Results 3,181-3,200 of 3,259 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the book grant scheme for 2020/2021 will allow schools to secure information technology tools and e-books in view of the recent learnings from Covid-19 and the fact that schools have not been able to use the funds in the past due to licensing fees. [9504/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will recommend to higher level institutions to increase dedicated places for students progressing on from post-leaving certificate courses in view of the expected decrease in international students. [9505/20]

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

Gary Gannon: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are dedicated advocates for DEIS schools, students with disabilities and experts in inclusive assessment and education in the advisory group for contingency planning for State examinations 2020; and if not, if he will ensure representation of such advocates. [9506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 417. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guidelines given to supermarkets in cases in which members of their staff have been diagnosed with Covid-19 but have recently been carrying out their duties on the premises. [9516/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the process for the school dental screening programme and Covid-19 (details supplied). [9515/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 531. To ask the Minister for Health the process for the school dental screening programme in view of Covid-19 (details supplied). [8228/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the phase in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in which occupational and speech and language therapists will return to delivering therapy services for children. [8224/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines given to supermarkets in cases in which a member of staff has been diagnosed with Covid-19 but has recently been carrying out duties on the premises. [8234/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if the fast tracking process of opioid substitution therapy implemented as part of the NPHET response to protect vulnerable groups deemed to have an increased risk of contracting Covid-19 will be maintained. [9511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the phase under which therapy services to children usually a mixture of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists can expect to return to delivering therapy services to children according to the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [9514/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the cited figure of 38% recipients on the pandemic unemployment payment being disincentivised was arrived at in view of the fact they previously earned less than €300 per week, which was featured in Economic Considerations for Reinstating Economic Activity. [9507/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rent supplement guidance circular 22/20 will be extended beyond 31 May 2020. [9501/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the citizens’ information services, including the telephone service, the money advice and budgeting service and the national advocacy service for persons with disabilities, are sufficiently funded to maintain and expand their level of service which has been invaluable during...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if vulnerable persons who were not able to go on Covid-19 illness benefit previously are now eligible; and if vulnerable persons are entitled to two 14 day Covid-19 illness benefit terms. [9509/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Jun 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity will be provided regarding one parent families in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and another social welfare payment regarding the measures expected to be enacted to claim some portion of this income back (details supplied). [9512/20]

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: That is a welcome statement. While some of the figures in the Revised Estimate are eye-watering, and certainly eye-catching in historic terms, they represent just how a republic should respond. We have experienced a catastrophe and this is how a republic should respond to protect the people who are most vulnerable. What will define us in this period is the lessons we have learned. There...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: I think we can all appreciate that these are exceptional times, but there was a moment within them when it seemed like we were all in this together. A crisis hit us and while we were rocked to our core, our instincts appeared to be to protect the collective. Across the political divide we found common ground in our understanding that this pandemic does not discriminate between rich and poor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which young children will be expected to socially distance from one another if schools resume in September 2020; and if consideration has been given to the well-being and practicalities of same for young children. [8217/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being made to continue home schooling platforms from September 2020 onwards for parents who wish for their children to remain at home to continue their education until such time as parents are of the view it is safe for their children to return to school. [8218/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (27 May 2020)

Gary Gannon: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant thresholds are being extended; and if the registration fee has been considered for abolition (details supplied). [8220/20]