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Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council which he attended; the issues discussed; and the conclusions reached. [19316/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Government is expected to run a surplus of €10 billion this year and what is forecast for next year is a surplus of €16.2 billion. My question is simple. When are normal people, many of whom are struggling through this devastating cost of living crisis, going to see the surplus invested in their lives be that through housing, climate, education, childcare, arts or culture?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [19315/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: Data breaches and cyberattacks will be the preferred weapon of the future, as it is of the present, with the potential to bring the whole infrastructure of the State to a halt. The 2021 HSE cyberattack demonstrated Ireland's vulnerabilities and showed that we are not immune from such belligerent actions. The State is in large part responsible for the confidentiality, integrity and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [19314/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Programme for Government (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the decision to abandon the commitment in the Programme for Government to conduct a pilot on universal basic income in the lifetime of the Government (details supplied); if it has been decided to carry out microsimulations of UBI, as recommended by the Low Pay Commission and ESRI; if so, what are the parameters of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all scholarships under the DEIS Gaeltachta have been allocated for 2023; and if she will provide a breakdown of all scholarships allocations by school and county, in tabular form. [19427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of one-parent family payment; the total number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment; and the number of recipients of each payment who are self-employed, in tabular form. [19423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the ending of means testing of child maintenance for lone parents accessing social welfare payments will come into effect. [19424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of working family payment; the estimated cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to recipients of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (25 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: 376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of one-parent families that availed of parent's benefit and leave in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19426/23]

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: Step three is to make it more difficulty for organised criminal actors to pursue power and profit. We do this by targeting problem-orientated policing and visible community policing around the clock. We need to separate the functions of the police so that personnel who are expected to engage and build relationships in those communities are not the same people we ask to start going in and...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: Sorry, will my time be respected here? I am involved as well.

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: Not really understanding what to expect from the contributions today, when this was first presented to us, it came under the banner of statements on gangland crime. That was changed over the course of a week, I am grateful, because I do not recognise where gangland is. Given some of the comments coming from the other side of the Chamber-----

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: -----for some, this is not actually about the communities who are impacted, devastated and exploited by the issue of organised criminality. It seems to be an opportunity to just take shots and further relegate this Chamber to some form of Westminsterisation. I will not stand for it. This is an important topic that impacts the community I represent and we will have our time to talk about...

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: For example, the Deputy referenced the example of New York and the mayor there who had a zero-tolerance approach. The people of New York must be dismayed to hear the him then say that the problem has somehow been eradicated.

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: The Deputy then went on to say that we have a border and through some form of intervention of that, we should be able to stop drugs coming in.

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: Through the Chair, can the Deputy cite one prison, for example-----

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Gary Gannon: I will rephrase.