Parliamentary questions

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

56. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update regarding the review of the eligibility criteria of the deferred leaving certificate examinations; when the criteria to be applied to this year's exams will be communicated to students, schools and parents; if a distinction will continue to be made between medical emergencies before and during the examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14339/23]

Education Policy

Gary Gannon

84. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the way the withdrawal of children from the updated sexual education course on the forthcoming curriculum will be facilitated; if that will differ from the facilitation of non-religious children who wish to not attend religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14340/23]

School Curriculum

Gary Gannon

118. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will consider obliging schools to print in their admission policies or other documents the exact amount of time to be spent each week on religious instruction under the forthcoming revised primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14341/23]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

143. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when next year's special needs assistant allocation will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14342/23]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Gary Gannon

240. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to the United States and the efforts he made to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish living there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14580/23]

Equality Issues

Gary Gannon

241. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will join the European Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary for its anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/23]

Church-State Relations

Gary Gannon

6. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12654/23]

Gender Equality

Gary Gannon

9. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the events in his Department to mark International Women's Day; and the measures he has taken to improve gender equality in his Department. [12655/23]

Cabinet Committees

Gary Gannon

13. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12656/23]

Northern Ireland

Gary Gannon

8. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12651/23]

Departmental Meetings

Gary Gannon

14. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [12652/23]

Health Strategies

Gary Gannon

23. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12653/23]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Gary Gannon

74. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to the United States and efforts he made to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish living there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13894/23]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

521. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will intervene in relation to a passport application for a child (details supplied). [12448/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Gary Gannon

687. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there are any updates on the Covid cleaning grant for term 2 that was expected in January 2023; and the timeframe in which it will be delivered. [13045/23]

School Costs

Gary Gannon

688. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the €95 per student transition year grant for schools in the free education scheme for post-primary schools directly subsidises the cost of transition year for parents; and if not, if spending is left to the discretion of each school. [13046/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

801. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if Covid-19 is to be recognised as an occupational disease for frontline health care workers in Ireland as per EU ACSH Agreement in November 2022. [12450/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

860. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection how reviews are carried out for those in receipt of disability allowance or blind pension who are self-employed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13895/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Gary Gannon

861. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the backlog of up to 15 weeks for applications for the working family payment; and if measures will be put in place to amend same (details supplied). [13897/23]

Third Level Education

Gary Gannon

999. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of SUSI applications submitted for dependents under 23 years of age that applied for irreconcilable estrangement from parents; and the number of applications granted regarding estrangement from parents in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form [12449/23]