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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: As I hope the Minister of State is aware, there is a dearth of quality stadiums not only in the country but in Dublin and, from my perspective, particularly on the north side of the capital. I am asking for the Minster of State's views on the retention of Tolka Park as a stadium and on its redevelopment. Can we save it from the sword of Damocles under which it stands, where it is in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: I fully appreciate that the owner of this stadium is Dublin City Council but I was also a member of Dublin City Council for over six years and I recognise that we stripped Dublin City Council of all local government funding to the point that all it sees in its assets is how it can sell them off in order to raise funds. In this Chamber, we talk about issues of national importance....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: In my last years on the council the controlling group committed to not selling off any more public land. The council management, which is unelected, does not have the same vision for the city and certainly does not have the same vision for League of Ireland football as maybe the Minister of State, myself and others in the Chamber. The Minister of State's comment that no there would be no...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: People on low incomes will be having their own blackouts this winter because they simply will not be able to afford to keep the lights on, according to a representative of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at the launch of the society's report, Warm Housing for All, this week. The price of gas and other fuel has increased by 19.6% in the past year. The moratorium on disconnections finished...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to reduce gender disparity on Irish radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Youth Plan (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will work with the Minister for Education to create a national strategy for the arts in schools, with dedicated funding, in order that all children and young persons may enjoy the benefits from participation and exposure to the arts. [47957/21]

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: It is ludicrous that a green party would oppose a moratorium when we are facing blackouts in this country. Our request was reasonable and moderate and called for a delay on development until necessary without outwardly banning the development of the sector, as was suggested in that recent contribution. The Government, particularly the Green Party, has not seen fit to support us in our call....

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I will speak on behalf of Deputy Whitmore. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Yesterday, the Social Democrats introduced a motion calling for a moratorium on data centre development until a full Government strategy was put in place and all necessary analysis was carried out. This was despite objections from the so-called Green Party. All we asked for yesterday was a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: There are few occasions in this Chamber when we can unify and agree on an approach, and I think this is one such occasion. In our capital city at present, there are people who do not feel safe. The UN safer cities initiative for women and young girls requires resources and involves talking to young men about men's violence against women and tackling a culture of toxic masculinity. We can...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I fundamentally believe that when we see crime, we should understand the context in which it occurs and the conditions which gave rise to it. However, I also believe that when people tell me they feel unsafe, there is an onus on us to create the conditions in which they start to feel safe again. In the city of Dublin at the moment, people genuinely feel unsafe. At the very heart of that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: We do not need an independent inquiry to tell us that certain practices are abhorrent. The Minister for Defence must act immediately to amend the law so that victims of rape or sexual assault in the Defence Forces can no longer be cross-examined by their abusers. The harrowing revelations in the "Women of Honour" documentary have shone a spotlight on the toxic culture of sexual abuse and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: The Minister has not had a chance to answer my question and I invite him to do so now.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Everyone in this Chamber will agree that the practice of allowing an alleged abuser to question his or her victim is simply wrong. We do not need an independent inquiry to tell us that this is an abhorrent practice. Victims in civilian court proceedings cannot be cross-examined by their attackers following the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. However, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a radio programme (details supplied); and the steps he is taking arising from the programme to tackle misogyny and violence within the Defence Forces. [47192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will commit to a targeted pathway of achieving 0.5% gross national income to official development assistance in order that Ireland can reach the 0.7% in 2030 as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will increase the number of places on the Irish Refugee Protection Programme for Afghan nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing every classroom in Ireland with a CO2 monitor. [47450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department discussed the potential use of air filtration in schools and classrooms in combating the spread of Covid-19. [47451/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing every special school in Ireland with access to a guidance counsellor. [47452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if greater resources will be provided to schools in order to increase mitigation measures for Covid-19 in view of the changes to testing and tracing in schools; the additional resources being made available to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47453/21]