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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (9 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of increasing the rate of jobseeker's allowance for all young people aged under 25 years in line with the maximum person rate for those aged over 25 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21553/23]

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for introducing this important Bill. We hope to support it, with a few amendments. I will go through some of the Bill's important components. Section 22 establishes the licensing authority as a designated competent authority for recognising foreign qualifications in respect of scheduled activities. This is important, and not only in the context of this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (3 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) will have their documents returned to them from the relevant office. [20368/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: I ask the Tánaiste about facial recognition technology. Although I disagree, I understand why the Garda Commissioner would want to fast track such a technology. However, one would also have to appreciate why civil liberties groups are urging us to tread very cautiously when it comes to introducing one of the most privacy-intrusive tools in the history of policing in this State without...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: Come on.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline on when the updated deferred Leaving Certificate criteria will be announced. [20142/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional time is to be granted to Ukrainian students sitting Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations to ensure that they can make all necessary translations. [20143/23]

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: I fully appreciate the extraordinary achievement that is the Good Friday Agreement. It is captured perfectly in some of the statements made recently by George Mitchell, who was instrumental in achieving it. He captured it in numbers when he said that from the start of the Troubles until 1998, more than 3,500 people were killed and an estimated 50,000 were injured, and that in the 25 years...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19317/23]

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "UN mandate/authority for the mission": "and all maritime units deployed are subject to the obligation under international law to provide assistance to persons in distress at sea." Because I believe in certainty when it comes to these things, I have tabled an amendment to the motion. The amendment is very simple. It states, "all...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council which he attended; the issues discussed; and the conclusions reached. [19316/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Government is expected to run a surplus of €10 billion this year and what is forecast for next year is a surplus of €16.2 billion. My question is simple. When are normal people, many of whom are struggling through this devastating cost of living crisis, going to see the surplus invested in their lives be that through housing, climate, education, childcare, arts or culture?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [19315/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: Data breaches and cyberattacks will be the preferred weapon of the future, as it is of the present, with the potential to bring the whole infrastructure of the State to a halt. The 2021 HSE cyberattack demonstrated Ireland's vulnerabilities and showed that we are not immune from such belligerent actions. The State is in large part responsible for the confidentiality, integrity and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [19314/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Programme for Government (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the decision to abandon the commitment in the Programme for Government to conduct a pilot on universal basic income in the lifetime of the Government (details supplied); if it has been decided to carry out microsimulations of UBI, as recommended by the Low Pay Commission and ESRI; if so, what are the parameters of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all scholarships under the DEIS Gaeltachta have been allocated for 2023; and if she will provide a breakdown of all scholarships allocations by school and county, in tabular form. [19427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of one-parent family payment; the total number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment; and the number of recipients of each payment who are self-employed, in tabular form. [19423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the ending of means testing of child maintenance for lone parents accessing social welfare payments will come into effect. [19424/23]