Parliamentary questions

Personal Public Service Numbers

Gary Gannon

130. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection when a PPS number will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56550/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

182. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice when she will publish the Office of Inspector of Prisons Covid-19 thematic inspection reports on Shelton Abbey Prison, Portlaoise Prison, Cork Prison and Arbour Hill Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56551/21]

Immigration Status

Gary Gannon

183. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay a person (details supplied) has experienced in renewing a GNIB card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56553/21]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

184. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of foreign nationals refused leave to land at Irish ports of entry since January 2021. [56555/21]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

185. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of nationalities among those who were refused leave to land since January 2021. [56556/21]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

186. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of foreign nationals refused leave to land who were referred on to the Irish Prison Service for detention until a flight was arranged. [56557/21]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

187. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the status of the immigration facilities at Transaer House; and if plans launched in 2017 to open a dedicated immigration unit at the Dublin Airport Garda station are still in train. [56558/21]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

188. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the plans in place for accommodating foreign nationals refused leave to land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56559/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

272. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been contacted by HSE contact tracing teams as a result of close contact tracing in nightclubs and music venues since their reopening on 22 October 2021. [56554/21]

Sports Facilities

Gary Gannon

154. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the actions she will take to ensure the equal status of the Shelbourne women’s team who currently play their games at Tolka Park on the same terms as the men’s team in the Dalymount arrangement in the event of the proposed sale of Tolka Park going ahead. [55231/21]

Departmental Funding

Gary Gannon

158. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the funds necessary to build 500+ performance spaces in Dublin to address the dearth of such venues in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55230/21]

Departmental Funding

Gary Gannon

173. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the absence of cultural spaces in Dublin specifically for performance and artistic exhibitions; and the actions she plans to take to address same. [55229/21]

Cabinet Committees

Gary Gannon

9. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [53405/21]

Home Care Packages

Gary Gannon

161. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken regarding the staffing crisis in homecare service providers; her views on whether the decision to exclude home carers from the critical skills exemption is greatly exacerbating the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55232/21]

Home Care Packages

Gary Gannon

215. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the rationale for home carers who are not from the EEC to be able to work in the private nursing home sector but not the home care service sector; and if he has had engagement with the home care service sector regarding this issue. [55233/21]

Citizens' Assembly

Gary Gannon

10. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54774/21]

United Nations

Gary Gannon

17. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. [54775/21]

Direct Provision System

Gary Gannon

498. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his knowledge of the concerns surrounding health and safety of a direct provision centre (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding the standards of care shown in the centre including from residents and advocacy groups such as an organisation (details supplied); and his views on recent internet footage that show residents having to use plastic bags if they did not wish to eat the food in the canteen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54773/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

91. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections carried out specifically in relation to Covid-19 in third-level over the academic year 2020-2021 and to date in the current academic year. [52584/21]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

513. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department has taken to reform the leaving certificate with a view to reducing the stress caused to children highlighted by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in the list of issues prior to submission of the combined fifth and sixth reports of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52580/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

514. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals submitted to the primary staffing appeals board for April, June and October meetings in 2021; the number of appeals which were refused; and the number which were successful from each meeting. [52582/21]

Health and Safety

Gary Gannon

515. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of HSA inspections carried out specifically in relation to Covid-19 in primary and post-primary schools over the academic year 2020-2021 and to date in the current academic year. [52583/21]

School Facilities

Gary Gannon

569. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if students with epilepsy who have a seizure before or during the leaving certificate examinations and are unable to complete their exam will be able to avail of the alternative set of leaving certificate examinations set to run in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53413/21]

Clár Tógála Scoileanna

Gary Gannon

570. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Gary Gannon den Aire Oideachais de bhun Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 146 ar an 4ú Márta 2021, agus Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 147 ar an 19ú Bealtaine 2021, cathain a bheidh scoil (sonraí tugtha) i gContae Bhaile Átha Cliath in ann bogadh isteach san fhoirgneamh buan nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [53415/21]

