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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of men and women separately who were recipients of the benefit payment for 65-year-olds in 2021; the number of men and women separately aged 65 years who were in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households with an older person aged 70 plus in receipt of the household benefits package in 2021; the number of households with an older person aged 70 plus not in receipt of the household benefits package in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: 711. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention been drawn to the lack of mention of hyperemesis gravidarum or a commitment to tackling the prohibitive cost of treatment in the Women’s Health Action Plan 2022-2023; if this is an oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Apr 2022)

Gary Gannon: 836. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the action plan following the publication of the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 90. To ask the Minister for Health the way that pregnant women arriving from the Ukraine to Ireland are being supported; if health checks are taking place in the airports; if he is liaising with maternity hospitals regarding the way to support these women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Fire Safety (31 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to issues in relation to a school (details supplied) in regard to the need for a fire safety certificate; and if he will intervene in the matter to ensure this vital service to the local community can remain in operation in the long-term. [17405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (31 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a post-primary school (details supplied) that was given Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status in 2017 that was never partnered with a college, university access office; the reason for the delay; and if the Higher Education Authority, HEA, will respond to the school request to be linked...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recommendation by the HSE Medicines Management Programme for Cariban, which combines doxylamine and pyridoxine; if there is a timeline for a decision on the recommendation to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16690/22]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: The Social Democrats welcome this People Before Profit Bill which provides for a referendum to properly define our neutrality stance. As it currently stands, Articles 28 and 29 of our Constitution outline our position of neutrality. However, the wording around the definition of neutrality is vague, to say the least. Essentially, in the main it allows the Government of the day to determine...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I wish to raise the scenes in Dublin Airport over the weekend. We all watched on with a sense of dismay and bewilderment at the scenes of would-be travellers crammed into the departure lounge, some unable to go on their holidays owing to the absence of security staff. What assurances has the Government sought from the Dublin Airport Authority that these scenes will not be repeated?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the provision for Ukrainian pupils with care needs requiring SNA support will be provided; if schools are to apply through the exceptional review process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (29 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeline for an exceptional review to be completed. [16722/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (29 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pilot workshops on trauma informed approaches from the National Educational Psychological Service have been delivered; and if the national roll-out is still planned for the 2022-2023 academic year. [16723/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (24 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 68. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the inequality facing one parent families in relation to parent's leave; if the matter will be examined for Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14877/22]

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: Undoubtedly, nobody in the Chamber condones the behaviour of a landlord exploiting somebody who is seeking accommodation for personal sexual benefit. Condemnation is not the same as action, however, and I thank my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, for being the one to take action against this predatory behaviour, as well as journalist Ms Ann Murphy of the Irish Examinerfor her critical...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: I just came from a meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence in which we had a presentation from Dóchas, the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, and others. It was a really sobering and genuinely terrifying presentation. I wanted to wait until I heard some of the testimonies from those witnesses on the ground in Ukraine and elsewhere before I came into...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (22 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the hot school meals programme. [14878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artists' Remuneration (22 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on her engagement with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media on the pilot of the basic income scheme for artists in relation to artists on the pilot scheme being able to retain social protection payments, specifically in relation to artists with disabilities. [14876/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be given to carry out an investigation into the high rate of refusal for the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Gary Gannon: 283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any options for persons who have survived serious illness including cancer to continue working for a limited number of hours per week and to continue to avail of their public service pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15091/22]