Parliamentary questions

School Inspections

Gary Gannon

466. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of incidental inspections which have taken place in schools in January, February and to date in March 2022. [17682/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

467. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of increasing the current special needs assistant allocation by 10%. [17683/22]

National Educational Psychological Service

Gary Gannon

468. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have requested training on trauma-informed practices in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of schools that received this training from a psychologist to date. [17684/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

510. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the date for the leaving certificate 2022 music practical examinations. [18387/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

527. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of men and women separately who were recipients of the benefit payment for 65-year-olds in 2021; the number of men and women separately aged 65 years who were in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18115/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

528. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households with an older person aged 70 plus in receipt of the household benefits package in 2021; the number of households with an older person aged 70 plus not in receipt of the household benefits package in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18116/22]

Healthcare Policy

Gary Gannon

711. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention been drawn to the lack of mention of hyperemesis gravidarum or a commitment to tackling the prohibitive cost of treatment in the Women’s Health Action Plan 2022-2023; if this is an oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17680/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

836. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the action plan following the publication of the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18117/22]

Health Services

Gary Gannon

90. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the way that pregnant women arriving from the Ukraine to Ireland are being supported; if health checks are taking place in the airports; if he is liaising with maternity hospitals regarding the way to support these women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16689/22]

Fire Safety

Gary Gannon

341. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to issues in relation to a school (details supplied) in regard to the need for a fire safety certificate; and if he will intervene in the matter to ensure this vital service to the local community can remain in operation in the long-term. [17405/22]

Education Schemes

Gary Gannon

346. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to a post-primary school (details supplied) that was given Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status in 2017 that was never partnered with a college, university access office; the reason for the delay; and if the Higher Education Authority, HEA, will respond to the school request to be linked to a college. [17406/22]

Medicinal Products

Gary Gannon

358. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the status of the recommendation by the HSE Medicines Management Programme for Cariban, which combines doxylamine and pyridoxine; if there is a timeline for a decision on the recommendation to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16690/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

453. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the way the provision for Ukrainian pupils with care needs requiring SNA support will be provided; if schools are to apply through the exceptional review process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16721/22]

Education Policy

Gary Gannon

454. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the average timeline for an exceptional review to be completed. [16722/22]

School Facilities

Gary Gannon

455. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the pilot workshops on trauma informed approaches from the National Educational Psychological Service have been delivered; and if the national roll-out is still planned for the 2022-2023 academic year. [16723/22]

Parental Leave

Gary Gannon

68. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the inequality facing one parent families in relation to parent's leave; if the matter will be examined for Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14877/22]

School Meals Programme

Gary Gannon

26. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the hot school meals programme. [14878/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Gary Gannon

39. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if a commitment will be given to carry out an investigation into the high rate of refusal for the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14879/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Gary Gannon

69. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her engagement with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media on the pilot of the basic income scheme for artists in relation to artists on the pilot scheme being able to retain social protection payments, specifically in relation to artists with disabilities. [14876/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Gary Gannon

283. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any options for persons who have survived serious illness including cancer to continue working for a limited number of hours per week and to continue to avail of their public service pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15091/22]

Office of Public Works

Gary Gannon

284. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all statues of persons in parks managed by the OPW in Dublin by the name of the statue and park in which it is located. [15096/22]

Schools Building Projects

Gary Gannon

561. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 438 of 1 June 2021 459 of 22 February 2022, if she will facilitate a meeting between her Departmental officials with parents and guardians of a school (details supplied) [15086/22]

Home Schooling

Gary Gannon

562. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of children who classified under category C of the home tuition grant scheme from 2018-2021 (details supplied); and the expenditure in this category in tabular form. [15087/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Gary Gannon

563. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there are any options for persons who have survived serious illness including cancer to continue working for a limited number of hours per week and to continue to avail of their public service pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15090/22]

School Accommodation

Gary Gannon

564. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the amount of rent that has been agreed to be paid to the Catholic church for the use of a school (details supplied) in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and the length of time that this arrangement in place. [15092/22]

School Patronage

Gary Gannon

565. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a similar arrangement has been in place for the other almost one dozen schools nationwide that were reconfigured from Catholic patronage to ETBs; if so, the amount that is being paid to the various dioceses; and if this is the plan for future reconfigurations. [15093/22]

