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Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Minister is contradicting his own colleague. He mentioned it on RTÉ Radio 1's "Drivetime" on Tuesday. The Minister can take it up with him. The Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, also put out a call for other Ministers to step up. If it is not true, it is certainly something that is being presented by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment's own colleagues. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request the chairs of the review into PhD conditions to contact an organisation (details supplied); and to meet with the organisation as the body representing PhD researchers in Ireland. [6934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the progress of the national review into PhD conditions; if he will provide a full work plan for the review as laid out by the chairs; the meetings the chairs have had or plan to have with stakeholders; and the anticipated date of completion for the review. [6932/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare payments to single mothers, such as the one-parent family payment, are reduced if their ex-partner is still contributing to the family's mortgage payments. [6935/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the progress being made towards creating a lifetime carer's pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6936/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for details of the average social welfare appeals processing times in weeks for summary decisions and oral hearings, by scheme. [6937/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I apologise to the speakers. I thank them for their contributions not only today, but also over the past couple of months. The past couple of months have been, without question, what can only be described as the scariest time that I have witnessed in politics for a long time. The speakers have all been at the coalface of combating it, talking to people and fighting back against the hate....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: Yes. That is what I mean.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I have a brief addendum. We spoke about the responsibility of the State. There seems to be one Department in the State left with responsibility, which is the one that we are in at the minute. Have the guests noticed the consequences of a singular Department? What would they suggest in terms of an all-Department, all-State approach? This Department seems to be left with the sole...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: Let me in the broadest and warmest sense welcome the citizens’ assembly on drugs. As I was sitting here listening to a previous speaker mentioning the pathway to this much-needed and long overdue assembly, I was thinking to myself of the journey that has taken place in communities all over this country and, in particular, in my own community in the north inner city. If we believe the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: Last week, the Taoiseach disregarded the research of Barnardos that stated 10% of families were using food banks. He seems to be disregarding the research of the ESRI as well. Less than a year ago, it published a report showing how the Government's poverty target could be achieved with a focus on the working family payment and the qualified child increase. Why, then, were these benefits...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: Yes, they have.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Bill is largely welcome. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland did incredible work in outlining the steps which are necessary to bring about essential policing reform, thereby enhancing public support and confidence in the Garda in the process. The Bill goes a long way to giving effect to some of the recommendations the commission made concerning governance, oversight and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [8608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the criteria for funding arts festivals. [8607/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the awards of working visas by country of origin of the awardees in the past year, in tabular form. [8609/23]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the members of the INOU and the Add the 10th campaign. I am not sure if Paul McKeon is in the Gallery. For as long as I have been in politics, he has been talking to me about this issue. He really has been pushing it home. That the visitors in the Gallery are here is a genuine example of civic engagement. The purpose of the Bill is to expand the protections of both Acts to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (23 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: 86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for paying 17-, 18- and 19-year-olds below the minimum wage per hours worked. [6174/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank our contributors. Their presentations were fascinating. I also thank them for their work over the past six months. I can only imagine the pressure they are under. My first question pertains to the asylum process in and of itself. Let us start from the basis that absolutely everybody has a right to come here seeking asylum. People come seeking asylum for a multitude of reasons...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: A person who arrives and claims asylum on specific grounds is often not aware of his or her legal rights. Does the State sometimes at a later date weaponise the fact a person may not be aware of how to communicate that?