Results 61-80 of 3,476 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (26 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: In six years of having been here and having been a regulator contributor to Topical Issue debates, this is the first time I have had a senior Minister here to respond. While I will often disagree with the Minister and we will often clash, I do not doubt for a second his dedication to the issues he is in charge of. There has unquestionably been an increase in the Garda presence in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I will return to the issue of the GPO and the Government's plans, as outlined a couple of days ago, to turn it into a cultural space with retail units and office space. Does that plan not lack ambition? On O'Connell Street and the surrounding streets, we have retail space. We have office space aplenty. Of course, the GPO has historical significance. It also provides a huge opportunity...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I intend to speak about the Offences Against the State Act, in particular the continued operation of the Special Criminal Court. This is not just a matter of law. It is a question of principle, of how we, as a republic, administer justice in the most serious cases and of what kind of country we want to be by virtue of that fact. The Special Criminal Court was never meant to be permanent....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I extend the condolences of the Social Democrats on the death of disability activist, Jacqui Browne. Her loss will be greatly felt. The details in today's Women's Aid report are deeply disturbing but not surprising. We know domestic and gender-based violence is insidious. It thrives in silence, shame and in the shadows but it is everywhere, in every parish, every institution and every...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I fully concur that the responsibility lies with men to address this pervasive issue. However, that does not absolve the State of its responsibility, and the State is in neglect of its responsibilities across a variety of fields when it comes to men's violence against women, be that the provision of refuge centres, the collation of data or the regulation of social media platforms. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality on each occasion since January 2024 where a serious offender was granted bail or released early due to prison or detention centre overcrowding, the nature of the offence that was, the alternative arrangements that were made for public safety, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment that has been made of the risk to public safety posed by the release or non-detention of individuals accused of involvement in organised crime due to the lack of remand spaces; and if he will publish this assessment. [34910/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison or remand places occupied in the past 12 months by individuals detained purely for immigration-related reasons; and the total cost of this to the State. [34908/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Detention Centres (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 163. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current official operational capacity of Oberstown Detention Campus; the number of beds actually available for remand, as of 20 June 2025; how this compares with demand on 20 June 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34909/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 191. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of...

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for introducing the motion. I welcome the fact that the Government is not opposing it. Extending presidential voting rights to Irish citizens living in the North should never be seen as a radical demand. It represents a necessary and overdue recognition of the promises made in the Good Friday Agreement. That agreement was not just about ending conflict; rather,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: What about the task force?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: We woke up this morning to news that, finally, a proposal was going to the Cabinet on the implementation of the recommendations of the Dublin city task force. I thought this was brilliant and that perhaps now, after four press conferences and about two years, we would get some detail. I listened but we got a rehash of the same announcements that had been made three times at this point and...

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: I think the Minister for his statement. I am going through my questions one by one. Regarding the €8 million that is going towards the new Garda aircraft, namely, the fixed-wing plane and one helicopter, were are we getting the pilots from?

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: They are not going to be part of the Garda.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: They come from the Air Corps.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: That is interesting. Is the Garda national crime and intelligence unit, which is not often discussed, for good reason, particularly well resourced and what is its current operational status? How many people are working there? What are they working on? Is there an overlap with military intelligence?

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: It would be good to know. Regarding the Garda traffic watch, which is the system that came online in August, the Minister stated in the reply to a parliamentary question asked by Liam Quaide that there were 4,885 incidents created on the PULSE system from that new system. There were only 60 fixed charges, only 30 of which resulted in the payment of fines. That seem like a bit of a...

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: It was the Minister's response.