Results 521-540 of 3,222 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the law forbidding the Defence Forces from suspending or terminating the contract of staff for serious offences before the cases for such offences have been heard by a civilian court is under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28368/24]

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Catherine Murphy, at short notice. We can appreciate that Deputy Murphy has some other matters to attend to this evening and we wish her well. We know we are near a recess period when we are presented with very broad legislation with the infamous tag "miscellaneous" attached to it. I want to provide some context for the words I will speak....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (2 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: 92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the responsibilities and powers of the Minister of State with responsibility for EU Affairs and Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: 99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances of Defence Forces accommodation currently lying idle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28233/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (2 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: 102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who have left the Naval Service to join the private sector since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28234/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (2 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the levels of home tuition support approved for September 2024 versus the levels approved for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28112/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: We do not want to politicise this issue. Climate is too important for that. It is the Environmental Protection Agency and its analysis which has shown us we are missing the targets. I presume none of us take issue with its figures. As much as we talk a good game about the need for climate action and the importance of reducing emissions, with which we in the Social Democrats are, of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: While I do not doubt for a second the Minister's vigour and belief in how we close the gaps, we are specifically looking for the kind of plans contained within this Government which are in keeping with the figures projected by the EPA. The reality is the climate action plan has a big hole. By the sounds of it, there are no concrete plans - none the EPA can measure - to address it. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has analysed the Government's climate action plan and found that if every measure were fully implemented, we would only reduce our emissions by 29%, rather than our legally binding target of 51%. This is the second year in a row the EPA has come to this conclusion, so nothing the Government has announced in the past 12 months has led to a verifiable...

Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: These pre-European Council statements begin at a time when we have nominated a new EU Commissioner, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath. I wish him all the best. We are told that this week is a big week because this is when all of the negotiations and backroom dealing starts. I have heard it reported many times in the media and elsewhere that Ireland hopes to get one of those...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Independent Group for this timely motion. It is an important motion for discussion as schools start to wind down at the end of the year and have an opportunity to rest and to start looking at what they had to do just to keep the lights on during the past year. Primary schools nationwide face a funding crisis. They face crises on multiple fronts but funding is to the fore....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response. I do not doubt for a second that no one has a monopoly of care for the city or that everyone wants to see it policed effectively. Nonetheless, too often we hear about initiatives such the ones laid out by the Minister of State that have a displacement effect. Very purposely, I chose Dublin 7 with that in mind. Greater...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: This is my fifth, potentially sixth, time having a Topical issue during this Dáil year on the matter of crime in and around the constituency of Dublin Central. On none of those occasions has a Minister with responsibility for justice been here. While I appreciate that cannot always be the case, I would have expected that it would have happened on at least one of those occasions. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the supports provided to third level students with ADHD. [27060/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work of his Department to encourage participation in social work and social care qualifications to greater empower Tusla, given the organisation's shortage of staff. [27061/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to increase access participation in Professional Master of Education programmes. [27058/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: 473. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work to rule with union staff (details supplied) at UHW; and if there has been engagement by HSE to move the dispute into the dispute resolution process. [27125/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: It was in September of last year that the Minister launched the community safety partnership for Dublin's north inner city. Contained in that document were 51 action points, one of which was a strong Garda presence in the area, and we all accept that has failed. Another was keeping public spaces safe. To see the evidence of the success of this, I would ask the Minister to go to the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: We were not offered the chance.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: I want to begin with a very simple premise: that is, that migrants have contributed hugely to our country, as we did when we went overseas and contributed to others. I think it is important to start there. Ireland would grind to a halt without the work of migrants who live here and have contributed both through their labour and their enhancement of our culture. They have powered our...