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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: I fully accept the complexity of junior certificate results, particularly following Covid, which destabilised the leaving certificate, the appeals and everything else that came with that. Today I contacted a number of schools in my area and asked if there were any issues I could raise. What came back continually was the junior certificate results. This has implications, for example, for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate the response. In particular, the idea of a review is welcome. We could learn a lot from such a review. As has been suggested by a number of schools and people who take part in it, does it call into question the validity of the junior certificate moving forward? Is this still an examination we are committed to? This year's cohort of junior certificate students awaiting a...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: As Deputy Whitmore said, there is some merit in the proposals in the Bill before us. The €1.7 billion investment will do some good but that needs to be put in the context of the level of suffering and need in the country. The failure to target this will mean that people in this country will continue to have to choose between heating and eating. That is something that cannot and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: On three occasions today, the last of which was at 1.41 p.m., I was contacted by people, one of whom asked "Can you help me? I'm in desperate need of help." Does anyone around this Chamber have any doubt about the content of that message? It was the third person today telling me they were about to be made homeless. The children of each of the three families by which I was contacted will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: Their notices are up.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: Let us have an eviction ban.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: That is the issue I am raising.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: What is the point in asking questions if-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: Does the Taoiseach agree with a ban on evictions?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of a science-led and age appropriate relationship and sexual education programme that is mandatory across all publicly funded schools. [50373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline information in relation to newly established collaborative efforts between HSE children's disability services and education to examine if services to children with complex additional needs and their families has been rolled out in all up and running CDNTs to date; and when and how such a collaboration will be evaluated in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 775. To ask the Minister for Health if pregnant women and persons suffering from hyperemesis will need a prescription from an obstetric consultant prescription in order to access cariban free of charge; and the reason that the drug considered as a first-line treatment in HSE guidelines will not be free if prescribed by a GP. [50381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current 12 month wait times for each children's disability network team in CHO9 that is, the number of children that are waiting for one, two, three, four and five plus years. [49658/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the name, address, service provider and area served for each of the children's disability network teams in CH09. [50062/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the 12 newly established CDNTs for the Dublin north city and county service serve the areas of Drumcondra, Phibsboro, South Glasnevin, Smithfield and the Quays area of the north inner city. [50374/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 771. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to set up CDNTs for the Dublin north city and county areas, to provide services to children with complex additional needs and their families; and the timelines that are in place for same. [50375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if children and their families in areas in Dublin north city and county are receiving any services at present; and if so, the service providers from which they receive same. [50377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 773. To ask the Minister for Health if any national guidelines and circulars or other written instructions related to best practice exist in relation to the way that individual CDNTs should operate services and waiting lists for the two different pathways of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (11 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: 774. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline information in relation to newly established collaborative efforts between HSE children's disability services and education to examine if services to children with complex additional needs and their families has been rolled out in all up and running CDNTs to date; and when and how such a collaboration will be evaluated in the future....

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Gary Gannon: I will not be that long. I welcome the Minister's contribution and, especially, the transfer of the NSO and the choirs from RTÉ to the NCH. At its best and when done correctly, the NSO is an invaluable reflection of Ireland’s musical and cultural heritage, and there is probably no home more suitable than the NCH, which, when done correctly as it often is, is a champion of the...