Parliamentary questions

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Gary Gannon

466. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the amount of the National Treatment Purchase Fund’s €150 million allocation that has been spent with private hospitals to date in 2022, as opposed to being unsourced in HSE hospitals. [46764/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

467. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of judicial review cases that have been taken against the State in relation to both delays in assessment of needs process’ as well as disability services provision, since 2017 (details supplied). [46765/22]

Health Service Executive

Gary Gannon

468. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of each annual S13 reports received from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 since 2014; his views on instances where such reports are not available; and the way that this will be improved in the future.
[46766/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gary Gannon

523. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €200 million allocated to the HSE for waiting lists has been spent to date in 2022; the amount spent in private and public hospitals; and if he will provide a breakdown of the spend in each hospital. [47005/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Gary Gannon

300. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the decision regarding students of a third level institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/22]

Antisocial Behaviour

Gary Gannon

303. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to an increase in violent attacks in Dublin city centre on women, members of the LBGTQI+ community, and other minority groups; and if she has liaised with the Garda Commissioner or local Garda stations to develop plans to ensure the city’s safety. [46553/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

335. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on support for those who are struggling with a sedentary lifestyle due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [46554/22]

Banking Sector

Gary Gannon

45. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banking sector to demand a moratorium on fining customers who fail to make direct debit payments on time for the duration of the energy crisis (details supplied). [46310/22]

Election Monitoring Missions

Gary Gannon

65. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the policy of his Department on Irish citizens being involved in fake election monitoring missions; if such involvement will lead to a review of membership of the 2018 Irish election observation roster; and if it will act as a bar to membership of the next roster due to commence in early 2023. [46311/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

134. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health Network teams that serve the HSE CHO 9 area; his views regarding a letter received by a person from one of the Children’s Disability Network teams that states there is a minimum 40 week wait to be seen by them in view of the fact that most children have been waiting for many years under the previous regime without being seen; the reason that the wait list is so long; if there are staffing and other resourcing issues at play; his plan to rectify the issue; for a timeline for such plans that can be provided to waiting families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46312/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

156. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will specify all children’s disability network teams that serve the HSE CHO 9 area. [46376/22]

Disability Services

Gary Gannon

157. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the current average wait times for each children’s disability network team in CHO9. [46377/22]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

780. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of all tangible efforts made by his Department in the past two years at European Union and United Nations levels to oppose further plans by Israel to apply its sovereignty over Palestinian territory; if he considers that persistent breaches of international law by Israel have already occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/22]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

781. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals that he has to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international Law in the occupied Palestinian territory including humanitarian and human rights law; if he will provide what he deems as an appropriate response to the further development of illegal settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/22]

School Textbooks

Gary Gannon

1043. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there will be further funding for schools to buy new reading materials for their libraries. [44268/22]

School Facilities

Gary Gannon

1044. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have had an air filtration system installed in classrooms since September 2021, in tabular form. [44269/22]

School Facilities

Gary Gannon

1045. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have requested the installation of an air filtration system in classrooms since September 2021, in tabular form. [44270/22]

Third Level Fees

Gary Gannon

1361. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science The estimated cost of reducing the third-level student contribution, also known as the registration fee, by €500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44263/22]

School Costs

Gary Gannon

1165. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department has explored the feasibility of making education truly free of charge; if this will be a priority area for budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41823/22]

Third Level Education

Gary Gannon

1488. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to an emerging issue in relation to the availability of e-books in third level libraries as a result of market manipulation by the so-called big five British publishers (details supplied) and the potential for this to damage the quality of education delivered and the depth of research produced by students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41820/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

1489. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI can cancel applications submitted by applicants; if so, the number of SUSI applications that were cancelled by SUSI in each of the years 2017 to 2021 [41825/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

1490. 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 students must have been living independently from their parents or legal guardians from October in the year prior to their first point of entry or re-entry into further or higher education to be classified as an independent; if he accepts that family relationships may break down over the course of a student's studies; and the avenues, if any, that are available for students in these cases who move from being dependent to independent over the course of their studies. [41826/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

