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- Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)
Ciarán Cannon: The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has made clear in numerous Seanad debates that the Government respects absolutely the motives and the intentions of the proponents and supporters of the Bill. We reject attempts made in other jurisdictions to demonise people who sincerely support this political approach and we will continue to do so. There are few foreign policy...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Policy (16 Jan 2019)
Ciarán Cannon: I again thank the Deputy for raising this important question. I also thank all others who have made contributions. We share the concerns expressed over the Kurdish prisoners' hunger strike and it is clear the issue needs to be urgently addressed before it deteriorates. As Ms Güven's condition is most serious, I reiterate that the Turkish authorities need to take urgent measures to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Policy (16 Jan 2019)
Ciarán Cannon: I wish to thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Ireland is very concerned with the hunger strike of the Kurdish prisoners, in particular that of Ms Leyla Güven, the deputy of the People's Democratic Party, HDP, who has been on hunger strike since 7 November 2018 and is reportedly in a critical condition. It is our understanding that over 160 Kurdish prisoners in 36 prisons are now...
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: As previously said, it is very useful to have this debate. I have listened carefully to everything that has been said. In an ideal world, no one would have to pay the extremely high rates of interest charged by moneylenders. Others have said that the only thing worse than high interest credit is no access to credit at all. I argue that forcing people who are at a point of crisis, as...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Deputies for the update of their meeting in Westminster yesterday. My colleague, the Tánaiste, and I are aware of the case to which the Deputies refer. Officials from within our Department, both in Dublin and in the secretariat in Belfast, monitor the case as well as other cases relating to prisoners detained in Northern Ireland. From the outset, I would like to say...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: I fully understand the level of concern expressed by all of the Deputies about this issue. It is an emotive issue. On the one hand, we have the Carroll family grieving the loss of their husband and father and we also have the Wootton and McConville families who have concerns about the processes by which these convictions were made. The only way to ensure these concerns are considered and...
- Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: The Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and I have listened to the points raised by Deputies this evening and the Government is committed to providing greater supports and protections for victims of crime and ensuring victims are provided with all the information and assistance they need when interacting with the criminal justice system. The Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, has spoken this...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Disposal (16 Oct 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment is continuing the work of developing, with a number of stakeholders, a mechanism to provide a €75 support for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence to help meet the average annual cost of disposing of medical incontinence products. Unfortunately, this process has taken far longer than originally...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Disposal (16 Oct 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: I am aware that in seeking to put this payment in place, the Department has engaged with Family Carers Ireland, Age Action, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association, the Disability Federation of Ireland, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the National Disability Authority, the National Waste Collection Permit Office, the regional waste management offices, the Irish...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: I thank those who have contributed to the debate on what will be a very important meeting of the European Council over the next two days. While Brexit is clearly the priority for Ireland, migration, internal security and economic issues are also important for the Union as a whole. The Taoiseach has spoken in some detail about recent developments on migration, economic and monetary union, and...
- Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: This is an opportune time to speak about how far we have come as a country since 2011, from a time when we had completely relinquished control of our nation's finances to today when we have regained control of our destiny. It is no coincidence that over the past seven years we have been fortunate to have been served by two Ministers for Finance with the talent and wisdom necessary to make...
- Government Response to Salisbury Attack: Statements (27 Mar 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: I reiterate the Tánaiste's utter condemnation of the evil attack which took place in Salisbury on 4 March. I repeat that our closest neighbour has assessed that it is highly likely that Russia carried out the first known chemical attack on European soil since the end of the Second World War, and that there is no plausible alternative explanation. The European Council agreed unanimously...
- Diaspora Issues: Statements (8 Mar 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: I thank all the Members for their very informed and passionate contributions. It is more than apparent that they hold very close to their hearts the interests of our diaspora and its future. I thank them for that. I thank Deputy Darragh O'Brien, in particular, for the work he has done abroad in engaging with Irish communities. Repeated affirmation by Members of this Parliament of the work...
- Diaspora Issues: Statements (8 Mar 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: A statutory instrument has not been introduced.
- Diaspora Issues: Statements (8 Mar 2018)
Ciarán Cannon: I welcome this opportunity to update the House on the outcome of the Indecon report and the context within which it was drawn up and on my work on as Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora and international development on diaspora issues. My work as Minister of State is guided by the Government's diaspora policy, Global Irish. Published in 2015, this was the first clear...
- Topical Issue Debate: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 2017)
Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter, which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, who cannot attend the House this evening. The Labour Court is an independent adjudicative body under the remit of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and has discharged its statutory function in the matter. The...
- Topical Issue Debate: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 2017)
Ciarán Cannon: All Members acknowledge that a redundancy situation in any workplace is difficult for workers and their families. However, we are fortunate to have an industrial relations system whereby the fundamental approach of successive Governments has been one of voluntarism. In general, our laws do not try to impose a solution on parties to a trade dispute but, rather, are designed to help support...
- Topical Issue Debate: DEIS Administration (14 Dec 2017)
Ciarán Cannon: On Deputy Doherty's contribution, it is perfectly understandable why there may be primary schools in an area which have DEIS status and post-primary schools which do not have the same status. The Deputy referred to the levels of deprivation within the rural area as a whole. Part of the assessment process consists of an in-school assessment in respect of the levels of educational attainment...
- Topical Issue Debate: DEIS Administration (14 Dec 2017)
Ciarán Cannon: That is not the case at all. It is here. That is the first point I want to make.
- Topical Issue Debate: DEIS Administration (14 Dec 2017)
Ciarán Cannon: The whole point of the DEIS programme is to support schools that are less than successful and to ensure that all of our schools nationally reach a certain level of attainment. That is quite a logical approach to take when using scarce resources.