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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (28 May 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place to ensure proper integration and community safety in relation to a facility (details supplied); the way in which these could be enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27786/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (28 May 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to alleviate the strain on local services in an area and the additional services that will be provided should the State purchase the complex (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (28 May 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to a process of improved engagement and information sharing with residents in relation to plans to increase numbers at the IPAS Centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Budgets (29 May 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 295. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase budgetary projects and forecasts to a five-year period, as recommended by the Fiscal Advisory Council, especially in light of recent warnings about our future income streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27879/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: It is now six months since the Government was established and we have seen very little. We now have a moderate and small-scale proposal on the hikes on the price of rent. The Minister said it is an effort to get a balance between keeping rents down and getting investors in. Different lobbies have different statistics to throw out but in places such as San Francisco, for example, rents have...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I wish to focus on one aspect of this motion I support, namely, the reference “to honour Ireland's obligations under the Genocide Convention and to fulfill the duty of the State to use all means likely to have a deterrent effect on those suspected of preparing genocide or reasonably suspected of harbouring specific intent, and work to prevent the genocide.” We have had a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I want to talk about something that is ongoing. It is not specific to today but it has been happening every single day and every single year since this State began, and anecdotally, it appears to be getting worse. I am talking about antisocial behaviour and, in particular, antisocial behaviour by those aged under 18. Young people are invariably good. We had a discussion a while back about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: There were 15,813 referrals of 12- to 17-year-olds to the Garda youth diversion programme in 2023. They are the ones who end up getting into the system but I am more concerned about the ones, the hangers-on of the ring leaders, who should not get into the system in the first place. Are there any further plans for consequences? I raised the issue some months ago with the Tánaiste,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: As the Taoiseach said, the schools are doing a great job. It is mainly female teachers in primary schools, and they are the ones who are getting misogynistic abuse at sixth-class level. We have had different debates about that. The Taoiseach mentioned the community safety partnerships. I wish they would hurry up and get them set up because there is a deficit there, including in...

Proposed Approval of the Agreement Between the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ireland: Motion (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Ireland's associate membership of CERN is a fantastic step forward in science, technology and innovation in this country. As a TD, I was happy to be able to offer a pairing to the Minister during his recent visit. Great thanks is due to the Minister and his team for facilitating this associate agreement. Well done to all. As an associate member we will have access to what is one of the...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Fáilte go léir. I want to make an observation. What is very telling is the member states the economists who issued the statement come from. It seems to reflect the political stance of some of the constituent governments in a sense. I do not know if that was because they reflect those opinions or because they are afraid to express those opinions. The first question is simple....

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I do not need to say much more. I thank our witnesses for their contributions. I take on board the onerous nature on companies and I agree there should be supports provided in that context. On a wider level, I fully support the need for more engagement from the Government perspective. I have two drafts of parliamentary questions to be tabled and I will meet the witnesses after the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: We are talking about housing and targets. As Opposition Members have stated, the targets are not being reached. Let us not get into the semantics of whether they will be reached, because what will stop them being reached is infrastructure. We have a situation in Clonshaugh where planned housing is going to be delayed due to a lack of water services. In this context, it was interesting to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: To follow up on transport infrastructure, Mr. O'Driscoll mentioned, for example, the impact in terms of future jobs at Apple because of the road interlink and public transport links. It is a similar thing with Galway in terms of the ring road. As someone with a green background, I acknowledge the need for the ring road but obviously there is a need to put more investment into public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Will the funding be multi-annual?

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I have been listening to this debate with some interest. There have been various contributions and Deputy Gibney's would be the most similar to mine in this context. In essence, while this proposal has some merit if it were taken in an isolated way, it is basically tinkering around the edges because we do not have a European-style property tax in Ireland. The way to work this out is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: The residents of Saggart, Citywest, Rathcoole and adjacent areas today got a huge slap in the face. In very arrogant, dismissive behaviour by the Government, it issued a press statement and then the Minister, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy went out onto the plinth and said the State was purchasing the Citywest Hotel. This came with no notice to any of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Regarding the State's requirement to have a number of large-scale IPAS centres, I see the logic of the State trying to buy somewhere rather than pay rent. I believe, however, that such centres need to be purpose-built rather than trying to call a former hotel a suitable campus. I mentioned this to the Taoiseach before. Obviously, we are a welcoming country and many people are fleeing...

Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: It is good that the Minister is in the Chamber. I have raised transport issues a couple of times when he was not here. I presume some were passed on to him, but I will reiterate a couple. A while back, I raised the need to have an intercity stop at either Adamstown or Kishoge train station. I know that would cause a five-minute delay but there is a lot of demand in this rapidly growing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: We saw recently the implementation of the new legislation on e-scooters. It needs to bed in, but I want to lay down a marker for the end of the year. At the moment, if a scooter weighs a maximum of 25 kg, travels at speeds of less than 20 km/h and has a certain wheel diameter, it is considered a personal transporter and not a vehicle that requires licensing. Anecdotally, however, I have...