledge the passing away today of Fergus McCabe, a trade unionist, organiser and man of immense standing in Dublin's north inner city. If colleagues do not...

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: I begin by apologising for not making my contribution in the language that we are gathered here to protect. It is an issue of which I am conscious, and I have committed to improving my Irish language ability. It will be a great honour to be able to stand up in this House and address Ministers with more confidence. I will be doing that in the weeks and months ahead. I am going to speak...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: I raise a matter of concern in our schools. There are families with children in school but the parents have a severe underlying health condition. They feel they are being failed as there is no remote learning option for students in such cases. For example, in the case of a family I am dealing with, the mother, who has a severe form of blood cancer, has two teenage children of schoolgoing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the status the establishment of the national psychology place office. [29486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (8 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 290. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that those availing of supports, such as community meetings for addiction and recovery, will continue to be able to do so if Ireland enters into more severe lockdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29487/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 291. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare workers who are close contacts of positive Covid-19 cases or close contacts of someone awaiting the results of a Covid-19 test are entitled to Covid-19 sick leave; if not, if they are required to use their normal sick leave, annual leave or unpaid leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29488/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: On the pay offer that was made, at a meeting of the Workplace Relations Commission last week, the Department repeated an offer of a previous 1.5% increase per annum which the union had previously and rightly rejected. Department officials said they could not agree to a Labour Court referral, despite a commitment made by the former Minister last year. It is not fair to tell school...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for Education and Skills for joining us. As she is aware, the Fórsa Trade Union school secretary branch, which represents more than 1,000 school secretaries in primary and secondary schools nationwide, has indicated that notice of industrial action will be served shortly to more than 1,000 individual schools and the Department of Education and Skills. School...

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: I thank the proposers for tabling this motion, which is very important, especially one week from the budget. Effectively, we are talking about the very essence of a republic. It strikes to the heart of the role of the State. I believe the role of the State and the very essence of a republic is that it wraps its arms around citizens in times of greatest need. There has never been an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to significant delays in appointments in National Driver Licence Service Dublin offices causing difficulties in renewing licences in part due to NDLS medical report form, D501, valid one month from signing by a doctor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the specification for the coding for the predictive grade model was signed off by her Department was explicit and clear as to the requirements; and the date on which this sign-off occurred. [29249/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body within her Department that approved sign-off for the predictive grade model; on what date, and at what project board meeting. [29250/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minutes of the meeting at which the specification and the subsequent approval were authorised for the calculated grade coding for a company (details supplied); and if she will provide evidence that the major flaws in the software quality assurance process will not be repeated. [29251/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the professional standards that will be applied to future work on the ISO 29119 software testing standards which are an internationally agreed set which can be used by an organisation when performing any form of software testing; if not, the recognised standards that will be adhered to; and the specific name of the alternative standard. [29252/20]