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Estimates for Public Services 2025 (21 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank An Ceann Comhairle and Members for the latitude. Similar to Deputy Carthy, I thank the staff in office of the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, and the staff of IPAS for helping in recent weeks and months to dispel, where they arise, myths that are being spread purposely by far-right agitators. There was a particularly difficult situation in my locality in recent days. I am...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025: Motion (21 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: This proposed reduction in the accommodation recognition payment from €800 to €600 a month is not just a bureaucratic tweak, it is a deeply short-sighted move that will hurt the very people we have asked to step up, that is, the thousands of families who have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees fleeing war. When the war began and we stepped up, we talked about the huge...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: Only now, after 19 months of siege and slaughter, after the images of starving Palestinian children with swollen bellies and hollow eyes, after the mass graves and the bombed-out hospitals, after the annihilation of entire families, only now do we hear the Government saying that next week, it will bring a memo in respect of the occupied territories Bill. Only now, when the scale of...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the opportunity for statements on assessments of need. We often talk about demand and need and solutions. The Government today has made reaffirmations. The Tánaiste reiterated his commitment to address this issue after 14 years of Fine Gael in government. We must also give voice to many people who are now teenagers or adults who have been left behind because of the failures...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Business of Joint Committee (20 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach as he takes on the role. I am excited and honoured to be a part of a committee that must do such important work for the people of this country. The concept of justice at its essence is about balance. At present, there is an imbalance. Prisons are overcrowded. There are streets where people feel unsafe. That speaks to a sense of imbalance within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (20 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25244/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I wish to raise an issue of fundamental rights, namely the right to education. This right is being denied to children not only in the north inner city but also nationally. Peer research conducted by a group of parents who came together under the title of FACT reveals that 100% of parents of children with additional needs surveyed said their children need additional support but that only 70%...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that 1% or 2% does not seem particularly high, but Garda numbers are particularly low. The Commissioner has talked about getting the numbers up to 18,000, but the 1% or 2% leaving is not being matched by people coming in. There is also the potential for 6,400 gardaí to retire in the next three years, which is incredible. Gardaí are leaving the force for a multitude...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: It is an exciting job but the demands are incredible and the pay, in many instances, does not provide the capacity to afford to live in the cities that gardaí are asked to police. People are leaving. While the figure in this regard is only 1% or 2%, the force is still understaffed. An intensive campaign to recruit gardaí needs to do more than tell people it is an exciting job...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the number of gardaí who have resigned from the force in each of the past three years, broken down by rank; if his Department has conducted any analysis into the reasons behind the increase in resignations; if it is intended to introduce specific retention initiatives, to stem attrition and retain...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: On 26 February 2024, the Minister wrote about the potential for 6,400 gardaí to leave the force over the next three years. What are the plans to address the retention of gardaí? What is the number of gardaí leaving the force? What will the Minister to do address that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the worsening crisis of prison overcrowding, where over 350 people are reportedly sleeping on floors and prison numbers are at a record high, the steps he is taking to implement meaningful decarceration policies, including non-custodial sentencing and investment in community supports. [24597/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I want to align myself with the condolences expressed across the Chamber to Garda Kevin Flatley's family, colleagues and the communities he served so diligently. In light of the worsening crisis of prison overcrowding whereby more than 350 people are reported to be sleeping on floors in prison and prison numbers are at a record high, what steps has the Minister taken to implement...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. I welcome the increase to two years for consideration of community service. However, we can waste any time when it comes to addressing the appalling and dangerous conditions in our prison system. Hundreds of people are sleeping on floors. The number of prisoners who have died in custody in Ireland has increased by 55% in the past year,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: That is an incredible job of answering a question I did not ask. No part of my question, either in written form or in my contribution, referred to the release of people in prison for serious offences. I discount even the notion of that. However, while we are talking about increased populations, why do we not conduct an audit of who exactly is in our prisons? In the majority of cases, they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracts with private accommodation providers for IPAS that have been terminated between 1 January 2025 and 7 May 2025; the number of beds associated with those terminated contracts; the number of new contracts awarded in the same period; the number of beds associated with those new contracts; in tabular form;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by Gardaí in 2024 and to date in 2025 across the Dublin region, in tabular form. [24636/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests made in relation to knife seizures across the Dublin region in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24637/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents that have been recorded in which a knife has been used as a weapon across the Dublin region in 2024 and to date in 2025. [24638/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: There is a lot in this Chamber that can and should divide us, but the fact that next week an extraordinary 14-year-old girl will once again come to Dáil Éireann and stay outside for 50 hours studying for her exams, which are taking the following week, to make a simple call for a legal requirement for assessments of needs should unify us around a collective motion so that Cara can...