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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]

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

Gary Gannon: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of social welfare overpayments recouped after death in each of the years to 2021. [33248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: General Register Office (22 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the registration provisions for stillbirths following the consultation by the General Register Office. [33249/22]

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

Gary Gannon: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider removing the necessity for dependent spouse State pensioners from having to apply separately for dental and optical checks in cases in which they have already been approved by the system. [33250/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (22 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will purchase the land at Bessborough or investigate if a compulsory purchase order is possible to protect the site from development and to allow for a detailed investigation for burial sites. [33246/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and pregnant persons who required hospital care as a result of untreated hyperemesis or dehydration or other effects of hyperemesis for 2021. [33251/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the barriers for artists with disabilities availing of funding from schemes initiated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the steps that she is taking to eliminate these barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32446/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement or interaction with the Minister for Social Protection in relation to ensuring that artists with disabilities do not risk losing their core social protection payments such as disability allowance or blind pension when receiving grants and bursaries from schemes initiated by the Department of Tourism,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 530. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he received correspondence from this Deputy relating to an issue (details supplied) sent on 30 May 2022; and if a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will be included in the review currently under way; if not, the reason for its exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32817/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of notifications made to the Tusla Educational Welfare Support Service in relation to the use of reduced timetables for the current academic year; the number of reduced timetables used for children with special educational needs or disability; and the number of reduced timetables used for children with a Traveller or Roma heritage;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that her Department has acted on a report (details supplied) specifically in relation to the merit in a policy providing enhanced opportunities for career guidance training for teachers in special needs schools and in enhancing the access of such schools to wider career guidance supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is currently a backlog of applications for the one-parent family payment; if so, the number of applications in the backlog; and the average time for processing a one parent family payment application.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that income from scholarships (details supplied) bursaries, stipend or scholarships for PhDs is treated to ensure that it is disregarded for persons in receipt of the disability allowance and blind pensions. [32449/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Balance (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the gender breakdown for all social welfare inspectors employed by her Department. [32814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question No. 1298 of 14 June 2022, the amount that was recouped from overpayments through student repayments in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [32815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (21 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 that outlines the main provisions of the assessment of needs process will be reviewed having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that is currently under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32816/22]

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: The Minister and the Minister of State have each stated multiple times, including in the opening part of the address today, that 25% of the Department budget, some €2 billion, is dedicated to meeting the needs of children with additional educational needs. That is an impressive figure but it is little or no comfort to young people and families without appropriate education. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: In this Chamber we hear much about the cost of living but the Society of St. Vincent de Paul report from several months ago captured the issue more succinctly. For too many families in this country, it is the cost of survival. There was a report yesterday from the ESRI that demonstrated clearly that those most vulnerable are, once again, lone parents and adults of a working age living with...