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- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: We still have a scenario where a teacher will need to do three years in order to get a permanent contract. You cannot expect people to move job or to move into the teaching profession if they know there will be instability in their life for three years. Permanent contracts are going to be essential. The €2,000 package for the PME is very welcome. However, in Dublin and other...
- Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: I am grateful for the opportunity to make some points on this Bill and our pension system more generally. I do not want to come across as if I am suggesting that auto-enrolment is without benefit. Many hardworking people with no pension savings will be saving for the first time and will be better off as a result. Overall, however, I wonder about the repercussions. How does this...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for students in special classes for Summer Programmes has been reduced from €60 per student in 2022, to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024; and the reasons for and evidence used to inform this 50% cut. [16494/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department plans to address teacher workload and class sizes following statements from an organisation (details supplied) that our education service is ‘delivering second-class services in a first-world country’. [16492/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on considerations regarding potential reforms to the Leaving Certificate, given the concerns raised by teachers at this year's annual teachers conferences. [16491/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the adaptation of standardised testing to dictate the assignment of SET hours, which prevents early intervention as testing does not begin until second class. [16495/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department is taking to provide supports for primary school students experiencing homelessness in Dublin's north inner city, where a large percentage of pupils are homeless. [16493/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (16 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work of her Department in relation to attracting prospective students to studying teaching, given Ireland's crippling teacher shortages. [9091/24]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: One of the more odious aspects of the Taoiseach's contribution to the Fine Gael Ard-Fheis on Saturday was when he said, "It is time to have pride again in our capital city", as if Fine Gael had not held the justice Ministry for the past 13 years. He went on to say he would immediately convene a Dublin city centre task force, bringing together the council, retailers, business, community...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: You are an avid supporter.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: But this is policy.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: Several times.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: I really do.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)
Gary Gannon: It was just an announcement.
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
Gary Gannon: They are not the facts.
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
Gary Gannon: Look at the Christian corner, calling themselves good Christians.
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
Gary Gannon: Did the Deputy make any money from it?
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
Gary Gannon: Does he have something to declare?
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
Gary Gannon: We are communists anyway.
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
Gary Gannon: There is Mass on Sunday for the Christians.