Education Schemes

Gary Gannon

598. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of recommendation 7.9 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland 2017 which made recommendations to make the back to education allowance payable for students who are one parent families. [52581/21]

Departmental Reports

Gary Gannon

626. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 14 January 2021, the position regarding the evaluation of the gateway scheme; if she has received the final report; when she will publish same; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53409/21]

Hospice Services

Gary Gannon

627. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a project (details supplied); if the research has been completed and published as planned for October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53410/21]

Departmental Policies

Gary Gannon

628. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection when in-person oral hearings will resume; the date on which the matter was last reviewed; when it will be reviewed again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53411/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Gary Gannon

629. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of oral hearings that took place in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by county; and the number of negative and positive appeals in each county in tabular form. [53412/21]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

686. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of recommendation 7.9 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection's Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland 2017 which recommended making the SUSI maintenance grant payable to students who are one-parent families. [52581/21]

Nursing Education

Gary Gannon

708. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he or his officials have requested a copy of the McHugh report into the pay of student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53406/21]

Health Services Staff

Gary Gannon

1159. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the McHugh report on student nurses and midwives pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53407/21]

Industrial Relations

Gary Gannon

1160. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of engagements he has had with trade unions on the McHugh report on student nurses and midwives pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53408/21]

Data Protection

Gary Gannon

140. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice her views on the two vacant seats to fill in the Data Protection Commission; her views on whether the filling of these seats would improve the efficiency of the Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47191/21]

Public Transport

Gary Gannon

165. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if the announcement of half price public transport for 19 to 23 year olds will include all those in this age cohort across the country; the commencement date for the scheme; and his views on whether it is important that the scheme runs over the course of the academic year. [51799/21]

Artists' Remuneration

Gary Gannon

192. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way the figure of €25 million was reached to fund the pilot of a basic income guarantee scheme for artists. [51798/21]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

207. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51791/21]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

215. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of the telephone helpline school principals should contact if they are experiencing difficulties accessing substitute teachers that she referred to in a radio programme (details supplied) on 13 October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51794/21]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

216. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there has been no communication from representative bodies with her or her Department regarding issues with teacher substitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51795/21]

Departmental Communications

Gary Gannon

217. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her last diary published is for October 2020, as of 15 October 2021; and the reason for the delay in publishing her diaries. [51796/21]

Departmental Communications

Gary Gannon

218. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of the meetings she has held with representative bodies in the past three months; and the agenda items for each of these meetings. [51797/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

226. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when circular No. 0010/2013 (details supplied) regarding applications for assistive technology will be updated given the significant technological advances that have occurred over the past eight years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51957/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

227. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the process for applications for assistive technology under circular No. 0010/2013 (details supplied); the average wait time from start of application to the time a student receives the assistive technology applied for; and the number of successful applications as a percentage of all applications for the past five years. [51958/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

228. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delays in assistive technology applications of nine months or longer in some cases; the reason application timelines vary between SENO geographic areas; her plans to ensure a more consistent approach and reduction in wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51959/21]

School Facilities

Gary Gannon

229. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to provide funding to schools to be able to provide sensory rooms or in cases in which space is restricted sensory hubs, to allow children in mainstream classes with SENs access to this necessary resource; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51960/21]

School Patronage

Gary Gannon

230. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her plans for a new secondary school for the Marino and Drumcondra area of Dublin to cater for the growing population of primary students who are currently in Educate Together or other non-denominational schools and would like to continue with secular education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51961/21]

Direct Provision System

Gary Gannon

237. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if the rates of daily expenses allowance for those who are in direct provision has been increased by €5 per week as part of the announcements of the increases in core social welfare rates for Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51792/21]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

249. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider backdating the proposed increase to the SUSI maintenance grant announced in Budget 2022 to the 2020-2021 academic year in view of severe poverty facing students [51793/21]

