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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I am sure the Minister does not need to tell me that the incident is not-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I appreciate that. We can also appreciate that in more middle-class and suburban areas of the country, I often find parents campaigning to remove a fast food restaurant from outside of school gates. In the inner city and surrounding areas that I represent, too often over the years I have received calls from parents and members of the school community to remove open drug dealing from outside...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her priorities, and those of her Department, when considering her call for mobile phones to be banned in primary schools. [53100/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I am asking the Minister about her and her Department's priorities when considering her recent call, as opposed to the enactment of legislation, for mobile phones to be banned in primary schools.

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. At its most basic, removal of the triple lock would make it easier for Irish troops to be deployed on military operations overseas. While some might think that is a good thing, I certainly do not. In practice, it means the State could send military personnel overseas on missions not mandated by the UN, since the clause that has...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach began by saying that he is keen to hear feedback from the community. Let me tell the Minister about some of the feedback from the parents in Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire as regards what they have experienced over the past 24 hours. Can she imagine what the parents of those children have experienced over the weekend since last Thursday? What would her expectation be if that...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill. Given the surplus of resources the Government was faced with entering this term, budget 2024 should have heralded real change. It should have looked to the future, tackling inequality that has become entrenched. It could have addressed the chronic underfunding of public services, bringing them up to, at the very least, European standards....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: Another position previously held by the Government and which it now seems to have stepped away from is state recognition for Palestine. Next Wednesday marks the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The Tánaiste was asked as early as September when the Government would take the decision to recognise Palestine. He said he would do so but would wait until it would...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: In terms of the Tánaiste's position, where we differ is that he offers words but in terms of the Middle East conflict, we want him to go forward and offer actions. That is where we have diverged. I have highlighted examples of people from the Tánaiste's own party that I have admiration for, including Mr. Frank Aiken-----

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: Yes, exactly. That is what I am trying to say.

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I am using the example of Frank Aiken to demonstrate a time when Ireland took a maverick position, stepped out from the group and acted unilaterally as a way of achieving something. Now we seem to have lost the courage to go beyond ourselves. It is with that spirit in mind that I am saying to the Tánaiste that now, when the dogs of war are once again assembling and when we are seeing a...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: Sorry, I meant to say Barry Andrews. It is hard to tell the difference. There was a range of actions the Government could have taken. I disagree with the fact that we have continued to use words when action is what we are calling for.

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: This is no laughing matter. We have asked for things like the progression of the Control of Economic Activities (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. It was Fianna Fáil in 2019 that brought that Bill to Second Stage in the Dáil. When introducing it, Deputy Niall Collins asked if not now, when? What I was going to ask before the interruptions was, why we do not have the...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I will try to spend the majority of my time discussing the consultative forum and the findings from it but inevitably we will not be able to step away from other events that are taking place in the world, particularly in the Middle East, and from our role within those events. There was an assertion in the consultative forum's conclusion: "that Ireland’s policy of neutrality is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: Sanctions.

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this motion. We are living through the most horrific times. In that regard, I am grateful, insofar as one can be, that this Chamber gets to debate what contribution Ireland can make, however small or large, in stopping the depravity that we are watching being inflicted on the human beings in Gaza right now. Last week, the Social Democrats...

Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)

Gary Gannon: I thank Deputy Denis Naughten and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, for giving us the opportunity to speak on this topic as we celebrate Science Week 2023. This occasion provides us with an invaluable opportunity to recognise the importance of STEM in our society and to reflect on the progress we have made in these fields. I have spoken at length over the years about the power of...

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: I thank Sinn Féin 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...

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...