Parliamentary questions

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]