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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: There are few occasions in this Chamber when we can unify and agree on an approach, and I think this is one such occasion. In our capital city at present, there are people who do not feel safe. The UN safer cities initiative for women and young girls requires resources and involves talking to young men about men's violence against women and tackling a culture of toxic masculinity. We can...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I fundamentally believe that when we see crime, we should understand the context in which it occurs and the conditions which gave rise to it. However, I also believe that when people tell me they feel unsafe, there is an onus on us to create the conditions in which they start to feel safe again. In the city of Dublin at the moment, people genuinely feel unsafe. At the very heart of that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: We do not need an independent inquiry to tell us that certain practices are abhorrent. The Minister for Defence must act immediately to amend the law so that victims of rape or sexual assault in the Defence Forces can no longer be cross-examined by their abusers. The harrowing revelations in the "Women of Honour" documentary have shone a spotlight on the toxic culture of sexual abuse and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: The Minister has not had a chance to answer my question and I invite him to do so now.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Everyone in this Chamber will agree that the practice of allowing an alleged abuser to question his or her victim is simply wrong. We do not need an independent inquiry to tell us that this is an abhorrent practice. Victims in civilian court proceedings cannot be cross-examined by their attackers following the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. However, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a radio programme (details supplied); and the steps he is taking arising from the programme to tackle misogyny and violence within the Defence Forces. [47192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will commit to a targeted pathway of achieving 0.5% gross national income to official development assistance in order that Ireland can reach the 0.7% in 2030 as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will increase the number of places on the Irish Refugee Protection Programme for Afghan nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing every classroom in Ireland with a CO2 monitor. [47450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department discussed the potential use of air filtration in schools and classrooms in combating the spread of Covid-19. [47451/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing every special school in Ireland with access to a guidance counsellor. [47452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if greater resources will be provided to schools in order to increase mitigation measures for Covid-19 in view of the changes to testing and tracing in schools; the additional resources being made available to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47453/21]

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to thank the wonderful staff at every level of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the strongest terms, be they in the human rights unit, the diplomatic corps or elsewhere. The staff at every level of the Department have worked tirelessly to seek safe passage and sanctuary for those Afghan-Irish citizens needing to flee, for front-line defenders to whom we are providing sanctuary,...

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Remember that when the lights go out.

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Tell that to your constituents when the lights go out.

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Remember them.

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that data centres and their impact might be abstract. They are out of sight and the industry and Government might hope that keeps them out of the public mind and out of this Chamber for debate, but it is an urgent issue and one that can illuminate where this Government stands on climate action and just transition and whether it stands in opposition to vested interests. It is an...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 29. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe last met; and when it will next meet. [43758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publication of the cost of disability report. [47193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (29 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on college waiting lists for accommodation; and his views on whether the current situation in relation to student accommodation is a crisis. [47194/21]