School Patronage

Gary Gannon

566. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason that the State agreed to allow the bishop in the relevant dioceses to choose which body becomes the patron of a reconfigured school; and the position in relation to parental choice. [15094/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Gary Gannon

729. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are any options for persons who have survived serious illness including cancer to continue working for a limited number of hours per week and to continue to avail of their public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15089/22]

Departmental Funding

Gary Gannon

730. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he received correspondence from this Deputy on 9 March 2022 in relation to parents of Irish citizens who hold a stamp 4 and cannot access SUSI; and if he will issue a response. [15095/22]

Healthcare Policy

Gary Gannon

1104. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his Department has liaised with the health and education authorities on increasing places in third-level institutions for the training of radiographers and sonographers as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy; if so, the outcome of such engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15088/22]

Legislative Programme

Gary Gannon

65. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021; and if she will expedite the work on the Bill. [13664/22]

Education Policy

Gary Gannon

88. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the recommendation from the Joint Committee on Education to provide emotional counselling and therapeutic supports on site in all primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13534/22]

Education Policy

Gary Gannon

106. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the review on alternative education will be published; and the reason for the delay. [13535/22]

Ukrainian War

Gary Gannon

114. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her plans to support the education and emotional needs of Ukrainian children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

130. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the reprofiling exercise originally planned to take place in 2021 will be conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13532/22]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

205. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will review the impact of participation in the basic income for artists scheme on existing social protection supports, in particular if artists in receipt of payments, such as a disability payment, will not be precluded from participating in the scheme, given the proposed trial is to be launched imminently. [13705/22]

Ukrainian War

Gary Gannon

236. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to two Irish medical students (details supplied) currently in the Sumy State University in Ukraine. [13703/22]

Ukrainian War

Gary Gannon

341. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to calls by Irish students studying medicine in Ukraine seeking to continue their education to become doctors; if assistance will be provided to them to transfer them home to study at medical schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13704/22]

Third Level Costs

Gary Gannon

48. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the lack of eligibility to student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12848/22]

Educational Disadvantage

Gary Gannon

97. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students who are heading one-parent families are a priority group for supports into further and higher education at all levels of education; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a systemic disadvantage for one-parent family recipients who wish to pursue a PhD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12850/22]

Third Level Costs

Gary Gannon

114. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the SUSI review will be published; when he plans to implement the recommendations from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12849/22]

Third Level Staff

Gary Gannon

115. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the work by his Department on reducing the issue of precarity of employment in the higher education sector. [12851/22]

Tax Data

Gary Gannon

199. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance the annual expenditure from the Revenue Commissioners towards additional healthcare expenses for a child from 2017-2021; the average annual relief claimed for child oncology patients in tabular form. [12899/22]

School Accommodation

Gary Gannon

344. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the annual amounts paid to third parties for the rental of properties for school accommodation from 2010 to date broken down by county, year and school in tabular form. [12905/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

368. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of 16- and 17-year-olds living with cancer who applied for disability allowance from 2018 - 2021; the number of applications that were accepted and refused; the annual expenditure on accepted cases in tabular form. [12900/22]

Third Level Education

Gary Gannon

416. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the participation rates of students in recipient of SUSI on the Erasmus+ programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [12906/22]

Hospital Staff

Gary Gannon

652. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an association (details supplied) which is seeking an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across Ireland; if he has engaged with this association; if so, the details of the engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12901/22]

Hospital Staff

Gary Gannon

653. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Mater Misericordiae University is currently operating with a shortage of neurology nurse specialists; the estimated cost of an additional eight neurology nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12902/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gary Gannon

654. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting a neurology outpatient appointment in the Mater Misericordiae University. [12903/22]

Hospital Staff

Gary Gannon

655. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health his views on whether investing in neurology nurses is a cost-efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and ensuring patients have access to the specialist support they need to manage their conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12904/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Gary Gannon

117. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the specific sanction aimed at the Russian Federation as a consequence of its assault on Ukraine that will target the funnelling of funds through Russian shell corporations based in the International Financial Services Centre. [12148/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

118. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to reduce the delays for first-time passport applications; and the number of backlog applications awaiting processing. [12150/22]

Departmental Reports

Gary Gannon

133. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the publication of the review on current and future provision of out of school education. [12149/22]

