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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...complexes is an old stereotype at which people would correctly take offence. That is my presentation. I am quite happy for people to disagree with me. My main points are about the nature of drug taking in the city centre, why we feel different responses to different types are drug taking are needed, what we can do about the number of resignations from An Garda Síochána and...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...on Leader's Questions. He said it would be ideal if students left school with their leaving certificates in one hand their driving licences in another. That is a good aspiration that we should have. It feels as though we are light years away from that but being able to drive safely and having that as part of your school curriculum in your late teens would be a wonderful advancement and...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Sherlock: We absolutely support the motion. I will start by quoting a document I received from Rehab in response to budget 2024. The words probably encapsulate the feeling of every similar organisation, including St. Joseph's Foundation in my area and Enable Ireland. These organisations speak of their frustration and the lack of certainty that pertains to their funding and that of their sector....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...that the urgency with which principals have presented this to me is the type of urgency the Minister and her Department need. It is not a big ask for these trauma-based supports that principals feel would be an intervention that could save some lives, or certainly prevent a child from going in a wrong direction. With the greatest of respect, I ask the Minister to please not tell me about...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...to take ownership of the issue. We understand that union membership has increased fivefold in affected workplaces in recent weeks because people who work in the community and voluntary care sector feel they cannot trust or rely on the Government to treat them fairly. Will the Taoiseach do the right thing, rather than, once again, leaving staff and service users foundering until the last...

Seanad: Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...of disrespect, a sense of being ignored and a sense of being treated like second-class citizens. That is being passed on to the next generation. As legislators, we all have a responsibility to ensure that people do not feel failed by An Garda Síochána and the legal system in this country. The Minister has the responsibility to ensure that justice is served. Tonight, we stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...have her here. We are anxious to get this right. In this space, we have done well as a collective and Oireachtas. However, that has led to difficulties and added stress upon stress for those who feel the political system is not adequately reflecting in legislation what is needed. This is one of the greatest stains on the 100-year history of the State. The witnesses have all mentioned...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...be appropriate to have in legislation that the chief executive would at least be consulted before such appointments would be made. This is an amendment that has been sought by people who work in this area and who feel that it would improve the Bill.

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...of two senior Ministers followed up by various announcements from other Ministers with not one mention of section 39, section 56 or section 10 organisations. These workers are beyond the end of their tether. They feel absolutely forced into this. No-one is going into this dispute cheering it as something good. It is going to be tough, hard and painful, but there is no other choice....

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Governments are defined by the budgets they produce and the money they allocate to issues they feel are important, and we get a chance once a year to reflect on those statements by Governments about what they deem to be important. In these Houses, when we learn of people from other parties who are resigning or not running again, we sometimes wonder why we get up in the morning and come here...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mark Wall: ...value. I deal with carer's allowance on a daily basis and I think in the last statistics I saw that 77% of those who are on carer's allowance are actually women. Many of those women tell me they feel degraded and that they are not worth anything in this system. I have spoken previously to Ms Cox about the means testing, and recently there was a Commencement matter in the Seanad on the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...ána. I want to focus on Garda pay. At a time when a record 114 gardaí have hung up their boots already this year, when communities are in crisis, when they are demanding community policing and they are made to feel more secure in their homes and communities, the Government has stuck a few euro on the training allowance. That is a Hail Mary pass if ever I saw one - hoping...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flexible Work Practices (10 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ..., the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, commenced sections of the Act relating to carer's leave and breastfeeding leave, yet some of the most important and crucial parts of the Act remain uncommenced. I feel very strongly about the right to flexible work for all workers in workplaces where it is possible, because of the chances it offers to so many people who want to work and cannot, or those...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...have their own barristers to represent them during the questioning. This will also help to rectify the appalling situation where victims are left with less protection than the accused and frequently feel like they are the ones on trial. The Bill will ensure anonymity for victims in all trials for sexual offences and provide anonymity for the accused for certain sexual offences. We...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ..., 38% of clubs cannot even provide basic facilities for girls' teams and week in week out we have underage games being called off because of the poor facilities in the country. Does the Taoiseach not feel this is potentially a huge distraction in terms of football infrastructure in this country? Will the Taoiseach give a commitment that it is the underage game, the League of Ireland and...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It feels like we are in the midst of a full blown crisis in our criminal justice system and I do not use that term lightly. As I said yesterday when the Minister was in the Chamber as I made my remarks to the Taoiseach, the criminal courts of justice effectively came to a halt because of industrial action by barristers. They have not been listened to. They started a discussion around their...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...of the past but in having a living building for the present and the future. I hear what the Department is saying with regard to the possibility of a different economic analysis. To be frank, it feels a bit tortured that this has not happened up to now. However, if the door is open to analysing the use of the building on the basis of different criteria, namely those the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Any community, barrister or garda will listen to what the Taoiseach has said and feel as if it is somebody else's responsibility, not the Taoiseach's. The Taoiseach knew about this dispute coming since 12 July and he has let the criminal courts of justice fall today. The Bar Council states it has had no engagement. It falls completely and utterly on the Taoiseach, as the leader of Fine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...have? Does it proactively go to schools to carry out fire audits and see what kinds of improvements are needed? Is the Department always depending on boards of management to contact it? I feel the patronage model is letting the school system down. Just as with Covid, what happens is that the Department provides a sum of money and expects to schools to apply for it rather than...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...Council to ensure that we can, as a Union, respond effectively and quickly to future disasters which are, unfortunately, bound to happen with the advent of climate change? Does the Minister of State feel we have that capacity now or do we need to beef it up? Will he take such an initiative?