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Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (15 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: I will use the majority of my time to discuss poverty – childhood poverty and poverty of the parent or guardian – and the missed opportunity of this budget to go some way towards addressing it. Hundreds of thousands of people continue to be left out of what the Government refers to as Ireland’s economic recovery post crash, a myth told to countless struggling families...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: To the Taoiseach, I say that nobody has a monopoly on compassion for any tragedy to be discussed in this House, no less one that incorporates a genocide that is being inflicted on the people of Gaza, so let us just park that issue there. Equally, few of us have had the opportunity that the Taoiseach had in the past week to stare square in the eye the people who are arming those...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of the number 11 bus route’s critical role in serving the elderly population and students in Dublin central (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41137/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 630. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 632. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the new funding of €1.4 million for the newborn bloodspot screening programme, his Department will commit to prioritising metachromatic leukodystrophy in the screening process, especially in light of the recent findings from the UK regarding the feasibility of such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 631. To ask the Minister for Health how his Department intends to address the gaps in information and awareness regarding metachromatic leukodystrophy among healthcare professionals and the public, particularly considering it currently lacks recognition on the HSE website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41263/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of inspections of US military aircraft that have taken place at Shannon Airport since 2020; the number of exemptions that have been given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28232/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to explain the Government's position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [40631/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he and his Department have done to encourage a ceasefire in Gaza, aside from calling for one. [40633/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his engagements at the UN Security Council regarding Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. [40630/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any interaction with officials of Israel's government in the last year; and, if so, to recall those interactions. [40632/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40770/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40771/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for labour market access permit applications and renewals; the point at which a person can apply for labour market access; the length of the grace period for those in employment and awaiting a renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have been arrested, detained, prosecuted, and sentenced under sections 11 and 12 of the Immigration Act 2004; the nationalities; the number of those arrested under section 11 who later applied for international protection, to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40801/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the number of decisions made by the IPO in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of those that received refugee status, subsidiary protection and permission to remain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40802/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: Social Justice Ireland, the ESRI, the Growing Up in Ireland report, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and One Family have all made statements on the budget and each have highlighted the fact child poverty has increased dramatically during the Minister's time in government. It has increased so dramatically there was a 30,000 increase in children experiencing deprivation just last year. Over...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (9 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the responsibilities of his Department in terms of ensuring that aircraft which land on Irish soil are not carrying arms, weapons, or military equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28230/24]

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. Sinn Féin’s motion is one-page long and sticks to phone pouches and child and adult mental health services, while the Government’s countermotion is significantly longer and goes wider. With that in mind, I will also go wider in my condemnation. In many ways this debate is about phone pouches but in many other...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: I find it very disheartening that the Fine Gael TD does not believe it is important or that peacekeepers deserve appropriate time-----