Results 1-20 of 1,628 for speaker:Gary Gannon in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if school bus places for children in special education will be ringfenced in advance of any expansion in the offering of school bus places to other children. [20412/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: 553. To ask the Minister for Health to explain precisely the differences between the ‘enhanced medical card’ and the ordinary medical card. [20409/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: 554. To ask the Minister for Health how many institutional survivors, who are eligible for the ‘enhanced medical card’, are already in possession of the ordinary medical card; and the difference the ‘enhanced’ card will make to them. [20410/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: 555. To ask the Minister for Health what are, or will be, the differences between the entitlements of HAA card holders and holders of the ‘enhanced medical card’. [20411/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (25 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to seek more sustained, long-term solutions to support families experiencing food poverty during school holidays, given the Children’s Rights Alliance food provision scheme received applications totalling over €350,000 - six times its capacity, in the run up to the Christmas holidays in 2023....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (25 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how the green paper on disability reform will impact students in higher education receiving disability payments. [9087/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (18 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the universal basic income pilot scheme for artists after it is due to end in 2025. [17059/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its push for sporting facilities for the young people of the south inner city on the site on Marrowbone Lane. [17058/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (18 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to upgrade public sports pitches with suitable disability infrastructure to accommodate people of all abilities, allowing community sports clubs to achieve the status of fully inclusive organisations. [17057/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for students in special classes for Summer Programmes has been reduced from €60 per student in 2022, to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024; and the reasons for and evidence used to inform this 50% cut. [16494/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department plans to address teacher workload and class sizes following statements from an organisation (details supplied) that our education service is ‘delivering second-class services in a first-world country’. [16492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on considerations regarding potential reforms to the Leaving Certificate, given the concerns raised by teachers at this year's annual teachers conferences. [16491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the adaptation of standardised testing to dictate the assignment of SET hours, which prevents early intervention as testing does not begin until second class. [16495/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department is taking to provide supports for primary school students experiencing homelessness in Dublin's north inner city, where a large percentage of pupils are homeless. [16493/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work of her Department in relation to attracting prospective students to studying teaching, given Ireland's crippling teacher shortages. [9091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the training of at least four members of the Israeli Defence Forces by the Irish Military College since 2017 has, in his opinion, compromised Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13291/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how many legal cases have been taken against the Defence Forces since the beginning of 2024; and if that figure is higher or lower than the same period in 2023. [13287/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the purpose of nominating the head of the Irish Defence Forces for election to the position of Chair of the European Union Military Committee; and how much their nomination and subsequent campaign will cost the State. [13289/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will instruct the Defence Forces to award the veterans of the Siege of Jadotville with medals to recognise their bravery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13290/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (21 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how Transport Infrastructure Ireland's current practice of negotiating with groups and organisations outside of An Bord Pleanála oral hearings, not disclosing any details of subsequent agreements to An Bord Pleanála, and citing non-disclosure agreements as the reason (NDAs), is appropriate in the planning of publicly-funded...