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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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views in relation to the public consultation on the status of Ireland publishing a plan to support the implementation of the European Union child guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24948/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 5 May 2022, if an updated residence permit and conditionality letter will be sent to the person (details supplied) given that they have not received any communication directly from INIS to confirm that their stamp changed and they require same for their social protection payment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase affordability and access to Cariban by considering it for reimbursement as an exempt medicinal product under the medical card while the report from the HSE Medicines Management Programme on the drug is being considered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation of 35 children with cystic fibrosis (details supplied) who are being denied access to the life-changing drug kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (17 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 682. 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 to date in 2022. [24367/22]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution. I intend to be quite brief. I listened to the Minister of State's comments and I drafted some notes. I welcome the Minister’s contribution, but it has taken 12 months to get to this point. The fact that it is still being said that work is underway does not instil a huge amount of confidence in me. I note that the Minister of...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to be able to take part in the Second Stage debate of my colleague Deputy Whitmore's Wildlife Bill 2021, a day before National Biodiversity Week commences. She could not be here today due to a family bereavement. All our thoughts are with her on the loss of her sister, Lilian. I am standing in for her today and, in doing...