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Tue, 13 Jul 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Gary Gannon
477. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the qualified child increase for the under 12s by €1 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38052/21]
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Gary Gannon
478. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of one additional week of paternity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38053/21]
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Gary Gannon
479. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of one additional week of parent’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38054/21]
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
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Departmental Reports
Gary Gannon
480. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider publishing an interim report compiled from a smaller portion of the replies from the full cost of disability report by a company (details supplied) in order to assist with making part of the research available prior to budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38061/21]
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
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Third Level Fees
Gary Gannon
537. 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. [38055/21]
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
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Third Level Education
Gary Gannon
538. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the annual spend on the student maintenance grant; the estimated cost of increasing all rates by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38058/21]
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
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Third Level Education
Gary Gannon
539. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the income thresholds for the student maintenance grant also known as the SUSI grant; the estimated cost of increasing all rates by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38059/21]
Thu, 8 Jul 2021
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
29. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the SUSI deduction for holiday earnings earned outside of term time up to a maximum of €4,500 is being applied to students who received the pandemic unemployment payment instead as their employment was interrupted by the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36828/21]
Thu, 8 Jul 2021
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
37. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of SUSI and graduate entry medicine given students who currently wish to study graduate entry medicine face immense financial barriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36829/21]
Thu, 8 Jul 2021
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
38. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the SUSI review and if consideration is being given to extending the scheme to part-time and postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/21]
Thu, 8 Jul 2021
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Grant Payments
Gary Gannon
55. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there was an increase in the number of students who received a reduction in their grant in 2020-2021 compared to previous years; his views on whether this is due to including the pandemic unemployment payment as income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36827/21]
Thu, 8 Jul 2021
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
244. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if an organisation (details supplied) is permitted to offer support as part of summer provision for students who are blind or vision impaired as it did in 2020; if not, the reason it is not included in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37146/21]
Thu, 8 Jul 2021
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Special Educational Needs
Gary Gannon
245. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if technological support for assistive technology and Braille lesson packs to supplement learning over the summer are available for students who are blind or vision impaired; if not, if she will consider making them available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37147/21]
Wed, 7 Jul 2021
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Mayoral Election
Gary Gannon
68. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a commitment will be given to ensure that a vote on a directly elected mayor in Galway takes place in 2024 at the same time as the next local elections is supported by Government given that Galway City Council has unanimously passed a motion calling for a plebiscite vote on whether or not to have a directly elected mayor in Galway. [36820/21]
Tue, 6 Jul 2021
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Sports Funding
Gary Gannon
218. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 20 May 2021, the progress of her Department's review of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36555/21]
Tue, 6 Jul 2021
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School Accommodation
Gary Gannon
332. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a site has been purchased by or on behalf of her Department for the purpose of school provision in Trim, County Meath; if so, the plans and details of the proposed usage of any such site; her views on the capacity levels of second-level schools within Trim, particularly in relation to boys; and her views on current plans for a school (details supplied) which continues to operate from temporary accommodation. [36554/21]
Tue, 6 Jul 2021
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Registration of Births
Gary Gannon
375. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time for birth registration in the Civil Registration Office in the Lombard St. office; if there was a backlog before the HSE cyber-attack; if the office has caught up on this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36556/21]
Thu, 1 Jul 2021
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Education Policy
Gary Gannon
56. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 13 May 2021, the status of the workshops on the promotion of wellbeing and resilience in schools which includes trauma informed approaches; and if a national roll-out of these workshops are still planned for the next academic year. [35389/21]
Thu, 1 Jul 2021
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State Examinations
Gary Gannon
76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if students completing State examinations in 2022 have the option of bereavement leave or exceptional circumstances during their written exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35394/21]
Thu, 1 Jul 2021
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School Staff
Gary Gannon
81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene to ensure that a school (details supplied) does not lose a teacher in the next academic year due to being one pupil short of the retention figure [35387/21]