Parliamentary questions

Climate Change Policy

Gary Gannon

142. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Government’s plan to develop Ireland’s nationally determined contributions (details supplied); if a consultative and participatory process is to take place, and which stakeholders are proposed to be included. [3725/24]

Departmental Contracts

Gary Gannon

392. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice to list the current top ten earners who are contracted as a case processing panellist in the International Protection Office.
[3721/24]

Departmental Contracts

Gary Gannon

393. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice how many case processing panellists are currently contracted to the International Protection Office.
[3722/24]

Departmental Contracts

Gary Gannon

394. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice how much money a case processing panellist is paid per case in the International Protection Office. [3723/24]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

589. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she and her Department will consider the purchase of Rawlton House, Sherrard Street Lower, Dublin 1, as part of the community recognition fund to be repurposed as a community centre. [3724/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Gary Gannon

27. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown of the cost of facilitating Chinese Premier Li Qiang's visit to Ireland earlier this month. [3067/24]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs at what stage and in which conditions he would deem it appropriate to define Israel's killing of Palestinians as genocide. [3068/24]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

79. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline explicitly his reasons for not being in favour of backing South Africa's case accusing Israel of the genocide of Palestinians in the International Court of Justice. [3069/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Gary Gannon

81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he or his Department is taking part in any form of diplomacy in relation to the conflict in the Red Sea. [3070/24]

School Admissions

Gary Gannon

108. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary school spaces that are allocated for students from Newcastle, Dublin 22 primary schools in local secondary schools or nearby secondary schools in other villages (details supplied). [3108/24]

School Admissions

Gary Gannon

109. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to develop a secondary school for Newcastle in Dublin 22; and if so, the status of such a plan (details supplied). [3109/24]

State Properties

Gary Gannon

77. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the original gates of the former Marlborough Barracks, now known as McKee Barracks off Blackhorse Avenue, are being kept in storage, that temporary gates were installed in the mid-1980s, and if he and his Department are willing to evaluate the condition of the original gates and reinstall them. [2776/24]

Defence Forces

Gary Gannon

81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many members of the Israeli Defence Forces have attended the Irish Military College since 2011; how many are currently attending the Military College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2777/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Gary Gannon

82. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence which overseas embassies are included in his Department’s plans to establish military attaches in overseas embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2778/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Gary Gannon

83. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the projected cost of his Department’s plans to establish military attaches in overseas embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2779/24]

Community Training Centres

Gary Gannon

91. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if 2024 will see increased funding for community training centres in Dublin's north inner city, Dublin 1 and Dublin 3. [1920/24]

Student Accommodation

Gary Gannon

95. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline his interactions with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in 2023 regarding the shortage of student accommodation. [1919/24]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

99. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for his position on the joint European degree scheme proposed by the European Union. [1916/24]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

102. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how many new degree programmes will be available outside the Central Applications Office points system for the upcoming academic year; and how many places will be available in each. [1917/24]

Health Services Staff

Gary Gannon

106. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how long medical graduates will have to commit to working in the Republic of Ireland after studying in Northern Ireland under the proposal that the State will pay for doctors to train there if they take up work here after qualifying. [1918/24]

Work Permits

Gary Gannon

1030. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the current processing times for first-time labour market access permissions; the steps being taken to improve the processing times of first-time applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56778/23]

Work Permits

Gary Gannon

1031. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of first-time labour market access applications; the number granted; the number denied; the number being processed to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56779/23]

International Protection

Gary Gannon

1348. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents at a location (details supplied), broken down by gender, relationship status and the number who are children, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56777/23]

Social Welfare Code

Gary Gannon

116. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any measures under consideration by her Department to reduce poverty levels among those with disabilities that were not announced in the Budget. [54180/23]

Social Welfare Code

Gary Gannon

124. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any measures under consideration by her Department to reduce poverty levels in single parent families that were not announced in the Budget. [54181/23]

Social Welfare Code

Gary Gannon

138. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any measures under consideration by her Department to reduce child poverty that were not announced in the Budget. [54179/23]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

144. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection how many complaints her Department has received this year regarding social welfare inspections. [54182/23]

Film Industry

Gary Gannon

93. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider making it mandatory for any co-productions shooting in Ireland to engage local Irish performers on equal terms and conditions as any visiting performer whose fees are subsidised by the public purse. [53625/23]

Education Policy

Gary Gannon

69. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her priorities, and those of her Department, when considering her call for mobile phones to be banned in primary schools. [53100/23]

Teacher Training

Gary Gannon

94. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to outline the training teachers who work in special educational needs classes receive. [52826/23]

School Funding

Gary Gannon

97. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the secretaries grant will be received by schools. [52827/23]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

104. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education what actions her Department is taking to tackle teacher shortages at primary and secondary level. [52830/23]

School Funding

Gary Gannon

128. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when DEIS schools will receive the ICT grant. [52829/23]

School Facilities

Gary Gannon

132. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason some DEIS schools have not received a library and librarian under the scheme, while some other DEIS schools have. [52828/23]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Gary Gannon

165. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the process for ensuring that all US military aircraft which pass through Shannon Airport are not carrying weapons or munitions of war. [50253/23]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Gary Gannon

176. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of exemptions permitting the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish sovereign territory that have been granted to US military aircraft from 2022 to date; and the destination of each aircraft which has been provided an exemption. [50255/23]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Gary Gannon

203. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of US military aircraft that have refuelled in Shannon Airport to date in 2023; and the following destination for each aircraft. [50254/23]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

232. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline his diplomatic engagements to free hostages from Gaza. [52831/23]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

233. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will advocate for the suspension of trade with Israel at EU level, which is governed by the EU Israel Association Agreement, due to its abhorrent violations of international law. [50256/23]

Parking Provision

Gary Gannon

160. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to permit those with Crohn's disease access to a disabled parking permit. [52021/23]

Office of Public Works

Gary Gannon

216. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to consider the creation of a dog-friendly park within Phoenix Park, to be constructed and enclosed for that function. [52020/23]

Trade Relations

Gary Gannon

4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on Irish-Israeli trade relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51394/23]

Children in Care

Gary Gannon

37. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he considers the €25 increase in the foster carer's payment announced in budget 2024, after a period of 14 years of no increases, to be reasonable, given inflation rates during that period, and the continuous decrease in the number of foster carers year after year. [46364/23]

Visa Applications

Gary Gannon

141. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the awards of study visas, by country of origin of awardees, since the beginning of 2022, in tabular form. [46812/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Gary Gannon

59. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason lone parents working on CE schemes are excluded from receiving the €400 cost of living payment, given the scheme’s proven track record of helping people who are long-term unemployed and disadvantaged to get back to work by offering part-time and temporary placements in jobs based within their local communities. [46362/23]

Budget 2024

Gary Gannon

96. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the qualified child payment only saw an increase of €2 in Budget 2023 and €4 in Budget 2024, despite the ESRI repeatedly pointing out that substantially increasing the payment has the potential to make significant reductions in child poverty. [46361/23]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

97. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of lone parents in receipt of the working family payment from the beginning of 2018 until the end of 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46363/23]

Vacant Properties

Gary Gannon

44. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline any plans her Department has to repurpose vacant and or derelict commercial sites as creative spaces for artists. [45742/23]

Departmental Projects

Gary Gannon

70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list any initiatives, projects and developments planned by her Department for Dublin's north inner city due to begin in 2024. [45743/23]

Budget 2024

Gary Gannon

71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline how the additional €10 million provided for overseas marketing of Ireland as a holiday destination in Budget 2024 will be spent. [45744/23]