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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: Why would we-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: What possible motivation would we have to play politics around genocide? The Tánaiste can nod his head, but the insult of that suggestion is extraordinary.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: We are not the only ones who take to our social media. Six days ago, the Tánaiste had a big post on his social media saying how he was doing everything in his power in respect of this matter. This is a Chamber where we debate ideas and discuss the most serious issues. What Deputy Carthy and I have said - the Tánaiste has backed this up - is that there are other means by which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: Could the Tánaiste outline whether he expressed that Ireland is protesting against Israel's actions in Gaza? The ambassador was summoned with that purpose in mind, namely, for us to outline that under the Geneva Convention Israel is obliged to avoid genocide, indicate that we feel that what is happening in Gaza meets the criterion in that regard and to ask Israel to account for itself....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Israeli ambassador has not been summoned by his Department after the killing of a person (details supplied) despite the Russian ambassador rightfully being summoned in the wake of another death in Russia; and the reason the same standards are not applied to both. [11135/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: The Tánaiste has at several points today referenced the need for the international community to keep the pressure on Israel. One way we in Ireland can do that is to summon the ambassador, as would be the normal diplomatic convention. Why has the Tánaiste not done that to date?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: When the Tánaiste says he met the Israeli ambassador, was that a prearranged meeting or did he summon the ambassador? There is a distinction there that he might clarify. Was the ambassador summoned to relay a protest on behalf of the Irish Government? If that was the case, it is welcome because we should uphold standards. One thing that undermines the very nature of these...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details on the interactions between the State and the Polisario Front of Western Sahara, and if his Department intends on recognising Western Sahara as a sovereign state. [11133/24]

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: I am delighted to be given the chance to speak during Seachtain na Gaeilge despite my shortcomings with our native language. I was not as brave as Deputy Ward today. It is something I do regret and I hope this will be the last time there will be a Social Democrat here who will not be talking in their native tongue this week and during the Dáil term. I will put forward the views of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister. The last part of the contribution was really helpful. I want to remind the Minister that this is the third time I have brought this to Priority Questions. A response to me from Minister in March 2022 stated: "I do not wish to make the Deputy uncomfortable, but I found myself agreeing with him during the previous Question Time ... I have done some work on it and I am...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: The student support regulations will, I understand, be released in May for 2024. I ask for a commitment from the Minister that this will be factored into that. Is that what the Minister is committing to me, namely that stamp 4 visa holders will be costed in the student support regulation for 2024? That did not appear in the 2022 or 2023 papers. This is a perfect opportunity to address...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department will consider removing the eligibility criteria exclusion of the category of parents of an Irish citizen for SUSI applications in relation to persons with permission to remain under a stamp 4 visa. [9088/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: Once again, I ask the Minister if his Department will consider removing the eligibility criteria exclusions of the category of parents of an Irish citizen for SUSI applications in relation to persons with permission to remain under a stamp 4 visa.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: Advocacy groups such as AsIAm, Down Syndrome Ireland, and Inclusion Ireland have written to the Department of Education asking for the recently revised special education teaching, SET, allocation model to be paused until those most affected are meaningfully consulted. Countless families and advocacy groups felt as though their needs were ignored when the new allocation model was announced....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: She lives in rural Ireland.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: When?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to restrictive 51-week tenancies for the 2024-25 academic year announced by some operators of student accommodation in Dublin. [9090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions he and his Department are taking to reduce staff-to-student ratios in higher education, given Ireland was decreed to have one of the worst ratios in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. [9089/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (21 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I disagree with him in that I do not necessarily think a dilution of services through their transfer from An Post to a different style of service will have any benefit at all for the community. That is captured, in particular, by the staff who currently work in the An Post office at Phibsborough. There is a genuine sense of anxiety about what...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (21 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for taking Topical Issue Matters today. From about 8.45 onwards this morning and every weekday morning, a trickle of people start to arrive at Phibsborough post office. That trickle very quickly turns into a queue and that queue is representative of the vast array of different people who live in and make Phibsborough their home. They queue outside the post...