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Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: The Minister knows we have different views on that.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: The Minister will know as well as I do there are people here who are claiming asylum and cannot prove the violation they speak to for fear their country may be contacted and their family targeted as a consequence of that. This is a regular issue that happens within this country and others and it is particularly important when we are developing new frameworks. When it comes to the concept...

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: There is very little left to say about Gaza that has not already been said and there is almost nothing left in Gaza that has not already been destroyed. We are past the point of shock and statements; what remains is rubble, mass graves and the silence of children whose names we will never know. We welcome this motion and support every line in it but we have to be honest. Ireland, though it...

Apology to Shane O'Farrell and his Family: Statements (27 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: To Lucia, Jim and the O'Farrell family sitting with us in the Gallery today, I offer my condolences and express my admiration of their dignity in grief, which has been extraordinary. Their courage is incalculable. They should never have had to fight this hard or for this long just to be heard. They should never have had to carry that burden of proof. Their campaign has been an act of love...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the process being put in place to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to "Examine ways to facilitate people who are on work permits to move jobs more easily and legally, while protecting the integrity of the immigration system"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27573/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the current policy and operational procedures governing the detention of individuals pending deportation via chartered flights. [26717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether individuals subject to deportation orders are being detained in prisons while awaiting such flights. [26718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of individuals detained pending deportation via chartered flights; the specific prison or detention facilities in which they were held; the number of nights each individual spent in detention prior to deportation, to date 2025. [26719/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (22 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: He made more sense than the Minister of State after six months.

Estimates for Public Services 2025 (21 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank An Ceann Comhairle and Members for the latitude. Similar to Deputy Carthy, I thank the staff in office of the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, and the staff of IPAS for helping in recent weeks and months to dispel, where they arise, myths that are being spread purposely by far-right agitators. There was a particularly difficult situation in my locality in recent days. I am...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025: Motion (21 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: This proposed reduction in the accommodation recognition payment from €800 to €600 a month is not just a bureaucratic tweak, it is a deeply short-sighted move that will hurt the very people we have asked to step up, that is, the thousands of families who have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees fleeing war. When the war began and we stepped up, we talked about the huge...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: Only now, after 19 months of siege and slaughter, after the images of starving Palestinian children with swollen bellies and hollow eyes, after the mass graves and the bombed-out hospitals, after the annihilation of entire families, only now do we hear the Government saying that next week, it will bring a memo in respect of the occupied territories Bill. Only now, when the scale of...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the opportunity for statements on assessments of need. We often talk about demand and need and solutions. The Government today has made reaffirmations. The Tánaiste reiterated his commitment to address this issue after 14 years of Fine Gael in government. We must also give voice to many people who are now teenagers or adults who have been left behind because of the failures...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Business of Joint Committee (20 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach as he takes on the role. I am excited and honoured to be a part of a committee that must do such important work for the people of this country. The concept of justice at its essence is about balance. At present, there is an imbalance. Prisons are overcrowded. There are streets where people feel unsafe. That speaks to a sense of imbalance within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (20 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25244/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I wish to raise an issue of fundamental rights, namely the right to education. This right is being denied to children not only in the north inner city but also nationally. Peer research conducted by a group of parents who came together under the title of FACT reveals that 100% of parents of children with additional needs surveyed said their children need additional support but that only 70%...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that 1% or 2% does not seem particularly high, but Garda numbers are particularly low. The Commissioner has talked about getting the numbers up to 18,000, but the 1% or 2% leaving is not being matched by people coming in. There is also the potential for 6,400 gardaí to retire in the next three years, which is incredible. Gardaí are leaving the force for a multitude...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: It is an exciting job but the demands are incredible and the pay, in many instances, does not provide the capacity to afford to live in the cities that gardaí are asked to police. People are leaving. While the figure in this regard is only 1% or 2%, the force is still understaffed. An intensive campaign to recruit gardaí needs to do more than tell people it is an exciting job...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the number of gardaí who have resigned from the force in each of the past three years, broken down by rank; if his Department has conducted any analysis into the reasons behind the increase in resignations; if it is intended to introduce specific retention initiatives, to stem attrition and retain...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: On 26 February 2024, the Minister wrote about the potential for 6,400 gardaí to leave the force over the next three years. What are the plans to address the retention of gardaí? What is the number of gardaí leaving the force? What will the Minister to do address that?