Results 81-100 of 3,261 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of Dublin City Council’s recent decision to restrict priority social housing status to care leavers coming solely from residential care, thereby excluding those transitioning from foster care; the measures his Department is taking to ensure that all vulnerable young people exiting State care, regardless...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will review planning regulations around hoarding and advertising on protected structures, such as the railway bridge at Ballybough, the only protected structure in the community, which is currently dominated by large-scale commercial advertising; if he will engage with Dublin City Council and Iarnród...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the establishment of the Local Democracy Taskforce, as announced by his Department on 26 March 2025; the specific terms of reference for this taskforce; the timeline and mechanisms through which it intends to implement the Government’s commitments to rebalance power between elected councillors and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will provide more clarity on the availability of welfare priority for care leavers under exceptional social grounds in situations where they are at risk of homelessness. [18299/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 346. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed the current availability and capacity of childcare services in the East Wall and Sheriff Street areas of Dublin, in light of the imminent completion of approximately 600 new residential units; whether there are plans to establish new childcare facilities or expand existing ones to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to address the reported shortage of social workers within Tusla’s aftercare services, which may impact young care leavers' ability to meet the new housing priority criteria put forward by Dublin City Council. [18297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to ensure that all young people leaving State care are adequately supported in their transition to independent living, particularly in light of the current housing emergency. [18298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the GP Care for All Initiative, particularly concerning a practice (details supplied) in Dublin’s north inner city, which is at risk of closure in June 2025 if a sustainable solution is not found; the measures being taken to ensure the continued provision of general practitioner services to the 2,600 medical card patients currently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 403. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has reviewed the availability of primary care and GP services in the East Wall and Sheriff Street area of Dublin in view of the imminent population increase from the delivery of nearly 600 new residential units; if additional resources or facilities are planned to meet expected healthcare demand; the engagement that has taken place with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 404. To ask the Minister for Health if comprehensive health impact assessments have been conducted in Dublin central to evaluate the effects of prolonged exposure to elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter on residents living in identified hotspots within Dublin Central, where recent studies have shown nitrogen dioxide levels exceeding World Health Organisation...

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: When we speak about Trump's tariffs what we are actually discussing is an assault on Irish workers and global workers. It is also an assault on our industries and on the communities that have been built up around them. When we speak about Trump we have to remember who we are speaking about. Sometimes he is afforded too much credit and people ask what exactly does he want and how can we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding has been allocated to implement the recommendations of the Dublin City Centre Taskforce report; if so, to provide details of the specific allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for members recruited post-2013 in An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, Fire Service and Prison Service, in light of the fact that the scheme does not include a supplementary pension to bridge the gap between early retirement and the State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated financial gap in annual pension income for fast accrual pension scheme members between the age of 55 and the State pension age; the Department’s response to concerns that this gap is forcing members into post-retirement work despite health issues arising from their service; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has assessed the impact of the current pension arrangements for post-2013 uniformed public service recruits on long-term recruitment and retention within An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, the Fire Service and the Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has engaged with trade unions or staff associations representing Gardaí, firefighters, prison officers, and Defence Forces members regarding the restoration or introduction of a supplementary pension benefit for fast accrual pension scheme members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17777/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the Government’s position on a supplementary pension benefit for uniformed public servants, in light of previous commitments in 2019 by a Government Minister that post-2013 entrants would not be left worse off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17778/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the current fast accrual pension scheme adequately reflects the acknowledged shorter healthy working lifespan of uniformed public servants; and if he will consider reforms to ensure pension equity for those required to retire before State pension age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Language Schools (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of reports of alleged improper redundancies and contract downgrading at a language school in Dublin 1 (details supplied); the enforcement mechanisms available to ensure that redundancies are not used to circumvent employment law or union engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17780/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Language Schools (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of concerns that new teachers at a school (details supplied) are being hired on contracts below a living wage; the measures the Government is taking to address low pay and precarious employment in the English language teaching sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17782/25]