Citizenship Applications

Gary Gannon

156. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date regarding an application of citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12147/22]

School Textbooks

Gary Gannon

486. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the review into the pilot for the free school books scheme for the academic year 2020-2021 has commenced; the timeline for the completion of the review; if the scheme will be reintroduced and expanded for the academic year 2022-2023. [11791/22]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

487. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a report on the progress in relation to school secretaries and caretaker terms and conditions; and when it is expected that a resolution will be reached. [11793/22]

Educational Disadvantage

Gary Gannon

488. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of additional schools by primary and post primary which will be provided DEIS status under the proposed planned extension of DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11794/22]

Pharmacy Services

Gary Gannon

815. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health when the review from the HSE medical management programme on the drug Cariban was completed; if it will be published; and if he will provide a timeline for the decision for reimbursement to be made in relation to the drug. [11790/22]

Medicinal Products

Gary Gannon

816. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of hormone replacement therapy medications in Ireland; and the details of the work of his Department to source alternatives in terms of providing alternative supply chains. [11792/22]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional cost of living for those with disabilities, as highlighted in the Cost of Disability report by a company (details supplied), will be factored into the forthcoming basic income for artists scheme to ensure artists with disabilities have equal support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10698/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

310. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department is seeking to close early intervention classes; if so, the details of the research and policy for these closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10699/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

326. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made to the exceptional needs payment; and the number awarded in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [10700/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

327. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters issued from her Department to one-parent family payment claimants requesting proof of efforts from the liable relatives to seek maintenance in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [10702/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

328. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of one-parent family payment claimants who were exempt from efforts to seek maintenance conditions due to domestic abuse and risk from a former partner. [10703/22]

Schools Building Projects

Gary Gannon

456. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if funding will be made available for the repair and replacement of five prefab buildings at a school (details supplied); and if a timeline for such works will be provided. [9561/22]

Site Acquisitions

Gary Gannon

457. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a site designated for educational purposes as part of the new housing development of Kilcarbery, County Dublin is no longer required for such purposes; the rationale for this decision; if this decision is linked to the potential planned expansion of a school (details supplied); if so, if this expansion will be sufficient to meet the educational needs of the increased local population at Kilcarbery; and the timeline envisaged for such an expansion. [9562/22]

School Accommodation

Gary Gannon

458. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the contingency plan for a school (details supplied) in relation to alternative temporary accommodation for the beginning of the new school term in August 2022. [9563/22]

Schools Building Projects

Gary Gannon

459. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress of securing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if discussions between her Department and Galway City and County Councils in relation to the acquisition of a permanent site have progressed; when it is expected that this school will be located on its permanent site and in its permanent building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9564/22]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

472. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of students registered in 1st, 4th and 6th class across all primary schools in Ireland in 2021. [9759/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

611. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that the redevelopment of the dental school in University College Cork has not progressed, despite launching its redevelopment in 2019; his plans to progress this redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

612. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only an estimated 60 dental graduates per year; his views on whether this is sufficient to meet the demands of dental patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/22]

Dental Services

Gary Gannon

786. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the additional support and resources that are to be provided to the north Dublin city and county orthodontic unit in 2022 and 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9560/22]

Dental Services

Gary Gannon

807. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of dental treatment service scheme contracts held in total and in each CHO area in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9753/22]

Dental Services

Gary Gannon

808. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have resigned from the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9754/22]

Health Services Staff

Gary Gannon

809. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will consider an independent chair for the discussions between the HSE and an association (details supplied) in reforming the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9755/22]

Dental Services

Gary Gannon

810. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of students across 1st, 4th and 6th class primary school children that attended dental screening appointments respectively in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and in each CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9756/22]

Dental Services

Gary Gannon

811. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of primary students that have missed their public dental screening appointments in each of the years 2019 to 2021 per CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9757/22]

Dental Services

Gary Gannon

812. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of 1st, 4th and 6th class primary school children respectively on waiting lists to access the schools dental screening programme to year end 2021 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/22]

Health Strategies

Gary Gannon

813. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he has asked the women's health task force to consider funding options for first line medications for hyperemesis gravidarum; and if so, when the group's review will be complete. [9762/22]

