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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, when the public tender will be issued for the operation and management of new state-run reception centres under the reformed international protection process; the expected timelines for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if her Department will publish the criteria used to evaluate bids for the management of reception centres, including standards for human rights compliance, transparency, and experience in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if, in light of recent reports that the Government has shelved plans for emergency accommodation centres in areas where arson attacks or threats have occurred, she will clarify the criteria now...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is concerned that withdrawing from certain areas in response to intimidation risks setting a precedent where illegal activity can influence or veto State policy on the placement of accommodation for international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16057/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the measures in place to ensure that private operators or NGOs running reception centres are not incentivised to quietly withdraw from contentious locations, thereby undermining the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed the long-term impact of recent media reports that the Government has reversed the decisions to locate emergency accommodation in areas that have been subject to intimidation, local protest and/or arson on the integrity of Ireland’s international protection system; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence framework that was used in deciding not to increase the tax on derelict properties as a means of alleviating the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12890/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach's Department oversees the north-east inner-city task force. Such is the extent of the crisis in schools funding at the moment that I am meeting with representatives of four schools, Rutland National School being one of them, with Jim Gavin who chairs the north-east inner-city task force to try to understand how more than €50 million from the Taoiseach's Department has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 5. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the programme plan for child poverty and well-being 2023-2025. [12936/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 16. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the programme plan for child poverty and well-being 2023-2025. [17214/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: On the topic of child well-being, I wish to discuss an immensely cruel anomaly whereby a parent who has been convicted of unlawfully killing the other parent of a child retains his or her guardianship of that child. Retention of guardianship in this context means that the convicted person must be informed about the child's situation, consulted in major decisions being taken for the child and...

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]