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

Gary Gannon: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address the 48% overcrowding in Limerick Women's Prison; and whether any female prisoners have been transferred abroad or to Garda stations due to lack of capacity. [21488/25]

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

Gary Gannon: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has benchmarked Irish prison population rates against comparable EU jurisdictions; to provide that data; and to outline any best practice models being considered to curb unsentenced and short sentence committals. [21489/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: There have been 19 months of devastation and evil on a scale not witnessed in many centuries. We have watched annihilation being afflicted upon Gaza. We now have the calls from Netanyahu and those who follow him for ethnic cleansing of the people of Gaza. We have heard the words of the Taoiseach and the talk of the Tánaiste last week. We need to know when there is going to be action...

Europe Day: Statements (7 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I do not feel like celebrating Europe Day today for reasons that have been outlined very clearly for more than 19 months now. That is not to say that I do not appreciate Europe or the role it has played in the development of Ireland. I am often reminded of a quote by John McGahern, who said that Ireland was an agrarian society right up to the mid-20th century and then almost went straight...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: Every Deputy who stands up will have a story to tell about his or her own constituency and the absence of effective childcare or aftercare provision, precisely because this insidious issue affects the means by which parents organise their days, get into work and ensure that their children are looked after in a manner that taken for granted in most other jurisdictions. It is difficult to know...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (7 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I want to raise an issue I have raised on previous occasions, namely, the community I am very proud to represent, one that has its challenges but is always flourishing and has a deep history. It is a place full of strong families and deep roots, but it is a community that can often be overlooked and is struggling right now. The residents of Cabra have asked, in recognition not just of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (7 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for her substantial contribution and recognition of Cabra, and her personal awareness of how change-positive the family resource centres can be for a community, particularly communities that, of their own volition, recognise the need for them. Cabra is an area with such an incredible history. The GAA team there is a real focal point for the community. There is...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (8 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act and I will support it. However, we need to be honest here. This legislation has been extended multiple times and we must move beyond temporary measures. It is time to make it permanent. I sat on the Dublin City Council at the same time as the Minister, and to think then that we would be in the Dáil discussing...

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I unreservedly support the motion and thank Deputy Cummins for bringing it forward. I want to say clearly that the current system is failing to reflect the Ireland of today. In 2021, I stood in this Chamber and said the Government was paying lip service to the idea of a truly inclusive education system, flagging that there was no clear roadmap to providing 400 multidenominational primary...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety Authority (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Road Safety Authority has provided clarity on its recommendations for the division of its operations into two groups; and specifically, what the role and objectives of the 'Advocacy' group are in promoting road safety in the country. [19372/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government is considering or has implemented a system for enhanced data sharing between road safety agencies, local authorities, and other stakeholders, and how this might improve decision-making and road safety outcomes. [19373/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety Authority (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the RSA has explored the use of near-miss technology to improve road safety; and the steps being taken to integrate this technology into current road safety strategies or pilot programs. [19374/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road safety experts, engineers, or technical professionals within the organisation. [19375/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions between 2015 and 2025 where women granted bail by the courts were not in a position to avail of it owing to a lack of means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19667/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women specific services funded by the Probation Service; the number of Probation Service-funded services and projects that work directly with women leaving prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19668/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether all services and projects funded by the Probation Service are subject to service level agreements (SLA) with the Probation Service; the frequency with which these SLAs are reviewed and updated; to set out the procedure for the assessment of gender-specific services in terms of meeting their objectives; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the criminal injuries compensation scheme, to include the number of applications received relative to the number of awards granted since the scheme's introduction, and the specific grounds under which any refusals have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19670/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Data Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1924. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a data protection issue at an agency under her Departmental remit has been brought to her attention (details supplied); the steps that have been taken by this agency and her Department to ensure that the GDPR is correctly enforced and that no conflict of interest issues arise; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1925. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding media reports (details supplied), the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access requests (SARs) to Tusla are not abused by alleged perpetrators of violence; if Tusla will confirm, in line with GDPR requirements, the procedures in place to ensure that the rights and freedoms of others are not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a specific timeline for the commencement and completion of works at a school (details supplied); acknowledging that previous responses have indicated that works are scheduled to commence in the second half of 2026; if she will clarify whether the planning permission will remain in place to allow the project to proceed as...