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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (12 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: I intend to be brief in view of what the Chair has just outlined. I thank the Minister for coming in. I echo the sentiments regarding our UN mission. It has been fantastic. I commend everybody involved. Will the Minister explain the Government's position on the decision in respect of Georgia's candidacy for accession to the EU? I am concerned that the decision not to grant candidacy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (7 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the established sub-group of the national advisory forum for Ireland’s framework for doctoral education specifically in relation to PhD students and the issues of precarity and low pay that they face. [36765/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (7 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that his Department is supporting incoming first year students from the national access routes HEAR and DARE; if he is concerned about the impact of orientation programmes for these students due to the release date of the leaving certificate results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36764/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is working with the Department of Social Protection to reinstate SUSI maintenance grant for lone parents in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: 220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be issued on time given that they are due to travel in one weeks’ time. [36966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI eligibility will be extended to students studying part-time in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (7 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced Innovate for Ireland partnership will be open to applications from persons conducting PhD research in the arts and humanities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: There is a myth of free education in this country. Yesterday's measures were an acknowledgement of that. They were driven by the level of fear and anxiety from parents contacting all of our offices including the Minister's talking about their dread over the cost of their children returning to school in September. It was estimated that €236 million would provide a fully free primary...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: It would take €236 million.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: The Government can provide €450 million for developers.

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (6 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank Deputy Cairns for bringing forward this motion and acknowledge those in the Visitors Gallery who have travelled here today to stand once again for their basic rights. In particular I acknowledge my friend, Emilie Conway, from the Disabled Artists & Disabled Academics Group and her colleague, Jackie Conboy, who for the second week have come to the Dáil to demand basic...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion today. It is an unusually important motion. I also believe that the ramifications of the motion and the Opposition pressure have led to the announcement today, which I welcome. The announcement today will bring great relief to families who are struggling. I lament the fact that it took so long to get to this point but, regardless, it...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Gary Gannon: I intend to discuss Ireland's participation with the UN, but first I will address a few issues that have been raised in this debate, in particular, by the previous speaker. I acknowledge the fact warfare has changed in many ways. However, throughout the world and with the invasion of Ukraine, it is still working class men and women who are being sent to the front lines and killed because of...

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]