Results 941-960 of 3,222 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of running the Covid Learning and Support Scheme, CLASS, 2021-2022; and the total number of beneficiaries. [24284/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide additional supports, specifically extra time, for students with dyslexia undertaking the junior and leaving certificate examinations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at third level. [24279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €4,225 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [24280/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €2,415 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [24282/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €4,225 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [24281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €2,415 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. [24283/23]

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: The defence and security challenges facing Ireland have never been more diverse and Ireland has perhaps never been so ill-equipped to handle them. Current geopolitical tensions across the world are being fuelled and intensified in the first instance by Russia's grotesque invasion of Ukraine. Before that was the rise of populism. The threats posed by accelerated climate change, energy and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: I add my voice and that of my party in condemning the brutal scenes in Navan when a 14-year-old child was brutally assaulted. That should never take place. BeLonG To, the youth LGBT organisation, released figures today from 2022 research which found that 76% of young LGBTQI+ students in schools found schools to be unsafe. What is the Government doing to ensure schools and public spaces are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the fruit and vegetable market in Dublin's north inner city (details supplied). [23664/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she would support a review of the GAAGO subscription model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23666/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to discuss the need for a state-of-the-art sports facility in Alfie Byrne Park (details supplied). [23663/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department's work regarding housing in the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23662/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: Nobody doubts the scale of the challenge facing the State and communities all over the country in terms of providing shelter, welcome and safety to so many people who have travelled here over the past year. What I find unacceptable is the repetition of mistakes, time and again, that started almost last October in East Wall and have continued right up to Magowna this weekend. I want to ask...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: I commend Sinn Féin Deputies on bringing forward the Bill. We in the Social Democrats will absolutely support it. In January 2022, Deputies Connolly and Carthy asked parliamentary questions about the potential for Ireland recognising the State of Palestine. The then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, replied: The Government has pledged to honour our commitment to recognise...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: What steps is the Tánaiste taking to address the staffing shortages in the Defence Forces? I believe we are currently approximately 4,000 short of where we should be.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Tánaiste for his answer. This really comes down to the housing crisis. I grew up with a lot of people who went on to serve in the armed forces. McKee Barracks is right beside where I grew up. There is great pride among people who want to serve. I know several people who served, who then came out of the Defence Forces and into the private sector and who are now trying to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: At the very minimum, we should look at the stock we already have at our disposal. I believe we can reanimate some of it and get Defence Forces staff back into it. This may even be an emergency situation. There was a report in The Irish Timestwo weeks ago regarding a young woman, a member of the Defence Forces who had a child, who ended up homeless and sleeping in a car when the Defence...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: In April this year, the High Court found the State was in violation of Article 1 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union when it comes to its treatment of migrants in this country. Article 1 has ten words. It simply states: Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected. In the month that has passed, we saw tents continue to build up outside the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the current issues relating to climate change wellbeing and teacher retention, would she accept that the provision of a working, nationwide redeployment system for post primary teachers could alleviate each of these problems to some extent; and given the benefits of such a system would, she now schedule talks with the stakeholders to...