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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.

Topical Issue Debate: DEIS Administration (14 Dec 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I have not. The final point I would make is that the Department of Education and Skills has, for the first time, introduced an objective statistics-based model for deciding which schools merit inclusion in the DEIS programme in order that all stakeholders can have confidence that we are targeting extra resources at the schools that need them and have the highest concentrated levels of...

Topical Issue Debate: DEIS Administration (14 Dec 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking this debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton. If he could be here, he would be. As the Deputies are aware, delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, is the main policy initiative of the Department of Education and Skills to address educational disadvantage at school level. No new schools had been admitted to DEIS since...

Topical Issue Debate (14 Dec 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I am not taking that matter.

Topical Issue Debate (14 Dec 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I am taking Deputy Paul Murphy's matter.

Topical Issue Debate (14 Dec 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I am.

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“condemns:— the ongoing violence in Syria which has to date resulted in the deaths of an estimated half a million people, particularly the continued brutal attacks on civilians perpetrated by the Assad regime; — the blatant violations of international...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I am listening.

Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I have listened carefully to the contributions made by the Deputies on the situation in Catalonia. I appreciate fully that their contributions reflect genuine concern and also, in the case of Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, informed by his presence in Catalonia over the weekend with other Irish elected representatives. The region is also a location I visit a couple of times each year. What has...

Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I again express my appreciation for the contributions of Members and their concerns about the situation in Catalonia. I reassure them that what is happening in Spain is also of great interest to the Government. Ireland enjoys an excellent relationship with Spain and has a great rapport with its people, including the thousands of Spanish schoolchildren who visit Ireland every year and in...

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (27 Sep 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I welcome the opportunity to make some concluding remarks this evening. I believe that a detailed debate on the issue this early in the Dáil term has been time well spent. All of us are in daily contact with a vast array of stakeholders who are deeply worried about the impact Brexit will have on their lives and livelihood. Just this morning, I met with the executive of Galway county...

Srebrenica: Statements (11 Jul 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I am pleased to open statements remembering the 22nd anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica this evening. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, regrets that he cannot be here due to prior travel commitments in the Middle East. I have just come from the Seanad where we discussed the issues raised by the Srebrenica genocide, including the appalling nature of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: When is the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 due to come before the Houses? The Bill seeks to resolve anomalies in the Companies Act 2014 and would thus reduce the compliance burden and costs for SMEs. It is pretty urgent and the non-passage of the Bill would have serious consequences for our indigenous SMEs.

Road Traffic (Minimum Passing Distance of Cyclists) Bill 2017: First Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to introduce protection for cyclists by setting safe lateral distance when being passed by motor vehicles. Over the last decade or so, Ireland has seen as extraordinary increase in the number of cyclists on our roads. For example, the number of cyclists in Dublin increased by 160% between 2004 and 2014. Approximately 12,000...