Results 841-860 of 3,227 for speaker:Gary Gannon
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 will be examined on Committee Stage. [41910/23]
- 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?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: I am conscious, however, that when Deputy Brady brought forward the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 around the withdrawal of investment through State investment funds in occupied territories in Israel, the Government did not advance it just a couple of months ago. It was the Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin, who brought in the comparison between our response to the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: -----but I believe the meekness of the EU, in particular-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: -----has led to that coming further and further away.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: I welcome the Minister's commitments to revisiting the Bill that was brought forward by Deputy Brady. Is that a commitment? Should we see some tangible action from that within the next three months, which I believe is when the timeframe is up? Should we see some tangible action on that by this time next year, for example, by the summer recess? When would the Minister foresee actual action...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: We have had them before.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: We have had nine-month time limits before.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: We have had a number of exchanges on this issue. In a recent engagement the Tánaiste highlighted his predecessors in Fianna Fáil who took what I would argue was the brave position of being the first to call for the Palestinians' right to a homeland. In order to highlight where we have been brave in the past, and where some of the Tánaiste's predecessors were brave in the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: Language is important.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he used the phrase "apartheid" in any formal engagement during his recent visit to Israel. [41913/23]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: I also want to ask the Tánaiste about his recent visit to Israel and Palestine. In particular I want to ask him if he used the phrase "apartheid" in any formal engagement during that recent visit.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: I thank the Tánaiste for his contribution. I will begin by saying that I do not doubt for a second his care and passion for the issue and I do not believe anybody has a monopoly on such emotions in this Chamber. The term "apartheid" is not just a term but has meaning in international law which has been referred to most particularly in the 1973 International Convention on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what supports the Government is providing for the people of Morocco following its recent earthquake; and what actions his Department is taking to ensure the supports reach the people on the ground. [41912/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what supports the Government is providing for the people of Libya following Storm Daniel; and what actions his Department is taking to ensure the supports reach the people on the ground. [41911/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a detailed itinerary of his recent visit to Israel. [41909/23]
- Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution. Another thing that seems to not change is the same old, same old politics which is failing generations of families in the country. I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for his work on this motion. This is the first opportunity the Social Democrats have had in this term to keep the Government's feet to the fire for the housing catastrophe in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he deems it appropriate for universities and colleges to increase their cost of accommodation for this academic year while the country experiences a cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40450/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide clarification on the status and cost of the student contribution fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40448/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)
Gary Gannon: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if university-funded PhD scholarships will be allocated additional State funding for this academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40452/23]