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Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Defence Forces
Gary Gannon
4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the training of at least four members of the Israeli Defence Forces by the Irish Military College since 2017 has, in his opinion, compromised Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13291/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Defence Forces
Gary Gannon
10. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many legal cases have been taken against the Defence Forces since the beginning of 2024; and if that figure is higher or lower than the same period in 2023. [13287/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Defence Forces
Gary Gannon
21. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the purpose of nominating the head of the Irish Defence Forces for election to the position of Chair of the European Union Military Committee; and how much their nomination and subsequent campaign will cost the State. [13289/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Defence Forces
Gary Gannon
45. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will instruct the Defence Forces to award the veterans of the Siege of Jadotville with medals to recognise their bravery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13290/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Gary Gannon
161. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport how Transport Infrastructure Ireland's current practice of negotiating with groups and organisations outside of An Bord Pleanála oral hearings, not disclosing any details of subsequent agreements to An Bord Pleanála, and citing non-disclosure agreements as the reason (NDAs), is appropriate in the planning of publicly-funded projects such as MetroLink. [13359/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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International Relations
Gary Gannon
4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Israeli ambassador has not been summoned by his Department after the killing of a person (details supplied) despite the Russian ambassador rightfully being summoned in the wake of another death in Russia; and the reason the same standards are not applied to both. [11135/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Middle East
Gary Gannon
7. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has made a decision on if and when Ireland will support South Africa's case against Israel in the ICJ, which alleges that the latter is committing genocide in Palestine. [11134/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Foreign Policy
Gary Gannon
22. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details on the interactions between the State and the Polisario Front of Western Sahara, and if his Department intends on recognising Western Sahara as a sovereign state. [11133/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Student Visas
Gary Gannon
4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he and his Department will consider removing the eligibility criteria exclusion of the category of parents of an Irish citizen for SUSI applications in relation to persons with permission to remain under a stamp 4 visa. [9088/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Student Accommodation
Gary Gannon
27. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to restrictive 51-week tenancies for the 2024-25 academic year announced by some operators of student accommodation in Dublin. [9090/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Third Level Staff
Gary Gannon
35. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what actions he and his Department are taking to reduce staff-to-student ratios in higher education, given Ireland was decreed to have one of the worst ratios in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. [9089/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Fuel Poverty
Gary Gannon
62. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on her Department's work on combating energy poverty. [7892/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Pension Provisions
Gary Gannon
64. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the work that remains in the process of introducing the auto-enrolment pension scheme. [7893/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Gary Gannon
66. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the domiciliary care allowance payment of €340 per month is sufficient to care for a child with a severe disability that requires full time care and attention. [7889/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Poverty Data
Gary Gannon
98. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection what measures will be taken to respond adequately to the report carried out by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, and presented to the United Nations, which found that the State was failing to address the root causes of poverty through its ''short-term, emergency and temporary measures". [7890/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Sports Funding
Gary Gannon
3. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the delay and suspension of Sport Ireland funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6879/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Arts Policy
Gary Gannon
26. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any of her Department's funds will be allocated to opening new spaces for artists and creatives in Dublin; and if so, if she will outline these planned developments. [6876/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Middle East
Gary Gannon
35. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on an organisation (details supplied) playing Israel in a EuroBasket qualifier, despite the ongoing genocide committed by Israel in Palestine. [6878/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Regeneration Projects
Gary Gannon
154. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the development of the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter; and if he is aware of the decay and degeneration of the currently vacant Ambassador Theatre in Dublin 1. [6880/24]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
151. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there is a role for her Department in providing devices (details supplied) pursuant to Circular 0010/2013. [6835/24]
Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
152. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education whether, if a child is in receipt of assistive technology, this technology typically stays with the school; the procedure required for reapplication for such devices where the device does not follow the individual to the next setting, i.e., secondary school or new school; if parents have to provide a new professional report; if individuals automatically qualify and, if so, what this will look like in practice; and if a device does not follow a student, how long on average a student is waiting. [6836/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
68. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education how the contents of her Department’s Circular 0002/2024 provides for additional therapeutic, behavioural and psychological supports for schools, given the current lack thereof, which remains a major barrier to fully inclusive education; and to provide an explanation for the reduction of allocated SET hours for schools around the country. [6343/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Education Policy
Gary Gannon
83. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the addition of young carers as a target group for educational supports, such as Tusla’s school completion programme, given the ESRI’s findings that young people who care for a relative are less likely to move on to higher education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6342/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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National Educational Psychological Service
Gary Gannon
95. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to outline the work conducted by the National Education Psychological Service (NEPS) in schools in Dublin 1 since November 2023; the number of therapy sessions provided by NEPS by each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6345/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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School Facilities
Gary Gannon
102. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education is she and her Department will commit to an enhanced safety audit of schools in vulnerable and high traffic areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6346/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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School Staff
Gary Gannon
111. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason Departmental information is regularly communicated to school staff after 5pm, given their right to disconnect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6344/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Departmental Policies
Gary Gannon
230. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance the measures he and his Department are taking to ensure that no products from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine are imported into Ireland; if he and his Department are taking measures to prevent Irish goods being exported to Israeli companies which are complicit in the illegal settlement of Palestinian land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Business Supports
Gary Gannon
55. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has liaised with the Garda Commissioner regarding safety measures for businesses employing members of the migrant community in the city centre following rioting in Dublin. [53624/23]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Foreign Policy
Gary Gannon
24. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that on 7 January 2024, in an interview with RTÉ radio, that the Taoiseach made explicit mention to the Armenian genocide, and if this reference marks a change of course by Ireland in officially recognising that the Armenian people suffered a genocide during the First World War. [5722/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Tax Credits
