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Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I commend the Minister on the announcement he made today. There was much merit in what he announced and, time allowing, I will come back to some aspects of it at the end of my contribution. I listened to the Minister's speech earlier and the part that stuck out for me was the disadvantaged action plan. He mentioned the concept of bringing more students from disadvantaged areas into...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: Several months ago I visited the Cerrejón mine with members of the Irish Embassy in Colombia and we saw for ourselves the impact that the mine and the potential expansion of that mine has on local communities. I was there and we saw the communities appeal to us as visitors and observers to take an interest in the fact that their lives and their children's lives have been grotesquely...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I hope the Minister does not mind me saying that the Bettercoal initiative is industry-led. Those companies are benefiting from the industry and should not be allowed to dictate the conditions by which we combat its impact.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has liaised with the ESB to ensure that a human rights assessment is carried out on the communities surrounding Colombian mines to ensure the protection of indigenous and local communities who have suffered as a consequence of these mines given that Ireland recommenced purchasing coal from Colombian mines. [28727/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: My question pertains to the fact that the Government, through the ESB, is back purchasing coal from the Cerrejón mine in Colombia. My question is on whether we intend to carry out a human rights assessment on the indigenous and local communities surrounding that mine to see the impact the mine and the fossil fuel extraction around that location is having on their lives.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: I do not accept that the Minister does not have a function when we take fossil fuel extractions and the impact it has on the community. I do not accept that from Deputy Eamon Ryan, as a Minister in government and in his position as the leader of the Green Party. Whatever these extractions happen, if they impact locally or globally, we all have a function in that regard, which is why I am...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SNA allocations for the 2022/2023 school year will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is reviewing when the SNA allocations are released; if the information will be released earlier in the school year to reduce the stress caused by school leaders and SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the precise legislative provision that authorises home inspections as envisaged by article 4.2 and 4.3 of the Code of Practice for Social Welfare Inspectors. [28800/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of any circular or memo issued by her Department that authorises home inspections for social welfare inspectors. [28801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 22 March 2022, if she will provide further information regarding the rules-based approach to reviews; when this approach was initiated in her Department; the approach that existed prior to the rules-based approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if marriages of Irish citizens in Utah, USA, are recognised in Ireland in cases in which the ceremonies have taken place virtually; and if not, the reason given that these marriages are entered on the country’s civil register and all legal formalities have been followed. [28798/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a marriage licence between persons (details supplied) will be reviewed given that the couple followed all legal formalities and that their marriage is on the civil register in the United States where they married; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the leaders of the political parties in Northern Ireland following the Stormont elections. [26206/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28497/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €4,225 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate-level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €2,415 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28500/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2022)

Gary Gannon: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28501/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I want to add my voice to the call for statements on special education this week. It is a real shame that on the last day of May, SNA allocations still have not been announced. This is a sad indictment of how the Department treats those at the front line who are providing essential services to children in our schools. It is vital that we have statements on these issues towards the end of...