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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary students that have missed their public dental screening appointments in each of the years 2019 to 2021 per CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 1st, 4th and 6th class primary school children respectively on waiting lists to access the schools dental screening programme to year end 2021 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 813. To ask the Minister for Health if he has asked the women's health task force to consider funding options for first line medications for hyperemesis gravidarum; and if so, when the group's review will be complete. [9762/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 814. To ask the Minister for Health if pyridoxine and doxylamine is considered a food supplement rather than a medical product in Ireland; if so, the reason that it is considered a food supplement; if this labelling of pyridoxine and doxylamine as a food product is standard international practice in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9763/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Amnesty International (22 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I welcome our contributors from Amnesty International. Although the Government has yet to officially respond to the full findings of the Amnesty International report, both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, have answered questions on the floor of the Dáil regarding its conclusion that Israel is enforcing a system of apartheid against Palestinians. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Amnesty International (22 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I just want to make sure I get full answers to my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Amnesty International (22 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Chairman. Yoseph Haddad, an Israeli Arab activist, is due to speak here in the Oireachtas later this week. He is reported as saying he is coming here so that people can listen to the voices of his community rather than others who speak over them. In undertaking this research, did Amnesty International speak to Israeli Arabs to get their perspectives? How does the research...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (17 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I sense the Minister of State's frustration in the response. When I give my response back it is not aimed at the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, it is aimed at the lack of urgency in addressing the issue. When the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, was in opposition in 2018 he raised this very issue. Back then he would have brought it to the Heath Products Regulatory...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (17 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for providing time for this Topical Issue on the urgent need for accessible and affordable medical care for those suffering from hyperemesis. The women's health task force and the medicines management programme were recently tasked with finding a solution when it comes to the treatment of hyperemesis with the drug Cariban. Cariban is the first stage...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: In 2022, in a modern wealthy republic, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul released a report today entitled, The Cost of Surviving?. There are many shocking findings in the report, but one that stands out for me is the fact that 30% of one-parent family respondents said that due to the rising cost of living they were cutting back on essentials like food. I am sure I am not the only person in...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: The Social Democrats welcomes the publication of the report on the Defence Forces, Óglaigh na hÉireann, by the Commission on the Defence Forces. The report offers an insight into the current situation in the Defence Forces and offers recommendations that can help the organisation to meet the challenges of the future, while at the same time creating a safe and positive working...

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this important and timely motion. The cost of disability report is a bleak overview of the increased annual financial burden that is associated with having a disability in Ireland. It costs between €9,500 and €11,700 more every year to live with a disability. To put this in context, the standard rate of disability allowance is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: Between one in 100 and one in 200 women will suffer from hyperemesis during pregnancy, a debilitating condition that causes extreme levels of nausea and vomiting. The national guidelines for the treatment of hyperemesis specifically refer to the drug Cariban as the first stage in its treatment algorithm. However, in Ireland, there is a complete lack of affordability when it comes to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (10 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a funding suspension which an organisation (details supplied) has been subjected to by the European Commission since May 2021 in order to investigate if a project had been subject to infringements of obligations or irregularities; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that although this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (10 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make strong representations to the European Commission seeking clarification on the reasons that a deferment of funding has continued since July 2021 with regard to the continued suspension of funding by the European Commission for a human rights organisation (details supplied) although no anomalies were discovered; the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (10 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 310. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission has continually conceded that Israel has failed to present any concrete credible evidence against an organisation (details supplied) as one of the six designated NGOs for which there is a continued suspension of funding by the European Commission for the human rights...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (10 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Commission has suspended funding to some of the six Palestinian human rights NGO organisations labelled by Israel as terrorist entities in October 2021; if so, the organisations that have been penalised in this way; if his attention has been drawn to the purpose or rationale of this initiative; his views on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase degree places for nursing and midwifery for September 2022 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6386/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: This relates to increasing the number of places in universities for nursing and midwifery. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: That is brilliant. I have a suggestion about where some of those places may come from. A couple of months ago my office was contacted by a young woman who took part in a QQI level 5 course in nursing. She got full distinctions on the course but was unable to access university because there were a limited number of places for people transitioning from QQI level 5 to nursing at university...