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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (9 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Minister had to ask whether the school was part of the programme. Action to alleviate poverty cannot be based on a roulette wheel of which schools have hot meals and which do not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (9 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the steps she intends to take to eradicate child poverty. [6395/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (9 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: What steps does the Department intend to take to eradicate child poverty, particularly in light of the Taoiseach's remark that a unit would be set up in his Department to combat child poverty?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (9 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: When we ask these questions, we get to throw the ball in the air and the Minister gets to tell us all the great things the Government is doing. It is just the nature of them.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (9 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: Exactly. However, 163,936 children in this country still live in consistent poverty according to the data presented last year. These are children without access to two warm coats and if their shoes are damaged, their parents are unable to replace. Regardless of whether the child goes hungry, there is certainly an adult in his or her house who does. I welcomed the fact that when the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (9 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate fully that poverty is multidimensional. I hope it goes across all Departments. The Ombudsman for Children asked for a child poverty strategy to be embedded in all Departments and I welcome this call. At its basis, poverty, whether that is childhood poverty or the poverty of a family, is about what a person is being asked to go without, such as food, warm clothes, shoes or the...

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

Gary Gannon: 19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the legal basis on which welfare inspectors are entitled to enter a person’s home. [6173/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (8 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the gender pay gap report from his Department. [5889/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 45. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [5890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding SNA allocations for September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6189/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views and those of the Government on, “the triple lock”; and if he has any intention to change the current regime to a situation where the Government would have more flexibility to act militarily abroad. [5162/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I want to ask the Minister about his attitude and that of the Government towards the triple lock mechanism, and whether he has any intention to change the current regime to a situation where the Government would have more flexibility to act militarily abroad.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: It was with that cause for reflection that I was motivated to ask the question. I assume I have a different opinion from the Tánaiste, in that I believe the triple lock has given us strength until this point and I do not want to infringe in any way on our neutrality, although we may disagree as to whether it would or not. Why not have the debate as opposed to spending the past year or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: It was my intention to raise this matter in a respectful manner so that we could create a catalyst for such a debate. Is it the Government's intention to bring forward primary legislation in this term to remove the triple lock?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: Is that the answer?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work of her Department in ensuring that special education teachers, and special needs assistants, are not used to plug gaps in mainstream classes in schools suffering from a teacher shortage. [5163/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the revamped relationships and sexuality education junior cycle curriculum, which is due to be introduced in the coming months. [5058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the two-year length of the Professional Master's in Education is a prohibiting factor for many wishing to enter the profession; and if she is considering shortening its length and lessening its cost. [5139/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the efforts of her Department to address teacher shortages. [5138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider paying teachers in training for their work in placement schools. [5164/23]