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Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Rights of People with Disabilities
Gary Gannon
384. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make the blind pension, disability allowance and or the invalidity pension a secure support for disabled persons in self-employment which would level the playing field with non-disabled persons. [38780/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
6. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students on graduate entry medicine courses will be eligible for SUSI for the 2022-2023 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36767/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Third Level Staff
Gary Gannon
20. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the work of the established sub-group of the national advisory forum for Ireland’s framework for doctoral education specifically in relation to PhD students and the issues of precarity and low pay that they face. [36765/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Third Level Education
Gary Gannon
54. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that his Department is supporting incoming first year students from the national access routes HEAR and DARE; if he is concerned about the impact of orientation programmes for these students due to the release date of the leaving certificate results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36764/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
68. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is working with the Department of Social Protection to reinstate SUSI maintenance grant for lone parents in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36766/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Passport Services
Gary Gannon
220. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be issued on time given that they are due to travel in one weeks’ time. [36966/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
277. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI eligibility will be extended to students studying part-time in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Education Schemes
Gary Gannon
278. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the recently announced Innovate for Ireland partnership will be open to applications from persons conducting PhD research in the arts and humanities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/22]
Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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State Examinations
Gary Gannon
16. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will review the eligibility criteria for the deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure that students who have a unforeseen medical emergency while sitting an examination are eligible for deferred sittings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34589/22]
Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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State Examinations
Gary Gannon
28. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on the State Examinations Commission's leaving certificate examination result date for 2022; and her views on the effects of the lateness of the results on students and the higher education sector. [34909/22]
Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
51. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department will start to gather data on the number of children requiring special educational needs supports in integrated settings in mainstream primary and post-primary schools; and, if so, if this data will be included within its annual education indictors, as per the recommendations made in the Ombudsman for Children's report, Plan for Places, published in June 2022. [34587/22]
Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation from the Ombudsman for Children's office in the report, Place for Places, that her Department urgently publish a plan to ensure there are sufficient school places in the short to medium term to meet the forecasted needs of children with special educational needs within their local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34588/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Departmental Staff
Gary Gannon
55. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if a person from his Department is currently seconded to the university or third-level education sector. [26205/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Passport Services
Gary Gannon
569. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when first-time passports for siblings (details supplied) will be issued. [34590/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Passport Services
Gary Gannon
570. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when first-time passports for siblings (details supplied) will be issued. [34591/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Maternity Leave
Gary Gannon
674. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will commit to fixing the anomaly in the legislation to ensure women and pregnant people can defer their maternity leave while undergoing cancer treatment or any other serious illness. [34593/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Gary Gannon
689. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI attempts to recoup payments in instances in which further and higher institutions have received fee grants by SUSI from overpayments; if so, the amount of overpayment in fee grants identified by SUSI in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the amount recouped for these years. [34592/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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State Examinations
Gary Gannon
356. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the State Examinations Commission has changed its policy in relation to supporting students who due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are not able to complete a leaving certificate examination (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33506/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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State Examinations
Gary Gannon
357. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if students who cannot complete leaving certificate examinations due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are eligible to apply for access to the deferred sittings. [33507/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Ukraine War
Gary Gannon
358. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to claims that the treatment shown to Ukrainian students is preferential to any other children fleeing conflict and war from other regions in the world including Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33508/22]