Results 821-840 of 3,229 for speaker:Gary Gannon

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: It is not a supplementary question. I asked whether the Irish State believes that ethnic cleansing is taking place in Gaza. Does the forced removal of 1.1 million people from the north to the south of Gaza constitute a form of ethnic cleansing? To add a further point, the absence-----

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: I fully agree.

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]

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

Gary Gannon: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the omission of the restoration of posts of responsibility (such as assistant principal posts) from Budget 2024, despite making promises to do so last Easter. [45068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs classes that are currently being taught by mainstream teachers due to shortages of special educational needs teachers. [45066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (17 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools, particularly DEIS primary schools, can expect to receive their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) grant. [45067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special needs assistants who were hired since 2022; and if there is an action plan outlining how the1,200 additional SNA posts provided for in Budget 2024 will be filled. [45064/23]

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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultation that took place with residents when deciding to remove two bus stops (details supplied) on the North Strand Road, Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43772/23]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (10 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints received by Tusla in relation to an organisation (details supplied) since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43770/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (10 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide Tusla inspection records since 2021 regarding an organisation (details supplied). [43771/23]

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

Gary Gannon: As the Taoiseach referred earlier to this with so much passion I thought I would ask more about it. I hold in my 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...

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...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Gary Gannon: I had anticipated, given that it was raised several times last week by Deputy Catherine Murphy, that we would have statements this week on section 39 workers, who will strike in two weeks' time? I do not think there is a person in this Chamber representing a constituency who will not be affected if over 4,000 health and voluntary workers remove their labour to some of the most vulnerable...

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]