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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: You have a senior role in the Top-Level Appointments Committee, do you not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I introduced the concept of the culture. The Secretary General said he was okay to talk about the idea of the culture. If the Chair lets me follow my theme of questions, I will get to the point. Mr. Fraser is the senior member of the Top-Level Appointments Committee. Last year, John Concannon was appointed director general of Global Ireland in the Department of Foreign Affairs without a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Mr. Fraser has been appointed ambassador to the UK. I congratulate him on that. When did the Taoiseach become aware that Mr. Fraser had become ambassador to the UK? Was it at the meeting when Katherine Zappone was appointed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Will Mr. Fraser come back to us and tell us when he became aware that Katherine Zappone had been appointed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Did Mr. Fraser attend or receive an invitation to the Merrion event held by Ms Zappone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: You did not receive any invitation to that either, no?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: People on low incomes will be having their own blackouts this winter because they simply will not be able to afford to keep the lights on, according to a representative of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at the launch of the society's report, Warm Housing for All, this week. The price of gas and other fuel has increased by 19.6% in the past year. The moratorium on disconnections finished...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the situation in relation to a stadium (details supplied); and if she will consider providing the necessary funds to redevelop the stadium. [48382/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: As I hope the Minister of State is aware, there is a dearth of quality stadiums not only in the country but in Dublin and, from my perspective, particularly on the north side of the capital. I am asking for the Minster of State's views on the retention of Tolka Park as a stadium and on its redevelopment. Can we save it from the sword of Damocles under which it stands, where it is in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: I fully appreciate that the owner of this stadium is Dublin City Council but I was also a member of Dublin City Council for over six years and I recognise that we stripped Dublin City Council of all local government funding to the point that all it sees in its assets is how it can sell them off in order to raise funds. In this Chamber, we talk about issues of national importance....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: In my last years on the council the controlling group committed to not selling off any more public land. The council management, which is unelected, does not have the same vision for the city and certainly does not have the same vision for League of Ireland football as maybe the Minister of State, myself and others in the Chamber. The Minister of State's comment that no there would be no...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the pilot project for universal basic income for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47954/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: Similarly, I am taken with the Minister’s response. I appreciate the work she has done in this area. This would be an extraordinarily welcome development. A basic income scheme for our artists will allow them to be just that - artists. They will be able to be creative. The basic income will be an investment into the work they will produce, and all that will bring with it. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: Again, I acknowledge the Minister’s work and commitment to this issue. In addition to being the Social Democrats' spokesperson on the arts, I am also its spokesperson on social protection. I do not necessarily share the Minister's the same level of regard for the way that Department has operated. The scheme will be innovative and new. I hope it will be operated on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to reduce gender disparity on Irish radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Youth Plan (5 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will work with the Minister for Education to create a national strategy for the arts in schools, with dedicated funding, in order that all children and young persons may enjoy the benefits from participation and exposure to the arts. [47957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (6 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a plan is in place to address the under staffing in Dublin City Fire Brigade resulting in an overreliance on overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (6 Oct 2021)

Gary Gannon: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the staffing number for Dublin City Fire Brigade for the past five years in tabular form. [48735/21]