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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...

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

Gary Gannon: I do not need to dwell any more deeply on this. Last year, for example, 1,296 students were in colleges of further education who would have made exceptionally good nurses. They chose that pathway, studying for a year in the area, before finding there were very limited places for them in university. I worked in career guidance for early school-leavers, encouraging people to do nursing that...

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin and in particularly Deputy Clarke for tabling this motion today. It is certainly a timely debate that needs to be had. The very antithesis of restorative justice is to retraumatise the victims. That is not the first time I have used those words in this Chamber related to a group of people, in particular women, who have been wronged in a most gruesome fashion. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the work undertaken to address sexual harassment and violence in third-level education considering the findings from the national surveys of student and staff experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education. [6387/22]

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

Gary Gannon: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether colleges should increase the use of entrance examinations in 2022 for entry for students who have achieved the general requirements for matriculation but who have not attained the required grade in specific subjects, such as leaving certificate mathematics; if the matter has been considered; and if he will make a statement...

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

Gary Gannon: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the disproportional number of places offered on QQI level 5 pre-nursing courses and the places dedicated to students coming from these routes on level 8 nursing degrees; his plans to rectify the imbalance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: 383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to address the delays in processing the registration of foreign births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I will ask some very direct questions, individually if possible, and I will be very quick. Why were only four of the officials who were present asked to make a donation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Gary Gannon: I was going to ask how the amount of the donations were arrived at but Senator Ardagh has done that. Did Mr. Hackett discuss this donation with the former Secretary General, Mr. Burgess, before he made the recommendation and did he mention to him that he was going to recommend €2,000, in advance of the recommendation being announced?