Results 61-80 of 509 for at speaker:Gary Gannon

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I expect it to be a running theme in this debate, but I cannot step away from the fact that yesterday, a person occupying the seat that is reserved for the Head of the Irish Government gave his view – I believe his honest view – and one in accordance with the World Heath Organization, that Israel as a state is “blinded by rage” and is “waging a war on...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...for tabling the motion. I will try to focus my comments solely on referral to the ICC. Israel's illegal actions against the Palestinian people were referred to the ICC prosecutor in 2014. An investigation was opened in 2021 but, it is fair to say, it has stagnated. As the situation has progressed and become an horrific reality beyond comprehension we have an urgent role to play. The...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: The reports of the last European Council meeting emphasised three points above all else, namely, the condemnation of Hamas in the strongest possible terms, the recognition of Israel's right to defend itself in line with international law and a call on Hamas to immediately release all hostages without no preconditions. These findings taken on their own seem fair. Hamas should be condemned...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I will also return to the issue of Gaza. My party leader has asked that, as a consequence of the horror being inflicted on the Palestinian people and people in Gaza following the October massacre inflicted on the people of Israel by Hamas, the Taoiseach would use his leverage at EU level to look at Horizon Europe funding and human rights clauses in EU trade agreements. We ask him to use...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach has just left. Had he not, the question I would have posed to him pertains to his response on Leaders' Questions yesterday, when he was asked about EU Council statements and whether there would be a demand for a common approach calling for an outright ceasefire. He responded that we needed to be cognisant of and sensitive to historical perspectives of other EU countries,...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: I begin by thanking Deputy Connolly and the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. It is hugely timely and appropriate that we discuss Ireland's position in the world now despite what the Tánaiste said in his comments earlier today. Last week, I began my contribution to the statements on the conflict that has been raging in the Middle East, with an expression that feels...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: I will certainly endeavour to mention every sports club in Dublin Central and the incredible work they do. As we talk about the sports capital grant, we should begin by acknowledging that the Minister of State is a very accessible one in terms of making himself available to local sports teams, so I thank him for that. In respect of facilities, a lot of our grassroots clubs, and in particular...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...the TV, open a newspaper or scroll through social media is to allow yourself to witness the very worst of humanity's capacity for people's cruelty to one another. Last night, as news broke of the latest atrocity, hundreds of people, many of them women and children seeking refuge from air strikes, were killed in a blast at a hospital in the centre of Gaza. We are watching these horrors in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate the Minister will keep it under review but I also think that two years, for someone who has already gone through an undergraduate degree, is probably a little bit too much. Teaching is a profession and I know so many people who are in it and love the fact they are there, or would love to get into it. However, it is simply not affordable anymore to be a teacher in our cities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: Both in the Tánaiste's statement and in the motion due to be taken tomorrow we are calling for a "humanitarian pause". Why are we calling for a humanitarian pause as opposed to an outright ceasefire? I know there was an exchange on the matter but I would like to get a better understanding of it. The Tánaiste asked Deputy Carthy if Israel has a right to pursue Hamas for the 7...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that are being taken by her Department to tackle teacher shortages at primary and secondary school level, including the 740 special educational needs teachers announced in Budget 2024. [45065/23]

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: I fully recognise the passion and bite in this debate are a reflection of the importance of the issue. At this point, however, I cannot for the life of me say I have witnessed an urgency in addressing this most important issue. The Minister of State referred to the potential for industrial action. I wonder whether that is an insight we do not have. When I talked and listened to union...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: I want to return to the tragedy that is unfolding in Gaza at the minute. The Tánaiste previously mentioned two things which I would like to understand a little more about. My colleague Deputy Cairns asked about the response of the European Union and in particular the response of Ursula von der Leyen, who has completely shut her eyes to what is occurring in terms of the collective...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: I am going to focus the majority of my speech on the education side of the budget yesterday, which was like the budget before it and the one before that, a budget of half measures. I do not use the term lightly. To describe a person, thing or entity as a half measure is not something I would like to do, yet that is exactly what we seem to get. It was the accusation that was levelled...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Plaques (10 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position regarding an initiative to erect a commemorative plaque at the birthplace of War of Independence leader, Rory O’Connor, as we approach the close of the Decade of Centenaries. [43768/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: ...hand the North Inner City Local Community Safety Partnership document, which was released a couple of weeks ago. It has been two and a half years in the making. It was well heralded in advance that this would make a difference. This is 52 pages of what I consider constitutes someone's stream of thought. There are 51 recommendations that have no resources behind them. The glossary of...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: More than anything else, it is the hypocrisy that grates the most. The Taoiseach used the phrase again yesterday that Fine Gael uses repeatedly - "the party of law and order". It is almost Orwellian at this point that Fine Gael continues to refer to itself in those terms when after holding the Ministry for justice for more than 12 years, we have seen continued deterioration and increasing...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: Statements on school transport do not do justice to what we are being asked to speak to. More than school transport, I am being asked by parents who have contacted me on this issue to give voice to the fact that their children, often children with acute vulnerabilities and additional needs, are being excluded from their basic right to an education. I do not doubt for a second that...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects to have the staffing capacity to have more than one naval vessel at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Gary Gannon: My question pertains to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018, but it is really in reference to any action at all. I am really asking about whether we can advance the occupied territories Bill. What can we actually do in terms of providing sanction?