Departmental Working Groups

Gary Gannon

238. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [51311/21]

Departmental Working Groups

Gary Gannon

252. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [51312/21]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

350. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [51313/21]

Overseas Development Aid

Gary Gannon

520. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the increase to official development assistance announced in Budget 2022 in real terms; the percentage spend on same for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51305/21]

Overseas Development Aid

Gary Gannon

521. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland’s commitment to reaching a spend of 0.7% of GNI on official development assistance by 2030 is still official policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51306/21]

Overseas Development Aid

Gary Gannon

522. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will now publish a roadmap to reaching 0.7% of GNI on official development assistance by 2030 in view of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51307/21]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

523. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will assist in securing passport renewals for persons (details supplied). [51308/21]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

524. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport for child (details supplied) will be issued and the passport of their parents returned. [51327/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

604. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when she will establish the estimated costs of fully implementing the remaining sections and sub-sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if she plans to review the Act in view of changing needs and priorities, as stated by her colleague Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in February 2021 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51303/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

605. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on her Department’s strict adherence to the school-teacher ratio which has led to the suppressing of the developing school post of a school (details supplied) and in turn has led to the loss of a teacher and the forced amalgamation of senior and junior infants from two classrooms under two teachers, to one classroom with 31 students in the same room in view of the continuing risk of transmission of Covid-19 amongst young children and the Government's continued support for the policy of social distancing. [51304/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

606. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on whether there is a substitute crisis in primary and secondary schools; the number of days in the academic year 2021-2022 that have gone uncovered by a qualified substitute teacher in both primary and secondary; and the number of days that have been left without cover or covered by a special education teacher in both primary and secondary since the release of circular 50/21 in tabular form. [51309/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

607. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the breakdown of all of the leave taken in the primary sector for each of the school years 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021; and the days that were covered by a qualified substitute. [51310/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

130. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that has no engineering or metalwork teacher and has been unable to source a teacher through advertisements resulting in the second and third year metalwork and sixth year engineering academic year groups going untaught; if she will engage with the school to put a solution in place for these students in the academic year 2020-2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50355/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

140. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the steps that are to be taken when local arrangements that facilitate the pupils to be supervised in a manner that does not involve them being split between existing classes as under circular 50/21 section 6; and her views on whether this amounts to removing special education teacher support to supervise classes when no substitute is available. [50115/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

141. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of hours that were banked nationally past year; and the way this would equate on a pro-rata basis if school buildings had been open for the full 183 days of the school year. [50116/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

142. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the level of engagement with the education stakeholders prior to the announcement of circular 50/21 section 6; and if it was accepted by them. [50117/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

143. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when she will establish the estimated costs of fully implementing the remaining sections and subsections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if she plans to review the Act in view of changing needs and priorities as stated by her colleague Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in February 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50118/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

144. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the average, maximum and minimum times taken for reviews on SNA allocation to be completed by the NCSE over the past three years in tabular form. [50119/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

46. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether including PhD stipends and scholarship awards for a PhD from the means test for the one family payment is an active barrier facing students who are parenting alone or heading one parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48688/21]

Social Welfare Inspections

Gary Gannon

57. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the absence of statistical data on the use of site visits including home visits by social welfare inspectors; her views on whether this lack of statistical data is appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48691/21]

School Meals Programme

Gary Gannon

74. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to providing a hot school meal for every DEIS school in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48690/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

85. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove PhD stipends and scholarship awards for PhDs from means-tested social welfare payments as she has already done for the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48689/21]

Fire Service

Gary Gannon

52. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a plan is in place to address the under staffing in Dublin City Fire Brigade resulting in an overreliance on overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/21]

Fire Service

Gary Gannon

53. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the staffing number for Dublin City Fire Brigade for the past five years in tabular form. [48735/21]

Fire Service

Gary Gannon

54. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there has been an increase in the use of overtime used in Dublin City Fire Brigade over the past five years; his views on whether this is obscuring a staffing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/21]

