Parliamentary questions

Nursing Staff

Gary Gannon

782. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing students who contracted Covid-19 since the outbreak in March 2020, by month in tabular form. [40512/20]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Gary Gannon

406. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) commissioned by the Rotunda Hospital that details chronic lack of space, which increases risks of infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39524/20]

Hospital Facilities

Gary Gannon

407. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the Rotunda Hospital in relation to its chronic lack of space and aging infrastructure [39525/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

70. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for no indoor classes taking place under level 3, which effectively shuts music schools, dance schools and speech and drama schools. [39243/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department received a submission from a group (details supplied) of 15 Irish music schools regarding the Covid-19 guidelines; and if her Department will engage with the group. [39245/20]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

124. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and post-primary schools that provide ASD classes for children with special education needs in inner city Dublin. [39241/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

125. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department received a correspondence submission from a group (details supplied) of 15 Irish music schools making a formal submission regarding the Covid-19 guidelines; and if her Department will engage with the group. [39244/20]

School Curriculum

Gary Gannon

126. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if more recent information will be provided regarding the percentage of second level schools that are meeting or not meeting the requirement for six relationships and sexual education, RSE, class sessions per year since 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39246/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

161. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for no indoor classes taking place under level 3, which effectively shuts music, dance schools and speech and drama schools. [39242/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Gary Gannon

167. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the recently announced one-off Covid-19 payment will include students on access or foundation courses such as the Trinity College access programme or the TU Dublin access foundation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39240/20]

School Curriculum

Gary Gannon

532. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, primary and post-primary development groups for relationship and sexuality education have begun meeting; and the number of meetings that have taken place to date. [38862/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Gary Gannon

592. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will expedite the process of arrears payments for pandemic unemployment payment recipients, which is currently planned for the end of the year, to early to mid-December to help alleviate some of the stress and burden of the cost of Christmas. [38871/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Gary Gannon

681. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the scale of the review of SUSI scheduled to take place; the key areas of reform; the timeline of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38869/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Gary Gannon

682. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if recipients of the SUSI grant as well as those that were deemed illegible for the grant will be engaged in the SUSI review; if so, the extent to their involvement in the review; and the method under which this engagement will take place. [38870/20]

Deportation Orders

Gary Gannon

756. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportations per month that have taken place in Ireland since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020, in tabular form. [38863/20]

Deportation Orders

Gary Gannon

757. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the countries that deportees from Ireland were sent to per month since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020, in tabular form. [38864/20]

Legislative Programme

Gary Gannon

758. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the recent distribution of thousands of non-consensual images; and if she will expedite legislation to tackle this issue in view of same. [38865/20]

Legislative Programme

Gary Gannon

759. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if she will make available specific supports for persons and families affected by the distribution of non-consensual images given the extreme effects this can have on mental health and well-being. [38866/20]

Legislative Programme

Gary Gannon

760. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish a support line for persons and families affected by the distribution of non-consensual images given the effects this can have on well-being and mindful of the lesser social supports available under level 5 restrictions. [38867/20]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Gary Gannon

955. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons, by month, who have used the Keltoi facility to self-isolate since it was repurposed in March 2020, in tabular form. [38861/20]