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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [10954/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 29. To ask the Taoiseach when the committee that deals with higher education and research will next meet. [10955/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: When did the committee on immigration last meet? What is the current capacity within the Department to deal adequately with the scale of the crisis? Do we need a new unit in the Department to work specifically on integration and on supporting refugees as they arrive here? Many of us who are dealing with the issue in our constituencies were surprised to learn that many hotels that and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Immigration will next meet. [10953/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [10952/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: In asking for an update on the work of the Department's economic policy unit, I am reminded of what business groups have said over the past year or so about the housing crisis being a critical barrier to growth within our economy. I am wondering what advice the Taoiseach has received, for example, about accommodation for hospitality workers in Dublin city. Rents here average €2,300...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing CJEU infringement proceedings against Hungary for its so called "anti-LGBTQ propaganda laws"; if he will consider adding the Irish Government's name to the case alongside Belgium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11617/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to his recent statement that Ireland stands ready to support a just and lasting two-state solution based on international law and internationally agreed parameters as the only sustainable prospect that will enable Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace, if Ireland's backing for such an initiative is contingent on other E.U...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a person (details supplied) to register with the Teaching Council of Ireland if he or she does not possess a Level 8 undergraduate degree but have a Level 9 Master of Arts or MA, and a Level 6 Higher National Diploma.. [11616/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following on from suspending the leaving certificate reform, the timeline on when she will engage with stakeholders, including student unions and student bodies, to ensure a pathway to the reform of the leaving certificate. [11622/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a case of a family (details supplied) in which a child with multiple diagnoses, who has been refused several financial aides for supporting said child's medical condition can be examined and resolved. [11620/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount of funding provided under the youth service grant scheme for each of the years 2008 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (7 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the living conditions for residents of the Richmond Street emergency accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he plans to remedy these issues on an urgent basis. [11621/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Children's Rights Alliance annual report card indicates a significant decrease in the quality of conditions experienced by children living in direct provision. The rating fell from a B to a D grade in just a year. I appreciate the complexities of the past year but children are living in temporary accommodation centres throughout the country that are grossly unsuitable, with no...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I suppose the question was framed as a statement that we would obviously protect the right to protest at absolutely all costs but there also has to be a line where we differentiate protest from intimidation. That is really important.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: A person who arrives and claims asylum on specific grounds is often not aware of his or her legal rights. Does the State sometimes at a later date weaponise the fact a person may not be aware of how to communicate that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: That is what I was thinking.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank our contributors. Their presentations were fascinating. I also thank them for their work over the past six months. I can only imagine the pressure they are under. My first question pertains to the asylum process in and of itself. Let us start from the basis that absolutely everybody has a right to come here seeking asylum. People come seeking asylum for a multitude of reasons...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Civil Law Act 2022 (Section 4 (2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2023: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for attending. I will place on record that I do not underestimate for a second the challenge he has faced in the past year. I appreciate the efforts of his Department. We contribute in this committee in the hope of being collaborative and not to take away from the efforts of the Minister and his Department. It would be remiss of me not to mention the report card the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Civil Law Act 2022 (Section 4 (2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2023: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Gary Gannon: The cross-party collaborative nature of the national public health emergency team, NPHET, committee or the Covid-19 committee helped us in communicating messages, understanding and working across the spectrum on different challenges we faced. If a new committee or agency is to be established, it could involve all political parties and the whole political system. Does the Minister see it...