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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: I add my voice and that of my party in condemning the brutal scenes in Navan when a 14-year-old child was brutally assaulted. That should never take place. BeLonG To, the youth LGBT organisation, released figures today from 2022 research which found that 76% of young LGBTQI+ students in schools found schools to be unsafe. What is the Government doing to ensure schools and public spaces are...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: The defence and security challenges facing Ireland have never been more diverse and Ireland has perhaps never been so ill-equipped to handle them. Current geopolitical tensions across the world are being fuelled and intensified in the first instance by Russia's grotesque invasion of Ukraine. Before that was the rise of populism. The threats posed by accelerated climate change, energy and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22916/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: I wish to raise the issue of visibility and safety for members of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, LGBTQI, community among both faculty and students in schools. BeLong To research from last year showed that more than three-quarters of LGBTQI students feel unsafe in post-primary schools. The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, INTO, LGBT+ teachers’...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22917/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: Dublin is one of the only capital cities in Europe or the world that operates without a municipal market, yet on both sides of the Liffey, north and south, there are large infrastructural buildings lying idle. For many decades, markets were where generations of working-class people throughout the city made their money. Yet, in the hands of Dublin City Council, certainly on the north side of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 35. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on a Humanitarian Response to Ukraine will next meet. [22918/23]

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: As we are asked to speak about the accommodation needs of new arrivals, I think it appropriate to begin by quoting from the first article of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Article 1 has ten words. It merely states: “Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected.” The Minister will be aware that in April of this year, in a case taken by a person who...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: What is the State's playbook? I ask this because in the absence of one, we are behind and we need to step forward. We need to meet these challenges. There is an assault on decency in this country. We need to recommit ourselves to confronting it every step of the way. That will require a coherent plan of action going forward, because this will be with us for the long term.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the possible effects on pensioner poverty of the proposed total contributions approach, given that it deals on a pro rata basis with people who do not qualify for the maximum payment, rather than using bands which serve to uplift the benefit people receive, as under the current averaging...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: I ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the possible effects on pensioner poverty of the proposed total contributions approach, given that it deals on apro ratabasis with people who do not qualify for the maximum payment, rather than using bands which serve to uplift the benefit people receive, as under the current averaging system; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: No, not really. I realise I am stating the obvious in saying that paying a lower State pension to a larger number of pensioners would lead to higher levels of poverty among older people in this country. However, I have to say it, because we fear that is what will happen under the total contributions approach. There is a certain minimum amount of money that older people need to retire with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (23 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: How many people start working at 55? I do not think that is a fair analysis. Older people in Ireland usually have the lowest rates in poverty and deprivation of any age group. The State pension is solely responsible for this. At any one time, 85% of older people in Ireland would live below the poverty line if it were not for the State pension. Even for better off pensioners who do not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the current issues relating to climate change wellbeing and teacher retention, would she accept that the provision of a working, nationwide redeployment system for post primary teachers could alleviate each of these problems to some extent; and given the benefits of such a system would, she now schedule talks with the stakeholders to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of international protection applicants not offered accommodation by IPAS who have been issued any payment under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, exclusive of the daily expenses allowance or equivalent payment, to date in 2023, broken down by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of international protection applicants not offered accommodation by IPAS who have been granted the daily expenses allowance or equivalent payment, to date in 2023, broken down by month of application for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and mean processing times for applications under the accelerated procedure for "safe countries of origin" (the International Protection Act 2015 (Procedures and Periods for Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2022) under the International Protection Act 2015; a breakdown of the recognition rates for same by country...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and mean processing times for applications under the International Protection Act 2015, to date in 2023, which do not fall under the accelerated procedure for "safe countries of origin" (the International Protection Act 2015 (Procedures and Periods for Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2022) or prioritisation in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and mean processing times for prioritised applications under section 73 of the International Protection Act 2015, to date in 2023; a breakdown of the recognition rates for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23280/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (16 May 2023)

Gary Gannon: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and mean processing times for positive decisions issued by the Family Reunification Unit, under the International Protection Act 2015, to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23281/23]