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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: In light of recent incidents in Oberstown and staff safety issues, solitary confinement practices and alleged breaches of children's rights, what safeguards are in place to ensure that any additional children held under these new detention powers are not exposed to harm?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I am not sure about that but I will move on. On transparency outcomes, will the Courts Service or Oberstown be required, under this new Bill, to report annually on how many children received DSSOs, had their sentences activated due to non-compliance or were transitioned into an adult prison post turning 18 years old?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: While the Bill protects procedural rights based on the person's age at the time of the offence, can the Department confirm that children will not be remanded or sentenced to serving time in adult prisons simply because of delays in the system that push them past 18 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: What supports will be available during supervision orders? I would imagine the social supports that would be needed for a child going through the system might include housing, education, addiction, counselling and mental health. Will they be guaranteed to children under supervision orders, particularly those exiting Oberstown or facing difficult home environments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: Have community-based youth organisations, particularly those working in disadvantaged areas, been meaningfully consulted during the design of these sentencing reforms? If so, can we get a list of the external services that the Probation Service will co-ordinate with during supervision being provided?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of female prisoners in the Dóchas prison who were pregnant on committal between 2021 and 2024, including the 22 pregnant women recorded in 2024 and the 12 to date in 2025; and if he will outline any measures being taken to divert pregnant women charged with non-violent offences from custodial settings....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will state clearly whether women with children are currently being held in the general female prison population alongside other prisoners; and if so, how this aligns with the rights of the child under the UN convention on the rights of the child. [39463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of pregnant women in custody who are on remand; the number of these cases that involve non-violent offences; and whether he will consider issuing revised guidelines to reduce the use of custodial remand for pregnant women, particularly in cases involving minor or survival-related offences. [39465/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the number of babies born to women in custody between 2021 and 2024; and to provide details on the supports available to pregnant women and mothers in custody, including whether all births took place in hospital settings. [39466/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific measures being taken to address the health and safety of pregnant women in custody, in light of persistent overcrowding in the Dóchas Centre, operating above its 105-bed capacity and Limerick Prison's female wing, which has been reported as running at over 150% of its stated capacity; and whether pregnant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to expanding the availability of community-based sentencing, specifically tailored for mothers with dependent children; and his any plans to introduce gender-responsive, family-sensitive alternatives to prison for women who do not pose a risk to public safety. [39464/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she will commit to prioritising the use of non-custodial measures, such as bail supports, or community-based alternatives, for pregnant women; and whether any portion of the upcoming prison system expansion or penal reform strategy will be ring-fenced for the protection of pregnant or postpartum women in conflict with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I listened to the Minister of State's reply intently. I was hoping to get answers to some of the questions. The Cathal Brugha Street site the school is moving into is barely suitable, if even that, for a school community, but it is expected to move in there in September. The contract on that school Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire has been given is to June 2027. The Minister of State...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I cannot believe I am about to say this, but right now on Dominick Street, in the heart of Dublin city centre, stands a half-built school that should be opening its doors in September. A Gaelscoil that was promised, planned and funded now lies idle behind hoardings. What is worse is the silence. This is not a new school project. The project is a result of a 23-year struggle by parents,...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: It appears that every single day we wake up to another horrifying headline. Every single week, women in this country read the worst imaginable stories, imagining that it could happen to them. This week, we have once again heard the name Jennifer Poole. Jennifer was 24 when she was brutally stabbed to death in her home in Finglas. She was killed by a man with a long history of violence...

Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(4)) Regulations 2025: Motion (10 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: It is important to speak today on this motion concerning new regulations under section 64 of the Data Protection Act. We are told these regulations do not introduce new restrictions but simply tighten up existing rules to make them better aligned with Article 23 of the GDPR Act. That is fine - indeed, it is welcome - but we should always be careful with motions like this to ensure that...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for her contribution. There were certainly some standout parts in her speech and I will pick out a few of them, if I may. To provide the context in which a motion such as this is brought to the Chamber, and I appreciate the Government understands the motivation of the Social Democrats for doing so, we should reiterate that throughout Ireland parents are...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: Yes, I appreciate that but the point remains. I appreciate a local shop does not have a €10 million turnover but it comes to the same thing. We are not asking for this burden to be placed on the local shop in any town; we are asking for it to be placed on the big retailers that we know have profiteered on the very basics that people need in their presses. I do not accept the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank the witnesses for attending. Have they done any disability assessment of how drones are experienced by a person with a sensory issue? I represent a number of areas, and one in particular, Drumcondra, has autism-friendly status. Have the witnesses done any disability assessment as regards sensory issues?