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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list the disability consultative groups and members of these groups that her Department engages with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport of a child (details supplied) will issue. [27507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the behaviour of the Israeli riot police who stormed a group of mourners as they attempted to carry the coffin of a Palestinian-American journalist (details supplied) from a hospital in east Jerusalem to a church in the Old City and the fact that police fired stun grenades and used batons to beat...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports on the activities of the Israeli military in the past weeks against the Palestinian people (details supplied); and the additional action that he proposes to take at national and European Union-level to advance a solution and alleviate the suffering of these Palestinian communities. [27634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a press release from one of the organisations (details supplied) involved in the recently published review of out-of-school education provision, which states that the data it provided in relation to the number of students achieving the Leaving Certificate was misrepresented in page 51 of the report; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the data provided by each of the organisations involved in the recently published review of out-of-school education provision in relation to the number of students achieving the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI maintenance grants that were paid to recipients on full-time courses whereby disability allowance was declared by the applicant broken down by post Leaving Certificate, undergraduate and postgraduate courses for the academic years 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and to date in 2021/2022, in tabular form. [27504/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: The express the full solidarity of the committee and the people of Ireland with Mr. Yermak and the people of Ukraine. I want to ask about the internally displaced people within Ukraine. What is their experience? Is there anything we can do in terms of providing support or provisions to help those who have been internally displaced and are still in Ukraine at this moment?

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for joining us today. I am very conscious that in a debate lasting over two hours, parliamentarians across the Chamber will be standing up and effectively saying the same thing. While that is frustrating for us, I imagine it is more frustrating for the thousands of people who have been left frustrated by this issue. We all accept the Passport Office's...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak today on this important subject. I recognise the work that has been undertaken by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on the issue of apprenticeships. My contribution is not intended for the Minister of State but more to have a discussion about apprenticeships on the whole. Who they are for? Who may...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: Returning to the issue of special education centres, I agree that language is important. Can the Tánaiste imagine the shudder of fear that went through families with children with special or additional needs last night when they heard the phrase "special education centres"? The Government asks us for our trust. The Tánaiste says the policy is integration, yet the practice now...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: We are here to discuss Northern Ireland and the rapidly evolving situation in relation to the Northern Ireland protocol, legacy issues and the shared responsibility that we hold with the UK regarding the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. They are all very live and important issues that are deserving of our time in this House. It is important that as we talk about the issues...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (25 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of women who were affected by the marriage bar before it was abolished in 1973; the number of women who have a reduced or no public service pension due to them having to leave their public-sector employment with the marriage bar; and the estimated cost of providing a public service pension to these women. [26959/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing core social welfare payments by €15, €20 and €30 per week in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the working family payment by €20, €30 and €40 per week for all recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing core social welfare payments and the working family payment by seven per cent in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (25 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current ratio of her Department's employment services case officers to clients; the current proportion of case officer clients who are lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26958/22]

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: George Orwell is said to have written, "In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered by the forces of the Israeli state precisely because she committed her life to sharing the horrific truths of Israel's cruel treatment of the Palestinian people. She was wearing a bright blue vest marked "Press" and was standing with other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest average class size figure for primary schools in Ireland for 2021 and 2022 academic years (details supplied); if the average class size has reduced from 23.3 as detailed in her Department’s statistical bulletin from December 2021. [26263/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children enrolled in primary schools as of the 30 September 2021; and the number of pupils enrolled in special schools on the same date. [26264/22]