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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that his Department is taking to increase diversity within the medical profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25285/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: At the weekend, the Business Postreported that the introduction of a vacant homes tax is in doubt. When my colleague, Deputy Cian O’Callaghan, asked the Taoiseach about this yesterday, he said that information collected by revenue related to local property tax is being analysed to assess the merits and inform the design of a vacant property tax. This seems to suggest that the...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank my colleague Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for bringing forward the motion. It is an opportunity to debate and scrutinise the frankly bizarre proposal of the Government to give €450 million of State resources to developers so that they may continue to profit from a crisis they created. The Minister keeps interrupting. I will give him an opportunity to do so in a second.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: Having listened to his response to Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, I am still at a loss as to why he intends to give up to €144,000 per apartment to developers so they may do the job that they and, indeed, the Government believe they are capable of doing. Through the Chair, I will once again ask who initiated the scheme. Who was around the table when the Government came up with this scheme?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (18 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CAO applications in 2019, 2020 and 2021, that contained errors which could have resulted in students not receiving an offer of a college place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25290/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for her response. I fully appreciate this is a matter that crosses many Departments. I also appreciate the urgency behind it. A report from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul some months ago indicated many one-parent families are choosing between having meals and paying their electricity costs. These issues will not be addressed through the report. The report might...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date she expects to publish the child maintenance review group report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24645/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I do not think it is me next.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: My question is brief. I want to ask the Minister the date she expects to publish a child maintenance review group report and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister and I welcome getting some degree of insight to the report. In her next response I ask the Minister to give an estimated date for publication of the report. Would it be before summer, for example? It would be helpful if we had some degree of knowledge of the timeline. We both agree that it is abhorrent that lone parents and their children continue to be one of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: It is important to recognise from the beginning that while I appreciate that the minimum basic income for the arts is the responsibility of the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, this is a Government initiative and there is crossover, so I will address them both together. There is genuine concern that the scheme will not be worth the energy or the time required if it means that disabled...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I am conscious of it, but there are a couple of things we have to be conscious of in addition to that. An artist under the basic income for the arts scheme may be able to work 40 hours per week in applying themselves to the arts, but that may not be possible for an artist who has disability. They may only be able to apply themselves for ten hours a week, for example. That is very...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the issues that are facing disabled artists particularly related to the recently launched basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [24938/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: My question is to ask the Minister if she will meet with an organisation, Disabled Artists & Disabled Academics, to discuss the issues facing disabled artists in particular regarding the recently launched basic income for the arts pilot scheme. The Minister will be aware of the pilot scheme, which was launched by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances in which recipients of social welfare protections payments can have their payments suspended without prior notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation the full transition to the total contributions approach as recommended by the commission on pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artists' Remuneration (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a motion passed by Monaghan County Council (details supplied) in relation to supporting artists with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all autistic children are eligible for the July provision summer programme. [24946/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the omission of relationship and sexual education within her Department’s Strategy 2021-2023, despite the commitment in relation to same in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24947/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of disabled artists who fear the loss of social welfare payments and supports if they are successful in accessing the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24939/22]