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Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: In April of this year, when the Ombudsman for Children report entitled Mind The Gap: Research on Barriers to the Realisation of Rights of Children with Disabilities in Ireland was published, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, talked about how children with disabilities are not seen, not heard and not counted by the State. These children and their families face so many barriers day...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I am conscious that we are joined by the Minister of Health. Both he and the Tánaiste will be aware that hyperemesis is an excruciating and debilitating condition experienced by 1% of women and people experiencing pregnancy. In a response to a parliamentary question I submitted, it was revealed this week that 3,304 hospitalisations occurred last year through women experiencing this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the eligibility criteria for the deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure that students who have a unforeseen medical emergency while sitting an examination are eligible for deferred sittings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34589/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: Will the Minister review the eligibility criteria for the deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure students who have an unforeseen medical emergency while sitting the examinations are eligible for deferred sittings? Will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I want to quote from a press release from Epilepsy Ireland last week, following the announcement that a young man had to leave his examination after an emergency. It stated, "A seizure is a seizure, whether it happens an hour before the exam or during the exam, it has the same impact on you." My question is specifically about people who have to leave examinations during the examination. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: The second sitting of examinations is welcome. There are some issues with its deployment but we can talk about that on a different day. The question I am asking today is about what happens when a person experiences a medical emergency during the examination. The SEC previously stated that people would not be able to resit the examination. There was a welcome change last week during an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the State Examinations Commission's leaving certificate examination result date for 2022; and her views on the effects of the lateness of the results on students and the higher education sector. [34909/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will start to gather data on the number of children requiring special educational needs supports in integrated settings in mainstream primary and post-primary schools; and, if so, if this data will be included within its annual education indictors, as per the recommendations made in the Ombudsman for Children's report, Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation from the Ombudsman for Children's office in the report, Place for Places, that her Department urgently publish a plan to ensure there are sufficient school places in the short to medium term to meet the forecasted needs of children with special educational needs within their local...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 55. To ask the Taoiseach if a person from his Department is currently seconded to the university or third-level education sector. [26205/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 569. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when first-time passports for siblings (details supplied) will be issued. [34590/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 570. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when first-time passports for siblings (details supplied) will be issued. [34591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (28 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 674. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will commit to fixing the anomaly in the legislation to ensure women and pregnant people can defer their maternity leave while undergoing cancer treatment or any other serious illness. [34593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI attempts to recoup payments in instances in which further and higher institutions have received fee grants by SUSI from overpayments; if so, the amount of overpayment in fee grants identified by SUSI in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the amount recouped for these years. [34592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State Examinations Commission has changed its policy in relation to supporting students who due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are not able to complete a leaving certificate examination (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who cannot complete leaving certificate examinations due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are eligible to apply for access to the deferred sittings. [33507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (23 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to claims that the treatment shown to Ukrainian students is preferential to any other children fleeing conflict and war from other regions in the world including Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33508/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (23 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she believes that Ireland’s education should equally support all children fleeing conflict and war in the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (23 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the 15 additional teaching hours to all children seeking sanctuary from conflict and war. [33510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding the fuel allowance to include those in receipt of the working family payment. [33247/22]