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Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity, for tabling this motion, as well as the opportunity to discuss these two very important topics, namely, the triple lock and our neutrality. Despite the fact that the Tánaiste has said for several years now that we need to have a discussion about these issues, very few opportunities are presented to the Dáil to have this discussion. It is...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: Let me begin by acknowledging our friend, Dr. Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid, ambassador of Palestine. I also acknowledge the members of the Palestinian community who are in the Gallery. In particular, I extend my warmest welcome to Dr. Wael Abunamous, his wife, Suha and their seven children. Bombed from their home in Gaza, they found refuge in my community in East Wall. They have made our...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (23 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the lack of eligibility to access student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas; and, if so, if he and his Department are evaluating expanding the criteria. [23525/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (23 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: Is the Minister if he is aware of the lack of eligibility to access student grants for persons who hold stamp 4 visas and, if so, what he and his Department are doing to evaluate expanding the criteria. I hope they are doing so. I think we have raised this with the Minister's predecessor every year for the past four years. I have also contacted the present Minister's Department numerous...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (23 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I know.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (23 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge the diligence of his office in liaising back and forth with me. From the Minister's response, I am conscious he is aware of the issue. I might just get a commitment from him that we can have a meeting-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (23 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: -----sometime over the next week or so or, if not, over the coming weeks. I will leave it there.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Visas (23 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister. I look forward to the meeting.

Dentistry Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I will look at this from a different vantage than the previous speaker. When I was walking across the city this morning, I listened to the Ombudsman for Children responding to the child poverty report, which, once again, highlights that the level of child poverty in this State is increasing. Then, I came in here to talk about this motion. I thank Deputy Shortall for bringing it forward....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I am laughing because the Taoiseach is going to vote for Ursula von der Leyen

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I would like to understand if it took the Taoiseach by surprise when the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan announced charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant? The first point around which they are building a case is the use of starvation of civilians as a weapon war. I really want to understand the Government's...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: No, it is not.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: Through hanging posters and knocking on doors, we have a very intimate relationship with our electorate as part of our democracy. Over recent weeks, I have watched local election candidates who simply want to hang their posters and knock on doors receive a level of vitriol that I have not witnessed during my time in politics. It is having a chilling effect. In my constituency, I have seen...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: That is always the case.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this incredibly important motion. In Dublin everybody has a story about the bombings that took place 50 years ago this week, in 1974, but absolutely nobody feels they have a full understanding of the truth of what happened that day, although everybody suspects they know what happened. We will go into that further. I have talked to a number of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: Do we get the opportunity or does the Taoiseach have the good grace to tell us what exactly the plan is? Will the Government keep fencing off the city of Dublin? That we do not have statements or the Minister for Justice answering questions this week is a poor reflection of the Government's commitment to the citizens of Dublin and the vulnerable people in those tents. As a matter of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: Has the Taoiseach taken a walk along the Grand Canal lately? I did earlier today and over the weekend. What is usually a public amenity for the citizens of Dublin, where you would see people on a day like today having a picnic or a jog along the canal, has seen fencing erected by this Government. The Taoiseach should not shake his head. He orchestrated a multi-agency task force. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dublin City Task Force (9 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: No one for a second believes that incidents of crime and assault should ever become the norm. The frustration on everyone else's part is that they have become the norm. The announcement of a task force only matters if in 12 weeks' time, or preferably tomorrow, when someone is being attacked on the street, there will be a garda who will be able to intervene quickly. Those are the brass...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dublin City Task Force (9 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: It is the task force.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dublin City Task Force (9 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I have had this matter selected as a Topical Issue on four separate occasions. Each time, I called for a comprehensive, Cabinet-led approach to the issues of violence in our city centre, which too often has plagued and blighted the place that I love and that I walk through every day. We have had some satisfaction in that regard. The Taoiseach has announced that he intends to construct a...