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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: I will take that back. It was another con trotted out just to give this idea to the public of who the Government is. What it does in private is completely different. Very clearly, the Opposition cannot trust this Government. I want to talk about another issue. It has been clearly flagged that the Government is going to bring forward a proposal to remove the triple lock. That proposal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: It is unjust, unfair and unbecoming.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: You have no mandate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: You have no mandate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: The facts speak for themselves. The Government's credibility has been shattered. We speak of mandates. Each of us stood before the electorate a mere two months ago. Had that electorate known that the Tánaiste would be making grubby little deals that change the nature by which the Government would be able to correct its own homework, I doubt anybody would buy into it. That is what we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: We asked for specifics. The Tánaiste knows well that we hear a lot about UN Security Council vetoes. The reality is that it has only happened once, more than 20 years ago. The law was clarified in 2006 to help to address that specific situation. It is in the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006. It has not stopped Irish peacekeepers from participating in missions. The UN needs reform but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: No, you were not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: I asked about the double lock or single lock.

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: I also welcome our special guests to the Chamber today. Three years ago Ukraine suffered an invasion of the most horrific form, an invasion the likes of which we thought was left behind in the 20th century and the horrors that emanated from the Second World War. Then we looked at the tanks rolling down the roads towards Kyiv and an image that will stay in my mind is the horrific bombing of...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank Deputy Coppinger for tabling the motion. I acknowledge the guests we have in the Gallery. My party leader, Deputy Cairns, has been in touch to acknowledge the presence of Mr. David French. She has been working alongside him to bring forward Valerie's law. We will continue to push this as heavily as we can from the Opposition benches, although it would be infinitely easier if it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (25 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: 630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timetable and recruitment plans for the third, empty seat on Ireland’s Data Protection Commission; and his Department’s plans to ensure that on this occasion the role as advertised is attractive to leading international expertise. [7169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: 693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recognition rate, including appeals, for all international protection applicants, and the recognition rate, including appeals, for applicants from designated safe countries of origin, for all of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8095/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (25 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: 735. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to give effect to the ban on the practice of conversion therapy at national level (details supplied). [7168/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Deportation Orders (25 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: 811. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in IPAS accommodation with an active deportation order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8094/25]

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: I listened to the previous Government speaker who repeated something said yesterday. It is almost as if you cannot talk about regulation if you have a social media account. What a banal and boring analysis of the situation.

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: It is the equivalent of saying you are not allowed talk about banking regulation if you have a bank account. The only person I remember in the Chamber who could meet that standard was the former leader of Fianna Fáil. What a weird analogy. For years we were sold the dream that automation and AI would free people from drudgery, allowing society to prosper and with fewer working...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: Almost every single week, I have listened to the Taoiseach responding in a very tedious manner to legitimate questions from the Opposition, including ourselves in the Social Democrats. He asks where our solutions are and what we would do differently. I have a simple question now. Where is the housing Minister? It is becoming farcical at this point. Parliamentary debate means that we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the current national deficit in consultant posts across the country, specifically in relation to vascular surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (19 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for specialist vascular surgery care nationwide, including those awaiting initial consultation in outpatient clinics and those awaiting surgical procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6545/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Gary Gannon: Where is the strategy, then?