Results 3,641-3,660 of 3,683 for speaker:Gary Gannon
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals detained in the State pending deportation between 24 September and 3 October 2025; and the prisons in which they were held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54297/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of individuals detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54298/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time individuals have been detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54299/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the five longest individual periods of detention pending deportation in 2025; the duration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54300/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (9 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that was originally budgeted for the development and implementation of the bedspace bed management system for international protection accommodation beds; the final spend to date on the system, including procurement, development, licensing and ongoing support costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (9 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the bedspace bed management system was rolled out; whether the bedspace bed management system is now fully operational for all beds in the international protection system; and if not, to detail which categories of accommodation remain outside the system, and the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (9 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure that was used for the management and allocation of beds in international protection system prior to the introduction of the bedspace system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54303/25]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: The Government took away the eviction ban.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: I support Deputy McDonald’s call for a public inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland. In addition, I propose an amendment under Standing Order 35(3), namely to call for statements on the peace plan for Gaza. All of us are being contacted in our offices daily by people who are seeking to understand what exactly the plan means and hoping it will bring peace. We want to know...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: -----and reaffirming our commitment to the ICC judgment-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: -----supporting South Africa through the ICJ.
- Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: I acknowledge Sinn Féin for bringing forward the motion. Without question we will support it wholeheartedly. A cost-of-disability payment is long overdue. It is fair, it is practical and it recognises what the State has known for years, which is that living with a disability in Ireland carries a very real financial cost. Its omission from last year's budget was profoundly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: Is it okay to ask questions of the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: Excellent. I thank everyone for their contributions. To the Department, the previous legislation banned the detention of children. Am I correct that this safeguard is now removed under this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: What sort of circumstances?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: For what reasons would a child's parents be detained? That would be rare.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: I thank Ms O'Keeffe. I have another question for the Department. Do we currently have a clear framework for conducting age assessments, as called for by IHREC and the Ombudsman for Children's Office? If not, will the Department provide a timeline for when such a framework will be implemented?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)
Gary Gannon: There are repeated references in this Bill to cases where an officer can reasonably believe someone is not under the age of 18 and then treat them as an adult. What are the reasonable grounds for this determination?