Results 61-80 of 3,205 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending the Criminal Justice Act 2006 to enable the courts to dissolve groups found to be operating illegally or engaging in systematic psychological manipulation of members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will explore the introduction of legal prohibitions preventing individuals convicted of coercive or abusive practices from establishing or leading new organisations within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of Garda occupational health in the assessment and approval of ill health retirements; if there is an appeal mechanism or oversight when reports or decisions are withheld from the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available for Gardaí who have been injured in the line of duty and diagnosed with PTSD, including access to rehabilitation, mental health supports, and clear retirement pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17900/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider strengthening Tusla’s statutory powers to intervene in cases where minors or vulnerable adults are being subjected to psychological coercion or recruited into high-control groups or cults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17759/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 231. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed the risks posed by coercive ideological groups targeting young people; if the current child protection frameworks are sufficient to respond to this form of exploitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in postal districts Dublin 1, 3, 7, and 9 who are currently on a waiting list for an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the practice of vape shops advertising e-cigarettes and confectionery side by side in shop windows, particularly where such businesses are located close to schools; if she will consider restrictions to prevent the targeting of children and teenagers through these displays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a statutory obligation for schools and third-level institutions to report suspected recruitment or coercive activity by ideological groups to the relevant authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out any assessment of cult influence or high-control group activity within educational settings, particularly in relation to the recruitment of vulnerable students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to develop national guidelines for schools and universities to help staff identify signs of cult recruitment and coercive indoctrination on campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider ring-fencing a proportion of CAO places in 2025 for students who are sitting the Leaving Certificate in that year, so they are not in direct competition with applicants from previous years whose grades reflect higher levels of grade inflation; if he will consider applying proportional grade deflation to previous year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulatory oversight that exists in relation to private English-language schools (details supplied); whether complaints from students or staff are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (9 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is aware of changes to student policies at an English-language school (details supplied) that may breach existing student contracts; the protections in place for international language students attending such institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17789/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: On the topic of child well-being, I wish to discuss an immensely cruel anomaly whereby a parent who has been convicted of unlawfully killing the other parent of a child retains his or her guardianship of that child. Retention of guardianship in this context means that the convicted person must be informed about the child's situation, consulted in major decisions being taken for the child and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 5. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the programme plan for child poverty and well-being 2023-2025. [12936/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 16. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the programme plan for child poverty and well-being 2023-2025. [17214/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach's Department oversees the north-east inner-city task force. Such is the extent of the crisis in schools funding at the moment that I am meeting with representatives of four schools, Rutland National School being one of them, with Jim Gavin who chairs the north-east inner-city task force to try to understand how more than €50 million from the Taoiseach's Department has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (3 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not doubt for a second that there is a genuine commitment across the Government to address the issue. How could there not be? It is a fundamental issue. However, I do not think it is working. The ECCE rates of €69 per week per child have clearly not been sustainable. I do not doubt the level of money that is being pumped into...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (3 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I wish to talk to the Minister of State about the absence of childcare provision in Dublin Central. I use the example of Dublin Central because it is the area I am proud to represent, but I could be talking about any community to be found the length and breadth of Ireland. Childcare provision and access to childcare, where it exists, is simply too difficult. The Government made a...