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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...

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: 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 thank the Minister for being forthright in his explanation of how his views have not so much evolved but probably remained the exact same. I took from his contribution that this is not something he believes in good conscience. He said he was bound by the principles of compromise. If I am to understand this, Fine Gael got 20.8% of the first preference vote in the last general election. I...

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

Gary Gannon: There is much to welcome in the legislation as proposed. While we support many of the anti-SLAPP measures that are included, like others, we in the Social Democrats recoil at the absence of juries within the courts system. Juries provide the judgment of a person's peers. Juries have a sense of public confidence and democratic principles built into them by their very nature. Juries reflect...

EU Regulations: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate the opportunity to speak on the motion on Ireland's opt-in to the EU's amending regulation on insolvency proceedings. This might appear to be a technical matter and just another adjustment to European legal frameworks, but to those of us who believe the law should first and foremost serve people, it is anything but abstract. Insolvency law, at its core, governs what happens...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank Labour for bringing forward this important motion. I bid a huge welcome to the parents and guardians who are in the Gallery, many of whom I recognise from my community. There also people who have had to travel to the Dáil previously and who have slept outside the offices of the Department merely to vindicate their child's rights. Each time I see those very same faces, hear...

Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the suspension of the powers, responsibilities and entitlements of guardianship in certain circumstances and for that purpose to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 and to provide for related matters. The Social Democrats wish to introduce this Bill for the simple reason that there exists what the...

Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: President Higgins rightly warned this week against the outrageous abuse of antisemitism accusations to silence criticism of Israel and its genocidal actions in Gaza. Yet, the Government continues to endorse the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, IHRA, definition despite it being internationally discredited for its chilling effect on free speech and legitimate condemnation of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: Why have it, then?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: Why have it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I understand and appreciate that later this week we will have statements on the Farrelly commission report but given the gravity of the failures Grace has had to endure, perhaps words alone will not be enough in this instance. After nearly a decade and a cost of €13 million, basic questions still have not been answered. If the Government wants to take action and do something...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that are being implemented to monitor and mitigate air pollution in identified hotspots within Dublin central, where recent studies have shown nitrogen dioxide levels exceeding World Health Organisation guidelines; the timeline for these interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to expand the network of real-time air quality monitoring stations in Dublin central to provide more comprehensive data on pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter (PM2.5); the way in which this data will be utilised to inform public health policies; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initiatives that are being undertaken to raise public awareness about air quality issues in Dublin central, particularly in areas identified as pollution hotspots; the way in which residents are being informed about real-time air quality data and its health implications; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that Iarnród Éireann review the use of protected railway structures such as the Victorian era bridge constructed in 1898, in Ballybough, for advertising purposes, given local heritage concerns and community opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Health Services (10 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to address the taxation issues affecting the GP Care for All initiative, particularly concerning the Summerhill practice in Dublin’s north inner city, which is at risk of closure in June 2025 if a sustainable financial solution is not found; the measures being considered to ensure the continued provision of general...