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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: The Minister mentioned the 80% of people who come from North to South without documentation. The border procedure we are opting into must take place at designated locations near the border or in another area designated by the member state. Where does the Minister envisage we have this border procedure? Will it be on the road to Belfast?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: Given that challenge, does the Minister envisage having border procedures between the North and South?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: In a scenario where a person comes here without documentation from the North, what happens to that person? The Minister mentioned an ongoing court case. Does the 12-week rule still apply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: We are in a scenario where the UK is not part of this pact, for obvious reasons. To where would such a person be returned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: Can the Minister outline what that legislation might entail?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: The country we return them to may send them to Rwanda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: This is our policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: I refer to circumstances where some of the people who are forced through the border procedure will not have identity documents such as, for example, a person coming here from Somalia. The Taliban only recently started reissuing documents. We understand why this happens. Is the Minister confident that we will be able to stick to the timeline of 12 weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: Applicants already under the border procedure are not authorised to enter the territory of the member state. We will have a legal fiction of international applicants who are in the country but who are not deemed to be in our territory. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: Can the Minister outline the reasons for that? Is it to ensure they do not have the same level of legal-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: We will have a scenario in which people will be in the country but will be deemed not to be in our territory under this procedure. Given this kind of Schrödinger's asylum process that we will have, whereby people are here but are not here, can the Minister outline the justification for that? It is to ensure that they do not have the same legal recourse?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: Will certain families with children fall under this border procedure? Ireland will, in effect, hold children in detention centres with fewer rights as part of the deal. Can the children go to school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: I want to ask about the accelerated deadlines. The Minister earlier asked why we would not have them. One reason that we would not have them is because we would face fines from the EU if we did not stick to the deadlines. How much will the fines be? How exposed could we be if we were not able to stick to the deadline of 12 weeks?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (18 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the universal basic income pilot scheme for artists after it is due to end in 2025. [17059/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its push for sporting facilities for the young people of the south inner city on the site on Marrowbone Lane. [17058/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (18 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to upgrade public sports pitches with suitable disability infrastructure to accommodate people of all abilities, allowing community sports clubs to achieve the status of fully inclusive organisations. [17057/24]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her current and future actions to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis in primary and secondary schools in the wake of Ireland’s annual teacher conferences which took place recently. [16490/24]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: I ask the Minister the measures she is taking to reduce the teacher shortage crisis that we are experiencing in primary and secondary schools.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister for her kind words and subsequently the contribution that she made to the debate. I do not think we can step away from the fact that we have a crisis in our schools that is once again impacting the most vulnerable cohorts of students. If schools are short of teachers, it means that there is a shortage in special educational needs allocation. It means that students in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: The PME. From the conversations I have had with people who want to engage in the profession, that is just not enough. One of the prohibitive factors is the time it takes to do the PME. It is two years. In the North, it is only one year and costs substantially less. Two years means that a person is without an income. Permanent contracts, proper investment in special educational needs and...