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Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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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]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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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]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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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]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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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]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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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]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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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]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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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]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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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]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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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]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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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]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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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]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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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]