Medicinal Products

Gary Gannon

814. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if pyridoxine and doxylamine is considered a food supplement rather than a medical product in Ireland; if so, the reason that it is considered a food supplement; if this labelling of pyridoxine and doxylamine as a food product is standard international practice in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9763/22]

European Union

Gary Gannon

308. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a funding suspension which an organisation (details supplied) has been subjected to by the European Commission since May 2021 in order to investigate if a project had been subject to infringements of obligations or irregularities; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that although this review which was described as a precautionary measure was completed in July 2021, that no breaches or wrongdoings were identified but the suspension has not been lifted; his views on whether the failure by the European Commission to clear the name of this organisation is causing major difficulties for it at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7354/22]

European Union

Gary Gannon

309. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make strong representations to the European Commission seeking clarification on the reasons that a deferment of funding has continued since July 2021 with regard to the continued suspension of funding by the European Commission for a human rights organisation (details supplied) although no anomalies were discovered; the specific legal grounds for the continued suspension of funding; if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the current situation on the organisation’s human rights work; if he will express the Government’s discontent in relation to the deferment; if he will request the European Commission to expedite the restoration of the funding given Ireland’s continued support for the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7355/22]

European Union

Gary Gannon

310. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission has continually conceded that Israel has failed to present any concrete credible evidence against an organisation (details supplied) as one of the six designated NGOs for which there is a continued suspension of funding by the European Commission for the human rights organisation; his views on whether this appears to be an effort by Israel to obstruct the work of the NGOs that monitor, report and promote accountability for violations of human rights and international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7356/22]

European Union

Gary Gannon

311. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the European Commission has suspended funding to some of the six Palestinian human rights NGO organisations labelled by Israel as terrorist entities in October 2021; if so, the organisations that have been penalised in this way; if his attention has been drawn to the purpose or rationale of this initiative; his views on the destabilising effect and the potential devastation that the European Commission’s actions will have in undermining the work of Palestinian civil society; if he will raise the issue at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7357/22]

Third Level Admissions

Gary Gannon

56. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase degree places for nursing and midwifery for September 2022 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6386/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

84. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the work undertaken to address sexual harassment and violence in third-level education considering the findings from the national surveys of student and staff experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education. [6387/22]

Third Level Admissions

Gary Gannon

93. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether colleges should increase the use of entrance examinations in 2022 for entry for students who have achieved the general requirements for matriculation but who have not attained the required grade in specific subjects, such as leaving certificate mathematics; if the matter has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/22]

Third Level Admissions

Gary Gannon

113. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the disproportional number of places offered on QQI level 5 pre-nursing courses and the places dedicated to students coming from these routes on level 8 nursing degrees; his plans to rectify the imbalance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Gary Gannon

383. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the delays in processing the registration of foreign births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for recipients of jobseeker's payments having to visit post offices to receive their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5713/22]

State Pensions

Gary Gannon

59. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the kinds of different results the total contribution approach produces for many retirees; if her Department has conducted a study of the implications of the total contributions approach for levels of pensioner poverty in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5487/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

69. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to conduct reviews of the workplace adaptation grant and reasonable accommodation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5489/22]

Departmental Websites

Gary Gannon

81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the inaccessibility of paper-based applications for social welfare supports; and if she will consider making applications available online at MyWelfare.ie enhancing the independence of persons who are blind or vision impaired to populate and submit their applications independently. [5488/22]

Social Welfare Code

Gary Gannon

100. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the introduction of a cost of disability following the publication of a report (details supplied). [5490/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

295. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS primary schools operating with at least one autism class by county in tabular form; and the total number of autism classes. [5714/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

296. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools operating with at least one autism class by county in tabular form; and the total number of autism classes. [5715/22]

Third Level Reform

Gary Gannon

360. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the recommendation from a report (details supplied) on the creation of the role of sexual misconduct prevention and response managers in further and higher education institutions and for that work to be supported full-time by a national and or sectoral representative and a panel of trained investigators. [5716/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

103. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare payments that were suspended, cancelled or not awarded to lone parents due to failure to provide proof of efforts to seek maintenance for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [5506/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

130. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the total budget towards the proposed tax free pandemic recognition payment of €1,000; and the number of eligible frontline workers expected to avail of the payment. [5505/22]

Cabinet Committees

Gary Gannon

21. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education last met; and when it is next due to meet. [3076/22]