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Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the Bill. We support it fully but intend to table some amendments on Committee Stage which we think will strengthen it. In my constituency, particularly in the north-inner city, and in a number of other constituencies in Ireland, there is a heartbreaking sight that many of us have grown accustomed to: young people, children, teenagers, kids on scramblers, kids hanging around...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: Homelessness.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I will raise an issue about a local school. In normal circumstances, I would not expect for one second the Taoiseach to have intimate details about a school in my constituency. The school is Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square. There was a moment during the last Dáil term when the name of that school was on all our lips because of the tragedy that befell the community...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: It does not know if it is going to go into litigation.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: It does not. I promise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I have a number of questions on the children (amendment) Bill 2024. Will the officials clarify how the proposed deferred sentence supervision order will link with wider early intervention and youth diversion supports, particularly for children already known to Tusla, CAMHS or youth services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: That is welcome. It would be good to see them on the stakeholder list. That will be an important part of our stakeholder engagement as we proceed. Has consideration been given to integrating restorative justice or trauma-informed alternatives directly into the DSSO process, particularly in cases where underlying issues like poverty, addiction and neurodiversity drive offending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: In light of recent incidents in Oberstown and staff safety issues, solitary confinement practices and alleged breaches of children's rights, what safeguards are in place to ensure that any additional children held under these new detention powers are not exposed to harm?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I am not sure about that but I will move on. On transparency outcomes, will the Courts Service or Oberstown be required, under this new Bill, to report annually on how many children received DSSOs, had their sentences activated due to non-compliance or were transitioned into an adult prison post turning 18 years old?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: While the Bill protects procedural rights based on the person's age at the time of the offence, can the Department confirm that children will not be remanded or sentenced to serving time in adult prisons simply because of delays in the system that push them past 18 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: What supports will be available during supervision orders? I would imagine the social supports that would be needed for a child going through the system might include housing, education, addiction, counselling and mental health. Will they be guaranteed to children under supervision orders, particularly those exiting Oberstown or facing difficult home environments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: Have community-based youth organisations, particularly those working in disadvantaged areas, been meaningfully consulted during the design of these sentencing reforms? If so, can we get a list of the external services that the Probation Service will co-ordinate with during supervision being provided?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of female prisoners in the Dóchas prison who were pregnant on committal between 2021 and 2024, including the 22 pregnant women recorded in 2024 and the 12 to date in 2025; and if he will outline any measures being taken to divert pregnant women charged with non-violent offences from custodial settings....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will state clearly whether women with children are currently being held in the general female prison population alongside other prisoners; and if so, how this aligns with the rights of the child under the UN convention on the rights of the child. [39463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of pregnant women in custody who are on remand; the number of these cases that involve non-violent offences; and whether he will consider issuing revised guidelines to reduce the use of custodial remand for pregnant women, particularly in cases involving minor or survival-related offences. [39465/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the number of babies born to women in custody between 2021 and 2024; and to provide details on the supports available to pregnant women and mothers in custody, including whether all births took place in hospital settings. [39466/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific measures being taken to address the health and safety of pregnant women in custody, in light of persistent overcrowding in the Dóchas Centre, operating above its 105-bed capacity and Limerick Prison's female wing, which has been reported as running at over 150% of its stated capacity; and whether pregnant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to expanding the availability of community-based sentencing, specifically tailored for mothers with dependent children; and his any plans to introduce gender-responsive, family-sensitive alternatives to prison for women who do not pose a risk to public safety. [39464/25]