School Equipment

Gary Gannon

71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a CO2 monitor to each ASD classroom in the country; the estimated cost for this provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48738/21]

Social Welfare Inspections

Gary Gannon

92. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals made to his Department or Tusla as a result of social welfare inspectors performing site visits between 2017 and 2020 and to date in 2021. [48739/21]

Fire Service

Gary Gannon

169. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan to address the underfunding by the HSE of Dublin Fire Brigade to operate ambulances and the need for additional ambulances in the capital. [48737/21]

Sports Facilities

Gary Gannon

3. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the situation in relation to a stadium (details supplied); and if she will consider providing the necessary funds to redevelop the stadium. [48382/21]

Gender Equality

Gary Gannon

48. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she has taken to reduce gender disparity on Irish radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47956/21]

Arts Policy

Gary Gannon

49. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the pilot project for universal basic income for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47954/21]

Creative Youth Plan

Gary Gannon

72. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will work with the Minister for Education to create a national strategy for the arts in schools, with dedicated funding, in order that all children and young persons may enjoy the benefits from participation and exposure to the arts. [47957/21]

International Protection

Gary Gannon

71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will increase the number of places on the Irish Refugee Protection Programme for Afghan nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47190/21]

Overseas Development Aid

Gary Gannon

76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will commit to a targeted pathway of achieving 0.5% gross national income to official development assistance in order that Ireland can reach the 0.7% in 2030 as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47189/21]

Defence Forces

Gary Gannon

86. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a radio programme (details supplied); and the steps he is taking arising from the programme to tackle misogyny and violence within the Defence Forces. [47192/21]

School Equipment

Gary Gannon

266. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing every classroom in Ireland with a CO2 monitor. [47450/21]

School Equipment

Gary Gannon

267. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department discussed the potential use of air filtration in schools and classrooms in combating the spread of Covid-19. [47451/21]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

268. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing every special school in Ireland with access to a guidance counsellor. [47452/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

269. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if greater resources will be provided to schools in order to increase mitigation measures for Covid-19 in view of the changes to testing and tracing in schools; the additional resources being made available to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47453/21]

Cabinet Committees

Gary Gannon

29. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe last met; and when it will next meet. [43758/21]

Departmental Reports

Gary Gannon

155. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the publication of the cost of disability report. [47193/21]

Student Accommodation

Gary Gannon

173. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students on college waiting lists for accommodation; and his views on whether the current situation in relation to student accommodation is a crisis. [47194/21]

Cabinet Committees

Gary Gannon

2. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education last met; and when it will next meet. [43759/21]

Homeless World Cup

Gary Gannon

318. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on Ireland hosting the Homeless World Cup; if her Department has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46786/21]

School Accommodation

Gary Gannon

486. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied) which is yet to break ground; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46788/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

487. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classrooms are included in the total number of classrooms for primary schools when determining the allocation of CO2 monitors. [46793/21]

School Meals Programme

Gary Gannon

519. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing hot school meals for every DEIS school in Ireland; and the number of DEIS schools already part of the hot school meal programme. [46789/21]

School Meals Programme

Gary Gannon

520. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing hot school meals for every primary school in Ireland; and the number of primary schools already part of the hot school meal programme. [46790/21]

School Meals Programme

Gary Gannon

521. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing hot school meals for every post-primary school in Ireland; and the number of post-primary schools already part of the hot school meal programme. [46791/21]

Social Welfare Inspections

Gary Gannon

522. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints received by her Department against social welfare inspectors; and the breakdown of complainants by gender in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [46792/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

98. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on claims that the official advice from her Department regarding carbon dioxide concentrations in classrooms is unsafe and will not aid in reducing transmission of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45717/21]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

112. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she plans to alter or reform the leaving certificate examination through alternative assessments after the experiences of the State examinations over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic and the work carried out by the NCCA for the reform of State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45719/21]