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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that there is so much going on in the world, particularly in respect of Russia's inhumane invasion of Ukraine and the migration crisis, which I hope to get to shortly, but it is impossible to avert our gaze from what is occurring in Palestine right now. I find it quite lamentable that the Taoiseach did not mention it in his opening address and I would like to understand that a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12656/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the events in his Department to mark International Women's Day; and the measures he has taken to improve gender equality in his Department. [12655/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12654/23]

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I welcome this motion and commend Deputy Harkin for tabling it. It recognises carers’ invaluable contribution to society and highlights their mistreatment by the State, something I hope we can all come together in this Chamber to rectify. I echo the call made in the motion for an increase in the income disregard for the carer's allowance to €900 per week per household, or the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Air Quality (22 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. I do not doubt for a second how close the issue is to his heart. The issue is also close to my heart and the hearts of the people in my constituency of Dublin Central who seem to be disproportionately impacted by it. Inner-city communities are, by their very nature, areas that are going to be disproportionately impacted by a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Air Quality (22 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: It is not an exaggeration to say that Phibsboro junction in my constituency is literally riddled with air pollution. Locals say the smell and the heaviness of the air are inescapable as are the negative effects on one's body. Some in the area, including businesses, feel they are forced to keep their windows closed as what is allowed in when they open them is the furthest thing from clean....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the United States and efforts he made to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish living there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13894/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I ask the Tánaiste to report on his recent visit to the United States of America and the efforts he made to regularise the status of undocumented Irish living there and if he will make a statement on the matter. I appreciate that my question is quite similar to the previous one but I will try to place a different dynamic on it in response to the Tánaiste's answer.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that. I followed events quite closely and understand the importance of the visit. I should give forewarning that at the end of my contribution I will turn my attention from the situation of the undocumented Irish in the US to the situation of undocumented people here in Ireland. This time last year the Minister for Foreign Affairs made it clear that the situation of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: Only for six months.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: Yes, exactly. That was wonderful. Should we not continue with that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: No, no.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: I agree with about 90% of the Tánaiste's contribution. We are on the same page in many ways. Every year we see the Irish Government, including the Tánaiste and Taoiseach, go to the US to try to create pathways and to advocate for Irish people who have gone to the US who are contributing to that country through their work and through raising their families, who have made and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: They are valid.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: There are people who were born here who have not been regularised.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: One strand of the well-being framework is dedicated to improving the mental health of the population in their workplaces, schools and homes. However, it was reported this morning that there has been a drop since the pandemic in the number of people who believe it is okay to ask their employer for a mental health break. St. Patrick's Mental Health Services in Dublin have shown that 22% of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12653/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: The recent UN climate change report has warned us once again that if we do not speed up our climate action goals, the damage sustained by our planet will be irreversible. However, we still have time to prevent an all-out climate disaster if we begin taking these goals seriously now. The UN is urging wealthy countries, such as ours, to speed up our climate action goals by ten years, to 2040....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach recently spoke of the responsibility of all politicians to fulfil the promise of the Good Friday Agreement not only in the area of peace but also when it comes to reconciliation. I do not for a moment disagree with that assertion but I will add that, as we approach the 25th anniversary of the agreement, we have much to do when it comes to the implementation of the goals...