1491. 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 the documentation from SUSI such as court records and or records from Tusla in relation to parental estrangement is difficult to secure for students, leaving students ineligible to apply to SUSI or unable to be reclassified; if his Department is examining the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41827/22]

Medicinal Products

Gary Gannon

2029. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the date on which the recommendations by the HSE medicines management programme for cariban will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41824/22]

Library Services

Gary Gannon

2204. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the issue regarding the sustainability and accessibility of e-books; if her Department is examining legislation to ensure that e-books are made available to libraries under reasonable terms and conditions as called for by an organization (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41821/22]

Library Services

Gary Gannon

2205. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total budget allocated for libraries for the purpose of e-books from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [41822/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Gary Gannon

119. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that in Budget 2023 the free travel pass is made eligible to all persons who do not have enough vision to obtain a driver licence yet do not qualify to be registered blind. [34586/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Gary Gannon

128. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will extend the Reasonable Accommodation Fund to self-employed persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34585/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

289. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport of a person (details supplied) will be issued given that they are due to fly soon. [38748/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

378. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the weekly rate of €117.70 to the maximum personal rate of €208 for those aged 25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38749/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

379. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the weekly rate of €117.70 by €45.15 per week to €162.85; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38750/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Gary Gannon

383. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine regulations that exclude persons with disabilities from entering into self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38779/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Gary Gannon

384. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make the blind pension, disability allowance and or the invalidity pension a secure support for disabled persons in self-employment which would level the playing field with non-disabled persons. [38780/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

6. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students on graduate entry medicine courses will be eligible for SUSI for the 2022-2023 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36767/22]

Third Level Staff

Gary Gannon

20. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the work of the established sub-group of the national advisory forum for Ireland’s framework for doctoral education specifically in relation to PhD students and the issues of precarity and low pay that they face. [36765/22]

Third Level Education

Gary Gannon

54. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that his Department is supporting incoming first year students from the national access routes HEAR and DARE; if he is concerned about the impact of orientation programmes for these students due to the release date of the leaving certificate results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36764/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

68. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is working with the Department of Social Protection to reinstate SUSI maintenance grant for lone parents in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36766/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

220. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be issued on time given that they are due to travel in one weeks’ time. [36966/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

277. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI eligibility will be extended to students studying part-time in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/22]

Education Schemes

Gary Gannon

278. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the recently announced Innovate for Ireland partnership will be open to applications from persons conducting PhD research in the arts and humanities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

16. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will review the eligibility criteria for the deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure that students who have a unforeseen medical emergency while sitting an examination are eligible for deferred sittings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34589/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

28. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on the State Examinations Commission's leaving certificate examination result date for 2022; and her views on the effects of the lateness of the results on students and the higher education sector. [34909/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

51. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department will start to gather data on the number of children requiring special educational needs supports in integrated settings in mainstream primary and post-primary schools; and, if so, if this data will be included within its annual education indictors, as per the recommendations made in the Ombudsman for Children's report, Plan for Places, published in June 2022. [34587/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation from the Ombudsman for Children's office in the report, Place for Places, that her Department urgently publish a plan to ensure there are sufficient school places in the short to medium term to meet the forecasted needs of children with special educational needs within their local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34588/22]

Departmental Staff

Gary Gannon

55. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if a person from his Department is currently seconded to the university or third-level education sector. [26205/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

569. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when first-time passports for siblings (details supplied) will be issued. [34590/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

570. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when first-time passports for siblings (details supplied) will be issued. [34591/22]

Maternity Leave

Gary Gannon

674. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will commit to fixing the anomaly in the legislation to ensure women and pregnant people can defer their maternity leave while undergoing cancer treatment or any other serious illness. [34593/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

689. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI attempts to recoup payments in instances in which further and higher institutions have received fee grants by SUSI from overpayments; if so, the amount of overpayment in fee grants identified by SUSI in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the amount recouped for these years. [34592/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

356. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the State Examinations Commission has changed its policy in relation to supporting students who due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are not able to complete a leaving certificate examination (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33506/22]

State Examinations

Gary Gannon

357. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if students who cannot complete leaving certificate examinations due to unforeseen serious medical circumstances are eligible to apply for access to the deferred sittings. [33507/22]