Gary Gannon
118. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance when the rent tax credit of €750 will be paid out to those who have listed the tax credit on their Revenue Commissioner's account on or before 1 January; and the length of time a person will have to wait to receive their payment if they were to list their rent tax credit now or on any given day. [5724/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Gary Gannon
216. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the amount the actors/ “edinfluencers” were paid to take part in a campaign (details supplied); and the amount that was spent to promote the campaign in general. [5723/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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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]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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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]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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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]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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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]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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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]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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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]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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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]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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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]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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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]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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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]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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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]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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School Funding
Gary Gannon
97. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the secretaries grant will be received by schools. [52827/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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School Funding
Gary Gannon
128. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when DEIS schools will receive the ICT grant. [52829/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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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]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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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]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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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]
Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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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]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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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]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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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]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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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]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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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]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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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]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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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]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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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]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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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]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Third Level Staff
Gary Gannon
106. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the justification for only raising PhD stipends to a meagre €22,000 per annum, when an independent national review of State support for PhD researchers last May recommended a figure of €25,000 per annum. [45748/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Student Accommodation
Gary Gannon
114. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the action his Department is undertaking to tackle student accommodation shortages. [45747/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Education Costs
Gary Gannon
133. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason why the €1,000 reduction in student contribution fees in Budget 2024 has been deemed a once off measure by his Department. [45746/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
157. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is partaking in any work to assess the difficulty and accessibility of the SUSI application process; and if he will consider making the process easier to complete for applicants. [45745/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Staff
Gary Gannon
4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to outline the actions being undertaken by her Department to tackle teacher shortages and ensure that teachers remain in the profession, and to attract new teachers to posts in primary and secondary schools. [45381/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Gary Gannon
47. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the actions that are being taken by her Department to tackle teacher shortages at primary and secondary school level, including the 740 special educational needs teachers announced in Budget 2024. [45065/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Staff
Gary Gannon
63. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to explain the omission of the restoration of posts of responsibility (such as assistant principal posts) from Budget 2024, despite making promises to do so last Easter. [45068/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
72. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs classes that are currently being taught by mainstream teachers due to shortages of special educational needs teachers. [45066/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Information and Communications Technology
Gary Gannon
78. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when primary schools, particularly DEIS primary schools, can expect to receive their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) grant. [45067/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of new special needs assistants who were hired since 2022; and if there is an action plan outlining how the1,200 additional SNA posts provided for in Budget 2024 will be filled. [45064/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Bus Services
Gary Gannon
62. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport the consultation that took place with residents when deciding to remove two bus stops (details supplied) on the North Strand Road, Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43772/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Commemorative Plaques
Gary Gannon
247. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current position regarding an initiative to erect a commemorative plaque at the birthplace of War of Independence leader, Rory O’Connor, as we approach the close of the Decade of Centenaries. [43768/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Child and Family Agency
Gary Gannon
438. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints received by Tusla in relation to an organisation (details supplied) since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43770/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Child and Family Agency
Gary Gannon
439. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide Tusla inspection records since 2021 regarding an organisation (details supplied). [43771/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Defence Forces
Gary Gannon
92. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he expects to have the staffing capacity to have more than one naval vessel at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Defence Forces
Gary Gannon
100. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the number of married quarters and houses that remain within the possession of the Defence Forces or his Department; and the number currently vacant. [42593/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Defence Forces
Gary Gannon
122. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacant married quarters and houses that were in the possession of the Defence Forces or his Department on 1 January 2023 and have been occupied by new tenants since that date. [42594/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Middle East
Gary Gannon
4. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he used the phrase "apartheid" in any formal engagement during his recent visit to Israel. [41913/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Middle East
Gary Gannon
6. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 will be examined on Committee Stage. [41910/23]