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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following on from suspending the leaving certificate reform, the timeline on when she will engage with stakeholders, including student unions and student bodies, to ensure a pathway to the reform of the leaving certificate. [11622/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a case of a family (details supplied) in which a child with multiple diagnoses, who has been refused several financial aides for supporting said child's medical condition can be examined and resolved. [11620/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount of funding provided under the youth service grant scheme for each of the years 2008 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the living conditions for residents of the Richmond Street emergency accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he plans to remedy these issues on an urgent basis. [11621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (23 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for paying 17-, 18- and 19-year-olds below the minimum wage per hours worked. [6174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [8608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the criteria for funding arts festivals. [8607/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the awards of working visas by country of origin of the awardees in the past year, in tabular form. [8609/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request the chairs of the review into PhD conditions to contact an organisation (details supplied); and to meet with the organisation as the body representing PhD researchers in Ireland. [6934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the progress of the national review into PhD conditions; if he will provide a full work plan for the review as laid out by the chairs; the meetings the chairs have had or plan to have with stakeholders; and the anticipated date of completion for the review. [6932/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare payments to single mothers, such as the one-parent family payment, are reduced if their ex-partner is still contributing to the family's mortgage payments. [6935/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the progress being made towards creating a lifetime carer's pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6936/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for details of the average social welfare appeals processing times in weeks for summary decisions and oral hearings, by scheme. [6937/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (9 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the legal basis on which welfare inspectors are entitled to enter a person’s home. [6173/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 45. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [5890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding SNA allocations for September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6189/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work of her Department in ensuring that special education teachers, and special needs assistants, are not used to plug gaps in mainstream classes in schools suffering from a teacher shortage. [5163/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the revamped relationships and sexuality education junior cycle curriculum, which is due to be introduced in the coming months. [5058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the two-year length of the Professional Master's in Education is a prohibiting factor for many wishing to enter the profession; and if she is considering shortening its length and lessening its cost. [5139/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the efforts of her Department to address teacher shortages. [5138/23]