Results 341-360 of 3,476 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out any assessment of cult influence or high-control group activity within educational settings, particularly in relation to the recruitment of vulnerable students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to develop national guidelines for schools and universities to help staff identify signs of cult recruitment and coercive indoctrination on campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider ring-fencing a proportion of CAO places in 2025 for students who are sitting the Leaving Certificate in that year, so they are not in direct competition with applicants from previous years whose grades reflect higher levels of grade inflation; if he will consider applying proportional grade deflation to previous year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulatory oversight that exists in relation to private English-language schools (details supplied); whether complaints from students or staff are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is aware of changes to student policies at an English-language school (details supplied) that may breach existing student contracts; the protections in place for international language students attending such institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17789/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: On the topic of child well-being, I wish to discuss an immensely cruel anomaly whereby a parent who has been convicted of unlawfully killing the other parent of a child retains his or her guardianship of that child. Retention of guardianship in this context means that the convicted person must be informed about the child's situation, consulted in major decisions being taken for the child and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 5. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the programme plan for child poverty and well-being 2023-2025. [12936/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 16. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the programme plan for child poverty and well-being 2023-2025. [17214/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach's Department oversees the north-east inner-city task force. Such is the extent of the crisis in schools funding at the moment that I am meeting with representatives of four schools, Rutland National School being one of them, with Jim Gavin who chairs the north-east inner-city task force to try to understand how more than €50 million from the Taoiseach's Department has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (3 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not doubt for a second that there is a genuine commitment across the Government to address the issue. How could there not be? It is a fundamental issue. However, I do not think it is working. The ECCE rates of €69 per week per child have clearly not been sustainable. I do not doubt the level of money that is being pumped into...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (3 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I wish to talk to the Minister of State about the absence of childcare provision in Dublin Central. I use the example of Dublin Central because it is the area I am proud to represent, but I could be talking about any community to be found the length and breadth of Ireland. Childcare provision and access to childcare, where it exists, is simply too difficult. The Government made a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence framework that was used in deciding not to increase the tax on derelict properties as a means of alleviating the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12890/25]

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: Statements on diverting young people from crime is an interesting concept and something I would talk about every day if I could. However, statements without follow on action leaves us nowhere. We have had all the evidence and research and we know what brings young people into crime. We have known for decades now. If you imagine the portrait of a young person, I obviously think about...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: Today marks World Autism Awareness Day. Aligning themselves with the occasion, there will be up to 200 parents and guardians who will sleep on the pavement outside Dáil Éireann today. It will be the second time they have done so in a number of weeks. They are doing so for a plethora of different reasons related to assessments, diagnoses, therapies, school places and access to SNA...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: What would the Taoiseach say to those 200 parents outside on the pavement today if he were to talk to them?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, to outline the number of additional International Protection Office caseworkers, translators, and healthcare staff he expects will need to be hired to support the implementation of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland's national immigration plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the number of legal practitioners which have or are intended to be contracted or resourced to provide early-stage legal advice under the reformed international protection system; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Irelands national immigration plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if his department has or intend to undertake a cost analysis on funding the legal aid board to meet increased early-stage demand under the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16040/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, to outline the protocols that will be in place to ensure that unaccompanied minors are not inappropriately routed through accelerated or inadmissible procedures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if all unaccompanied minors be referred to Tusla immediately upon arrival under the new screening process; how this will be monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16011/25]