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Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Gary Gannon
530. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the support measures in place for schools or neighbouring schools, impacted by the hold on 58 school building projects; if such extenuating circumstances impact re-allocation of teachers and/or prefabs; and which schools have been impacted in this way. [17149/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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School Staff
Gary Gannon
531. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason a decision has been taken to suppress a ninth teaching post for a school (details supplied), given that it is a developing school and projected enrolment numbers exceed both the required 215 and 231 pupils required to be eligible for an additional post. [17150/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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School Accommodation
Gary Gannon
532. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the rationale for reversing the decision to allow a school (details supplied) permission to put in place a second block of prefabs for the 2023-2024 term. [17151/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Hare Coursing
Gary Gannon
787. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of hares captured from the wild for the 2022-2023 season; and how many times they were used during capture. [17153/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Hare Coursing
Gary Gannon
788. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of hares pinned, injured and killed during the 2022-2023 season. [17154/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Hare Coursing
Gary Gannon
1099. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of coursing clubs that were active in the 2022-2023 season. [17152/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Hare Coursing
Gary Gannon
1100. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any welfare studies have been conducted by his Deptartment or Veterinary Ireland on the physical and mental trauma hares suffer as a result of coursing. [17155/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Hare Coursing
Gary Gannon
1101. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any welfare studies have been conducted by his Department or Veterinary Ireland on the physical and mental trauma hares suffer as a result of coursing; and if not, the reasoning for allowing wild animals to be captured, traumatised, injured, and killed for the sake of entertainment and gambling. [17156/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Gary Gannon
1539. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of paediatric palliative care in the south-east region; if there are plans to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17146/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Gary Gannon
12. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing took place. [14893/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Departmental Properties
Gary Gannon
21. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's resource-efficiency action plan. [14894/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Gary Gannon
26. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the Spanish Prime Minister. [14895/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Gary Gannon
10. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [14890/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Ukraine War
Gary Gannon
14. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on a Humanitarian Response to Ukraine took place. [14891/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Offices
Gary Gannon
23. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international division of his Department. [14892/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Fuel Poverty
Gary Gannon
84. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will ensure that households that have accumulated significant debts, including arrears on bills and on prepayment meters, have access to sufficient support to avoid a long-term legacy of indebtedness and reduced financial resilience among the poorest households in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15179/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Social Welfare Code
Gary Gannon
87. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to award the fuel allowance to households in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15177/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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State Pensions
Gary Gannon
107. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress being made towards creating a lifetime carer's pension scheme; if she will provide an update on the promised legislation surrounding this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15175/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Gary Gannon
124. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her Department's consumer protection strategy in the wake of a recent report (details supplied) which showed the numbers unable to heat their homes more than doubled in 2022. [15176/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Social Welfare Code
Gary Gannon
147. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will consider targeted measures, such as a social energy tariff, rather than universal payments in its future consumer protection and poverty reduction strategies. [15178/23]