Ukraine War

Gary Gannon

358. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to claims that the treatment shown to Ukrainian students is preferential to any other children fleeing conflict and war from other regions in the world including Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33508/22]

Ukraine War

Gary Gannon

359. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she believes that Ireland’s education should equally support all children fleeing conflict and war in the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33509/22]

Education Costs

Gary Gannon

360. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of expanding the 15 additional teaching hours to all children seeking sanctuary from conflict and war. [33510/22]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

139. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding the fuel allowance to include those in receipt of the working family payment. [33247/22]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

140. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of social welfare overpayments recouped after death in each of the years to 2021. [33248/22]

General Register Office

Gary Gannon

141. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the registration provisions for stillbirths following the consultation by the General Register Office. [33249/22]

State Pensions

Gary Gannon

142. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the necessity for dependent spouse State pensioners from having to apply separately for dental and optical checks in cases in which they have already been approved by the system. [33250/22]

Departmental Properties

Gary Gannon

144. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will purchase the land at Bessborough or investigate if a compulsory purchase order is possible to protect the site from development and to allow for a detailed investigation for burial sites. [33246/22]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

239. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of women and pregnant persons who required hospital care as a result of untreated hyperemesis or dehydration or other effects of hyperemesis for 2021. [33251/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Gary Gannon

52. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the barriers for artists with disabilities availing of funding from schemes initiated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the steps that she is taking to eliminate these barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32446/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Gary Gannon

70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has had any engagement or interaction with the Minister for Social Protection in relation to ensuring that artists with disabilities do not risk losing their core social protection payments such as disability allowance or blind pension when receiving grants and bursaries from schemes initiated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32447/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Gary Gannon

530. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he received correspondence from this Deputy relating to an issue (details supplied) sent on 30 May 2022; and if a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32813/22]

Legislative Reviews

Gary Gannon

585. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will be included in the review currently under way; if not, the reason for its exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32817/22]

Education Welfare Service

Gary Gannon

586. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of notifications made to the Tusla Educational Welfare Support Service in relation to the use of reduced timetables for the current academic year; the number of reduced timetables used for children with special educational needs or disability; and the number of reduced timetables used for children with a Traveller or Roma heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32818/22]

School Curriculum

Gary Gannon

587. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the way that her Department has acted on a report (details supplied) specifically in relation to the merit in a policy providing enhanced opportunities for career guidance training for teachers in special needs schools and in enhancing the access of such schools to wider career guidance supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32819/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

597. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is currently a backlog of applications for the one-parent family payment; if so, the number of applications in the backlog; and the average time for processing a one parent family payment application.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32448/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Gary Gannon

598. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the way that income from scholarships (details supplied) bursaries, stipend or scholarships for PhDs is treated to ensure that it is disregarded for persons in receipt of the disability allowance and blind pensions. [32449/22]

Gender Balance

Gary Gannon

618. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the gender breakdown for all social welfare inspectors employed by her Department. [32814/22]

Third Level Fees

Gary Gannon

654. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to parliamentary question No. 1298 of 14 June 2022, the amount that was recouped from overpayments through student repayments in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [32815/22]

Legislative Reviews

Gary Gannon

713. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 that outlines the main provisions of the assessment of needs process will be reviewed having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that is currently under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32816/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

632. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the complaints procedure regarding issues and delays in relation to passport applications (details supplied); and the contact details for those applicants who wish to make a complaint. [29382/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

633. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps in relation to a passport renewal application for a child (details supplied). [29383/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

634. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps in relation to a passport renewal application for a child (details supplied). [29384/22]

Schools Building Projects

Gary Gannon

969. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if he will outline the way principals and boards of management of schools can avail of mediation support where there are issues relating to the build of an extension on school grounds; the issues that lie between the consultant and the builder where it appears the relationship has almost completely broken down; if her Department provides mediation services to look to ensure projects are completed on budget within reason and on time; and if he will outline all other supports available to principals and boards of management of schools who might find themselves in such a situation and the way they can access such supports? [29385/22]

School Accommodation

Gary Gannon

970. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of projects for school extensions which will be used to accommodate ASD special classes that are ongoing; the number that are due to be completed and opened by August and September 2022; the number of these projects that are facing difficulties in relation to budget concerns, contractors, the sourcing of building supplies and planning concerns; and the number that face risks to the projected timelines of these projects. [29386/22]

