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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on the Crisis in Ukraine: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: We all are aware of the statements the Russian ambassador made to the Russian television station, Russia-24, in which he described Ireland as being a hotbed of anti-Russian sentiment. I do not think anyone here is anti-Russian but we certainly are anti-Putin and we are opposed to the federation in which he is involved. Did the Minister talk to the ambassador about his statement to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on the Crisis in Ukraine: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: He said we were anti-Russian.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on the Crisis in Ukraine: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (10 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: They are not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of eligibility to student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12848/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: Has the Minister's attention being drawn to the lack of eligibility to student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I assure the Minister that finding commonality across the Chamber would never be an issue to be uncomfortable with. I wanted to raise this matter in general but also specifically relating to Irish citizens who are not currently eligible for the SUSI grant. This issue was brought to my attention by Kuxi Ghai, an incredible law student in Kings Inns and also an incredible advocate for the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I am really happy that we seem to be in line regarding reviewing this. However, I wrote to the Minister in November and again in January, at which time we seemed to be at odds. I am glad that seems to have been rectified. I am very conscious that the Minister has included reference to the Minister for Justice. My concern is that the buck will continue to be passed between the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who are heading one-parent families are a priority group for supports into further and higher education at all levels of education; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a systemic disadvantage for one-parent family recipients who wish to pursue a PhD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SUSI review will be published; when he plans to implement the recommendations from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work by his Department on reducing the issue of precarity of employment in the higher education sector. [12851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual expenditure from the Revenue Commissioners towards additional healthcare expenses for a child from 2017-2021; the average annual relief claimed for child oncology patients in tabular form. [12899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amounts paid to third parties for the rental of properties for school accommodation from 2010 to date broken down by county, year and school in tabular form. [12905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of 16- and 17-year-olds living with cancer who applied for disability allowance from 2018 - 2021; the number of applications that were accepted and refused; the annual expenditure on accepted cases in tabular form. [12900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the participation rates of students in recipient of SUSI on the Erasmus+ programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [12906/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 652. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an association (details supplied) which is seeking an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across Ireland; if he has engaged with this association; if so, the details of the engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 653. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Mater Misericordiae University is currently operating with a shortage of neurology nurse specialists; the estimated cost of an additional eight neurology nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting a neurology outpatient appointment in the Mater Misericordiae University. [12903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 655. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether investing in neurology nurses is a cost-efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and ensuring patients have access to the specialist support they need to manage their conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12904/22]

Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (3 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: First, I thank and commend Senator Flynn, in her capacity as chairperson of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community, all the members of the committee and the wider participants on creating this vital report that so starkly presents not only the inequalities but also the structural violence faced by Irish Travellers. I also acknowledge the ferocity in the call in...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the opportunity to discuss Amnesty International's vitally important report entitled, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: A Cruel System of Domination and a Crime Against Humanity. The report details how Israeli authorities are forcing a system of apartheid against all Palestinians living under their effective control. This include Palestinians living in Israel and the...