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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: When the Tánaiste says he met the Israeli ambassador, was that a prearranged meeting or did he summon the ambassador? There is a distinction there that he might clarify. Was the ambassador summoned to relay a protest on behalf of the Irish Government? If that was the case, it is welcome because we should uphold standards. One thing that undermines the very nature of these...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details on the interactions between the State and the Polisario Front of Western Sahara, and if his Department intends on recognising Western Sahara as a sovereign state. [11133/24]

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: I am delighted to be given the chance to speak during Seachtain na Gaeilge despite my shortcomings with our native language. I was not as brave as Deputy Ward today. It is something I do regret and I hope this will be the last time there will be a Social Democrat here who will not be talking in their native tongue this week and during the Dáil term. I will put forward the views of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister. The last part of the contribution was really helpful. I want to remind the Minister that this is the third time I have brought this to Priority Questions. A response to me from Minister in March 2022 stated: "I do not wish to make the Deputy uncomfortable, but I found myself agreeing with him during the previous Question Time ... I have done some work on it and I am...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: The student support regulations will, I understand, be released in May for 2024. I ask for a commitment from the Minister that this will be factored into that. Is that what the Minister is committing to me, namely that stamp 4 visa holders will be costed in the student support regulation for 2024? That did not appear in the 2022 or 2023 papers. This is a perfect opportunity to address...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department will consider removing the eligibility criteria exclusion of the category of parents of an Irish citizen for SUSI applications in relation to persons with permission to remain under a stamp 4 visa. [9088/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: Once again, I ask the Minister if his Department will consider removing the eligibility criteria exclusions of the category of parents of an Irish citizen for SUSI applications in relation to persons with permission to remain under a stamp 4 visa.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: Advocacy groups such as AsIAm, Down Syndrome Ireland, and Inclusion Ireland have written to the Department of Education asking for the recently revised special education teaching, SET, allocation model to be paused until those most affected are meaningfully consulted. Countless families and advocacy groups felt as though their needs were ignored when the new allocation model was announced....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: She lives in rural Ireland.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: When?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to restrictive 51-week tenancies for the 2024-25 academic year announced by some operators of student accommodation in Dublin. [9090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions he and his Department are taking to reduce staff-to-student ratios in higher education, given Ireland was decreed to have one of the worst ratios in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. [9089/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (21 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I disagree with him in that I do not necessarily think a dilution of services through their transfer from An Post to a different style of service will have any benefit at all for the community. That is captured, in particular, by the staff who currently work in the An Post office at Phibsborough. There is a genuine sense of anxiety about what...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (21 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for taking Topical Issue Matters today. From about 8.45 onwards this morning and every weekday morning, a trickle of people start to arrive at Phibsborough post office. That trickle very quickly turns into a queue and that queue is representative of the vast array of different people who live in and make Phibsborough their home. They queue outside the post...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: I welcome the Ukrainian ambassador and acknowledge the incredible work she has done over the past two years. We are here today to recognise a very sombre anniversary. It is two years since the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an event which has undeniably reshaped the contours of international relations, global security and the very notion of sovereignty. As we stand with the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: Do we actually have the capacity to effectively police this State anymore? I ask because once again I was summoned to a coalition of residents' groups in a Dublin 1 area, from Buckingham Street around to Talbot Street. Their issues are ones that have been replicated over the last number of years. There is chronic law-breaking and open drug dealing and when the residents call the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: That is okay, so.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (20 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on her Department's work on combating energy poverty. [7892/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that remains in the process of introducing the auto-enrolment pension scheme. [7893/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (20 Feb 2024)

Gary Gannon: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the domiciliary care allowance payment of €340 per month is sufficient to care for a child with a severe disability that requires full time care and attention. [7889/24]