Results 261-280 of 1,147 for speaker:Gary Gannon in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average length of time schools can expect to wait until hearing from the HSE. [32277/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a pathway for teacher pupil ratios to reach the EU average of 20:1 in classrooms here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32278/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to carry out an audit in all primary and post-primary schools here in responses to growing concerns over lack of adequate funding to follow with public health guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of notified and unnotified home visits by social welfare inspectors over the past 18 months for the Dublin central area in tabular form. [32275/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who received a new offer through CAO as a result of the upgraded marks from the 18 students following the leaving certificate calculated grades appeals process that were upgraded. [32281/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (22 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if drug and alcohol support groups and treatment programmes are permitted to operate under potential level 5 restrictions; if so, if he will provide guidance on the safe continuation of these much needed supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32274/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way in which the additional €5 million for DEIS schools in Budget 2021 will be allocated and drawn from. [32876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management which under the provision of the Education Act 1998 are charged with the direct governance of a school has the right to close a school after positive confirmed cases of Covid-19 within the school and concerns of an outbreak; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32880/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount of money spent on the Educational Testing Service. [33101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new date for the planned leaving certificate exam 2020, which was scheduled to commence on 16 November 2020, has been agreed; if so, if she will provide details of same; if students who were planning on taking the exams have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the results of successful and unsuccessful appeals from the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year in tabular form. [33104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the effects of Covid-19 were able to be considered as a factor for lower enrolment numbers that projected under appeals for the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information on the planned membership of the Commission on Pensions; if the Commission will be independent and reflect all sections of society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if household social welfare inspections are permitted to take place under level 5 [32873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will enact a review for social welfare inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32874/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parent households and two parent family households availing of the working family payment over the past 18-month period in tabular form. [32875/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social welfare sanctions for jobseeker’s payments ceased during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department carried out a data protection impact assessment on the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter Bill 2020; and if so, if the assessment will be made available. [33100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1106. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date definition of a close contact used within the school environment; and the details of changes and dates of changes to this definition. [32877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gary Gannon: 1272. To ask the Minister for Health if non-contact training outdoors can take place under level 5 restrictions; if so, if children can travel outside the 5km limit to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32870/20]