Schools Building Projects

Gary Gannon

971. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on whether the workload is too onerous on principals and boards of management in relation to the building of school extensions, whether for ASD special classes or to remove need for temporary accommodation; and the steps that her Department is taking to ensure that the workload is limited, streamlined, and consolidated wherever possible. [29387/22]

Schools Building Projects

Gary Gannon

972. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she plans to consider a more streamlined system for schools to apply for funding more easily for ASD special class extensions to school buildings; if an economy of scale has been considered for school extensions, that is that her Department would be able to consolidate projects across the country and order in bulk to achieve economy of scale; and if analysis has been carried out to consider the benefits and disadvantages to such an arrangement especially pertinent given the significant lack of special class places that still remains across the country. [29388/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

1240. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount that has been recouped by his Department from student repayments due to SUSI grant overpayments in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [29389/22]

Grant Payments

Gary Gannon

1241. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of grant overpayments by SUSI that occurred in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [29390/22]

Human Rights

Gary Gannon

88. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has liaised with the ESB to ensure that a human rights assessment is carried out on the communities surrounding Colombian mines to ensure the protection of indigenous and local communities who have suffered as a consequence of these mines given that Ireland recommenced purchasing coal from Colombian mines. [28727/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

286. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when the SNA allocations for the 2022/2023 school year will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28803/22]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

287. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department is reviewing when the SNA allocations are released; if the information will be released earlier in the school year to reduce the stress caused by school leaders and SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28804/22]

Social Welfare Inspections

Gary Gannon

300. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the precise legislative provision that authorises home inspections as envisaged by article 4.2 and 4.3 of the Code of Practice for Social Welfare Inspectors. [28800/22]

Social Welfare Inspections

Gary Gannon

301. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of any circular or memo issued by her Department that authorises home inspections for social welfare inspectors. [28801/22]

Social Welfare Inspections

Gary Gannon

302. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 22 March 2022, if she will provide further information regarding the rules-based approach to reviews; when this approach was initiated in her Department; the approach that existed prior to the rules-based approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28802/22]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

357. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if marriages of Irish citizens in Utah, USA, are recognised in Ireland in cases in which the ceremonies have taken place virtually; and if not, the reason given that these marriages are entered on the country’s civil register and all legal formalities have been followed. [28798/22]

Immigration Policy

Gary Gannon

358. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if a marriage licence between persons (details supplied) will be reviewed given that the couple followed all legal formalities and that their marriage is on the civil register in the United States where they married; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gary Gannon

10. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the leaders of the political parties in Northern Ireland following the Stormont elections. [26206/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

175. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28497/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

176. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €4,225 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate-level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28498/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

177. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

178. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to €2,415 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28500/22]

Further and Higher Education

Gary Gannon

179. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28501/22]

Departmental Consultations

Gary Gannon

198. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list the disability consultative groups and members of these groups that her Department engages with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27503/22]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

307. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the behaviour of the Israeli riot police who stormed a group of mourners as they attempted to carry the coffin of a Palestinian-American journalist (details supplied) from a hospital in east Jerusalem to a church in the Old City and the fact that police fired stun grenades and used batons to beat peaceful mourners and those carrying the coffin which at one point almost fell to the ground; the action other than condemnation that he will propose at European Union level to sanction Israel for this extreme conduct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27502/22]

Passport Services

Gary Gannon

308. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport of a child (details supplied) will issue. [27507/22]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

325. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports on the activities of the Israeli military in the past weeks against the Palestinian people (details supplied); and the additional action that he proposes to take at national and European Union-level to advance a solution and alleviate the suffering of these Palestinian communities. [27634/22]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

388. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a press release from one of the organisations (details supplied) involved in the recently published review of out-of-school education provision, which states that the data it provided in relation to the number of students achieving the Leaving Certificate was misrepresented in page 51 of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27505/22]

Departmental Data

Gary Gannon

389. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to provide the data provided by each of the organisations involved in the recently published review of out-of-school education provision in relation to the number of students achieving the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27506/22]