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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider removing the fees for passport applications that are not completed until after the estimated delivery date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22978/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Electricity Supply Board (10 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had further communications with the ESB following correspondence to the company in September 2019 requesting further information regarding the outsourcing of coal from the Cerrejón mine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time passport applications that have been escalated in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [22734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time passport applications that have been escalated more than once in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [22735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average length of time between a first-time passport application being escalated and the passport being issued. [22736/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of first-time passport applications made to his Department in 2022; and the number of applications that went over 30 working days. [22737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (10 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease, IBS, and colitis will be included on the list of medical illnesses that are eligible for the free parking scheme. [22738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (5 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the dearth of artistic spaces and venues in the city of Dublin; and her plans on same. [22186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (5 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department intends to ensure that those additional social welfare payments such as one-parent families or disability entitlements would not lose those payments should they be accepted on to UBI scheme for artists. [22182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (5 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the proposed redevelopment of Dalymount Park. [22183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (5 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artists from the most recent data available that have applied for the artists basic income scheme and the number of those artists that are in receipt of a means-tested payment from the Department of Social Protection. [22185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (5 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if landlords with multiple tenants in the same building, all who have different energy meters, are to split the €200 energy allowance amongst the tenants or if every tenant should receive €200 each. [22545/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the visa change to a stamp 4 will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [22542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average amount of wait time for a person changing from stamp 2 to stamp 4. [22543/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (4 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to emails sent from the Teaching Council on 27 April, 2022; if its mailing list was accessed or hacked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22187/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (4 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been brought to an RSE programme in a school (details supplied) that excluded LGBTQI+ relationships and contraception from its curriculum; her views on whether this is adequate RSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22188/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: School Curriculum (28 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education. This week we heard reports of a school that, in correspondence with the parents its students, stated its relationships and sexuality education, RSE, programme will not include contraception or LGBTQI+ relationships, or what it called "same sex friendships". I will quote from the letter that was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla – Topical Issue Debate: School Curriculum (28 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: Before I comment on the Minister of State's response, which was in line with what I had expected, I might ask him a question in respect of his role in the Department of Justice. Where does he foresee the provision of RSE in the combating of gender-based violence? In the cross-departmental work being carried out by the Minister for Justice, the fourth pillar is education. Does the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: Yesterday, a school in Wicklow made headlines after details of its relationships and sexuality education programme came to light detailing the deliberate and conscious aim to exclude and erase LGBTQI+ people and their community. To quote from a document shared with parents from that school, teachers do not cover topics such as contraception and same-sex friendships, and children who ask...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: I acknowledge the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. We are in the midst of an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, with inflation running at nearly 7%, the highest it has been for more than 20 years. The carbon tax is not the predominant cause of this inflationary spike. We must be clear about that, but carbon tax adds an additional cost to energy prices. The...