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Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: Similarly, the Social Democrats will oppose this section. Again, this is about the principle of having trials by jury and the word "defending". I have listened for the past hour and a half. We have read the research in the Oireachtas reports and by the various experts. Nobody has yet laid out any evidence to show why this would make the system better. I heard how it would make it...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 2: In page 12, to delete all words from and including “but” in lines 13 down to and including “participation” in 14 and substitute the following: “have the effect of preventing, restricting or penalising public participation”. I thank Deputy Carthy and others. The Bill says lawsuits must have the main purpose of...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 3: In page 14, to delete lines 6 to 14 and substitute the following: “34E. (1)Where a defendant in defamation proceedings relating to his or her engagement in public participation makes an application to the court, in accordance with law, to strike out the claim as being an abusive lawsuit against public participation.”.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 4: In page 14, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Stay of proceedings 34EA. (1) Upon an application made under section 34E by a defendant to a proceeding, no further step may be taken in the proceeding by any party until the application, including any appeal against the application, has been finally disposed of. (2) Unless a judge orders...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I move amendment No. 5: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “34FA. Where an application for declaration has been made before or during a trial of action and costs, a judge must not strike out a claim and appeal under section 34E if the claimant satisfies the judge that— (a) the claim is likely to prevail at trial, and (b) the harm suffered or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected recruitment pipeline for prison officers in 2025 to 2027; the projected attrition rate; and the expected net staffing change. [21490/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated annual cost of detaining one person in prison versus the cost of supervising one person on a community sanction, and the projected fiscal impact of achieving the Department of Justice's 1,500 additional prison place target versus equivalent investment in community measures. [21491/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average daily prison population and the official bed capacity of each custodial institution for the months January to March 2025; the percentage occupancy for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he accepts that the State is in breach of its obligations under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights owing to current overcrowding levels, and what immediate actions he will take. [21476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on floors on each day since 1 January 2024, broken down by prison. [21477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how overcrowding has affected rates of prisoner on prisoner and prisoner on staff assaults in 2023 and Q1 2025; and whether an independent safety audit will be commissioned. [21478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners unable to access education, vocational workshops or drug treatment programmes due to capacity constraints in 2024; and the percentage shortfall relative to assessed need. [21479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the Prison Officers' Association statement that overcrowding has passed the point at which prisons can be safely operated; and what additional staffing or overtime resources will be provided in budget 2026. [21480/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of confirmed drone related contraband drops detected in each prison in 2023 and to date in 2025; and the measures being taken to counter drone incursions. [21481/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider installing comprehensive drone defence systems and netting in exercise yards, as recommended by staff representatives; and the estimated cost. [21482/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current utilisation rate of structured temporary release, broken down by offence category, compared with 2020 to 2024; and the reoffending rate for persons released under this scheme. [21483/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for introducing legislation to expand community sanctions and to implement electronic monitoring, as committed to in the Programme for Government. [21484/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average daily number of people on community based restorative justice programmes in 2024; the target numbers for 2025; and the budget allocated. [21485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the €53 million capital allocation for 2025 by project and prison; the projected number of additional bed spaces each project will deliver; and on what timeline. [21486/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he last consulted the Inspector of Prisons and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission regarding compliance with the UN Mandela Rules; and if he will publish any correspondence since January 2024 relating to overcrowding. [21487/25]