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

Paul Gogarty: I welcome the Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill, which, as the Minister said, represents a major upgrade of existing legislation. I welcome the fact it will reduce from seven years to two the time between a judicial determination of an asset being the proceeds of crime and a final disposal order being available. I especially welcome the immediate and automatic appointment of a...

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I agree on this point. With Brexit especially, it does not make sense to have any input from a UK organisation and RAAP has historically done that. As it said in its contributions to this committee, it has never had complaints about the way it collects on behalf of artists. We should leave it in the hands of professionals so to speak. I also agree putting it through the courts system...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Protection (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the emergency supports available for schools adjacent to IPAS and Ukrainian refugees that accommodate high percentages of such children and may also separately feature highly Pobal HP deprivation Index data given the often transient and interrupted nature of such children's educational experiences, not their traumatic life experiences; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional EAL supports can be made available to Gaelscoileanna in non-Gaeltacht areas that taken in high proportions of children whose first language is neither Irish or English, given that junior and senior infants are normally educated in an immersive Irish language environment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Protection (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools that applied for DEIS status in March 2022 will be permitted to reapply, given the increases in population reflected in the Census, the local pressures such as accommodating large numbers of IPAS and Ukrainian students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40377/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports and allowances that can be made to schools experiencing unpredictable mid-year enrolment and withdrawal, such as a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of detailed correspondence received from a school (details supplied) regarding the need for DEIS status to be formally reviewed under the current DEIS identification model, using anonymised, PPSN-linked data already available to her Department, or an equivalent emergency assessment-based provision amounting to same that will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Communications (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communications have taken place with her Department regarding additional specific emergency supports for local schools in the Saggart, Citywest and Rathcoole areas, especially those taking in the largest amount of Ukrainian and IPAS children as a percentage of overall children, both before and especially in the context of...

Transfer of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I thank the Minister for his contribution. In some ways, this is necessary legislation. In other ways, it is a bit like watching paint dry, especially when talking about going through the motions. I am not sure whether I will be here when we get around to the motions on Switzerland in a while. I wanted to discuss the wider issues of all this booking information that is provided by...

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Two years ago, Ireland celebrated the 30th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality. We saw further incremental progress after that through the civil partnership process, which was a stepping stone to full marriage equality following the passing of the thirty-fourth amendment to the Constitution of Ireland. This year, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe go léir as ucht a dtaithí a roinnt. Níl ach cúig nóiméad agam so I will try to be quick. Mr. Broderick is only short of being a candlestick maker. That is the story of many retailers throughout the country. I was touched by the cost side and will go straight to the solar element because that makes a lot of sense....

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I have a couple of questions. First, I echo Deputy Lahart's point that from the European Union member states' perspective. If they face existential crisis on the eastern side, and a reduction in NATO and US support, they are going to make that changeover. It should not necessarily have anything to do with overseas development aid as part of...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Would Mr. Crowley say, in essence, this aid is part of a defence budget in more ways than one?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: It is in self-interest.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I have made a note about keeping aid on the agenda. Obviously, we all can make a personal input, but the clear message is that the Irish Government must use its EU Presidency, have as one of its key themes maintaining overseas development aid and aim to increase it as part of the MFF process. Mr. Crowley mentioned food and biscuits. It is worth putting on the record that is a reference...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Like others, I welcome the establishment of the commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in all-day and boarding schools. I do in all sincerity regret that it has taken so long to move into this area and ensure that all survivors who are still alive receive acknowledgement and, hopefully, some justice. I express my personal sympathies to the survivors and all the families...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Recent studies have shown that Dublin is again a dirty city and Cork as well, for that matter. They have not improved. If anything, they have become worse. We have had less visible plastic. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a guy throw a bottle out of the car. He would only have got 15 cent for it, but could not do anything about it, so it ended up in the ditch. We have a situation where...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Should we not increase fines to have real consequences for people dropping litter?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: According to Irish Business Against Litter, IBAL, it is.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the competent authority for noise regulation at Weston Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39622/25]