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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the position in a school (details supplied) and the increased risks the school faces losing a teacher due to lower enrolment numbers than expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32065/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools due to lose staff on 24 October 2020 due to smaller enrolments than expected reported on the annual school census by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school builds that are in the various stages of planning and build process in tabular form; and her views on the extent Covid-19 has delayed the process. [32068/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many schools in the Dublin area are operating without satisfactory levels of PPE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (21 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reduce the qualifying period on social welfare in order to receive the back to education payment from nine months to three months for level 8 courses. [32071/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (21 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the community healthcare organisation quality improvement plan including the defined actions to improve maternity care and the timeframe for these actions as outcomes from the National Maternity Experience Survey [32067/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 258. To ask the Minister for Health his views on human connection and if it is a basic human need; and if so, the way that this affects individuals living alone. [32072/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: No, he has not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: He has not answered the question pertaining to these particular records.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: The Social Democrats strongly object to tomorrow's business, in particular the debate on the commission on mother and baby homes being sealed for 30 years and the manner in which this is being brought before the House. It has been rammed through the Seanad and there has been no pre-legislative scrutiny on it. Inevitably, it will face a guillotine given the time allocated to the debate. It...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: I would like to add our voice to the suggestion that we need a debate on the move to level 5 restrictions. It is essential that we have such a debate. Hopefully, it will be conducted in a substantial and collaborative way but we need to have our concerns on the record. We also need a debate on our schools. Massive anxiety was created yesterday when the Minister for Education and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: It was reported in the media.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: I wrote to the Business Committee last week to ask if we could have a discussion about schools and it was suggested that could happen in a couple of weeks. That needs to happen this week.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his position and actions either taken by his Department or scheduled for the future on archival infrastructure to ensure truth for mother and baby homes. [31365/20]

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...