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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 29. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration has been given to increasing financial assistance for parents who are sending their children to creches, particularly given the rising costs of early childhood education. [37653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (2 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will launch the planned national survey for parents on school ethos as part of Government efforts to change more religious-run schools to multi-denominational patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline, given the urgent and distressing situation regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied) who remains trapped in Gaza despite having received approvals for evacuation, the steps his Department is taking to apply pressure on the Israeli government to facilitate the person's safe passage to Ireland. [38943/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for the response. This is where my frustration and that of the practitioners comes from, as well as, most importantly, the concern of the multitude of different communities and mostly vulnerable communities that avail of that service. Without question we all accept the substantive work that GP Care For All does. We are all in absolutely no doubt but that the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: There is a significant problem developing in my community. The GP Care For All service in the primary healthcare centre in Summerhill is a fabulous service. I knew what existed at that location before in terms of GP healthcare; what exists now is a beyond a world of difference. GP Care For All is a charity-run model. Doctors are salaried. Most important, those who avail of the service...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: It is.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the task force the Taoiseach commissioned for the city of Dublin. It was one of his first acts when he came into power some four or five months ago. That report has been completed and it is sitting on his desk. I read today that it is intended to be brought to the Cabinet in two weeks' time. Contained within that report are a number of recommendations...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I asked about the task force.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: What is the point?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: What is the point?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I asked about the task force.

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Regional Group for tabling this is an important motion. We have seen many others like it over the past 18 months. The motion is a reflection of the justified pressured that is placed on all of us as public representatives when we knock on doors, meet people and hear these hard stories. A sum of €600 million to abolish the means testing for the carer's allowance does not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: For over 12 months now, we have watched on with horror as depravity was rained down upon the population of Gaza by the state of Israel. Throughout that time, many across the Opposition, including ourselves in the Social Democrats, have asked for action and consequence. We have been met solely with words. Now, not only are we finding out that all the Government has offered is words but...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2025 (24 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: 6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there are plans to enhance long-term social welfare support for one-parent families in the upcoming Budget 2025. [37654/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Addiction Treatment Services (24 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: 24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection given the pressing need for enhanced support in drug and alcohol services in north-inner city Dublin, the specific measures being taken to increase the number of peer support and lived experience workers in these services, particularly through the implementation of financial incentives as part of community employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (24 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: 28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how her Department assesses the effectiveness of child benefit and back to school allowance payments in reducing child poverty, in light of recent research from the ESRI indicating that nearly 230,000 children in the country lack basic necessities such as food, clothing and heating. [37650/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (24 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: 302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to install further CCTV cameras on Blessington Street in order to manage the rise in incidents of anti-social behaviour and open drug dealing taking place in the area (details supplied) in view of the safety concerns continuously raised by residents of Sackville Court/Blessington Street, Dublin. [37261/24]

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward an excellent, timely and powerful motion with so many meaningful suggestions. To enact even half of them would make a substantive difference to the lives of countless people the length and breadth of this country. I hope many of these measures will be reflected in the budget when it is presented to us early next month. At the heart of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: As the Minister mentioned, the night-time economy and the night-time culture economy present huge opportunities. There has been an effort on her part, certainly in the early years of the Government, to make changes. I believe night-time economy unit has huge potential, and we have seen some examples of that. Yet, I do not believe that there is some degree of collaboration across the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Culture Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: I reiterate that hugely beneficial work has been undertaken by the task force and, in particular, under the Minister’s leadership, but I would like to see what the outcome of that will be. I would have liked to ask about the night-time licensing laws, which were promised as part of this reimagining of what our cultural entities could look like in the night time. However, I am not...