Results 161-180 of 3,647 for speaker:Gary Gannon

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 871. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people remanded to custody who did not receive a sentence of imprisonment, either through no conviction or through receiving a sentence less than imprisonment in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48162/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 872. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people remanded to custody and sentenced to prison, and who were released immediately due to having already served their sentence on remand in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48163/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 873. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances where a prisoner held solely on remand shared a cell with a convicted prisoner in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2025 by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 874. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average amount of time that prisoners, not including those on restricted regimes, could spend outside of their cells each day, by prison, by quarter in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48165/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Alcohol Sales (8 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 689. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the legal metrology (intoxicating liquor) regulations that restrict licensed premises to serving draught beer and cider only in imperial pint (568ml) and half-pint (284ml); if he will consider amending the regulations to allow CE-marked metric quantities such as 150ml, 300ml, and 400ml in line with EU practice;...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Alcohol Sales (8 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 690. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the current prohibition on serving draught beer and cider in smaller metric volumes is solely a matter of domestic law enforced by the NSAI; the steps he will take to bring the State's practice into line with EU Directive 80/181/EEC on metrication and Directive 2009/34/EC on measuring instruments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Alcohol Sales (8 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 691. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with small breweries and independent hospitality businesses regarding the impact of restrictions on draught serving measures; if he will consider their requests for greater flexibility in the interest of both fairness and responsible alcohol service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (8 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 2139. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the sustainability of trauma informed, peer led family addiction support services such as FASN in the North East; and if core funding or targeted investment will be provided to organisations like FASN that deliver a vital service that not only reduces the pressure on statutory services, but improves the lives of families...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (8 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 2393. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the public health implications of requiring high strength beers often 10-12% ABV to be served only in imperial pint (568ml), half-pint (284ml) rather than smaller quantities such as 150ml, which may better align with safe consumption guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (8 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 2394. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support amending the legal metrology (intoxicating liquor) regulations to allow smaller CE-marked metric serving sizes of draught beer and cider, in order to promote safer alcohol consumption in line with the national drugs strategy's aim of reducing alcohol harm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (8 Sep 2025)

Gary Gannon: 2395. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment on ensuring that metrology regulations relating to draught beer and cider are consistent with both EU law and Ireland's public health objectives. [45804/25]

Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the Bill. We support it fully but intend to table some amendments on Committee Stage which we think will strengthen it. In my constituency, particularly in the north-inner city, and in a number of other constituencies in Ireland, there is a heartbreaking sight that many of us have grown accustomed to: young people, children, teenagers, kids on scramblers, kids hanging around...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: Homelessness.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I will raise an issue about a local school. In normal circumstances, I would not expect for one second the Taoiseach to have intimate details about a school in my constituency. The school is Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square. There was a moment during the last Dáil term when the name of that school was on all our lips because of the tragedy that befell the community...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: It does not know if it is going to go into litigation.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: It does not. I promise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: I have a number of questions on the children (amendment) Bill 2024. Will the officials clarify how the proposed deferred sentence supervision order will link with wider early intervention and youth diversion supports, particularly for children already known to Tusla, CAMHS or youth services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: That is welcome. It would be good to see them on the stakeholder list. That will be an important part of our stakeholder engagement as we proceed. Has consideration been given to integrating restorative justice or trauma-informed alternatives directly into the DSSO process, particularly in cases where underlying issues like poverty, addiction and neurodiversity drive offending?