Results 21-40 of 229 for going forward speaker:Martin Kenny

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

Martin Kenny: Projects in the national development plan are the responsibility of the TII or some other body to develop, propose and move forward. We continually hear that the Minister cannot interfere in these projects because someone else is doing them. It is a case of God bless it and good luck to it but the Minister cannot get involved. That is basically the answer. The Minister then arrives at a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...the country at the moment and we expect that the number will exceed 1 million in 25 years. It is said that we need four workers for each pensioner, so we will need 4 million workers. We are not going to produce them in Ireland so they will have to come from elsewhere. They will need to have somewhere to live, but they are also going to travel more because a lot of them are not going to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: .... We are all here because we want things to change given, clearly, they have not been working properly, and that is the first thing we have to recognise. When legislation such as this is brought forward, we know it is not going to be perfect on the first draft, and the Government and everybody else have to recognise that. We have to try to find a means by which we can make it better....

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...trustworthy providers but they have no evidence that it is stolen. If they were able to locate the rightful owner of this property on that app, it would make a big difference. The issue we have with this is publicity. That is probably going to cost money. There needs to be a publicity campaign around this so that people actually use it and put it in place. It would be a valuable...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...youngsters who are out and about, it is something I hear about at first hand. It is happening almost everywhere in the country and young girls and young women in particular fear it when they go out to enjoy a night out. The owners of premises have a responsibility as well. Perhaps licensing laws and so on come into this because it is not only an issue for patrons. We all tell...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: We are back here again following a week during which people were left aghast by what the Government did in removing the eviction ban. For people across this country, this has been a terrible calamity. While it is much worse in the vast urban areas of Dublin and other cities, even rural areas like my constituency are being impacted by the ban's removal. A video is going around of an...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...of the terrible scar that has been on Irish society for so long by how badly we treated women in our society and how much reparation we have to make in order to make that right and to change and move that forward. Last week I attended an event held by the Bar Council of Ireland where they were talking about equal opportunity for women barristers and women in the legal profession, probably...

European Union Directive: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...where that is coming from. I do have certain reservations about it as well. The rushed nature of it is something we should try to avoid in the future in any of these situations. A year ago Russia invaded Ukraine. The Russian aggression there has been immense, extreme and has caused a huge humanitarian catastrophe for the people of Ukraine who have been scattered across Europe. Many...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...Government, as the lead actor in all of this, has failed to manage the situation adequately. Thousands of people made offers of rooms in their homes that were never taken up. Hundreds more came forward with proposals to provide larger scale accommodation that has not been utilised. Across Ireland, thousands of employers are looking for people to take up jobs while many of the new people...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Courts Service (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I appreciate the work going on in respect of all that. Bringing forward legislation, setting up new agencies and focusing on all this is worthy and worthwhile but the key issue is ensuring we have the resources to deal with what is basically a pandemic across our society. According to report from the Central Statistics Office yesterday, four out of five...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: I commend Deputy Doherty on bringing forward the motion. The cost-of-living crisis is biting every community in the country. In my constituency, I regularly deal with people coming to my clinic with various issues relating to bills they cannot pay. Recently, a single mother whose rent has been increased by almost €300 a month came in. She receives the housing assistance payment,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: I want to go through a couple of things in the Department of Justice Vote, specifically the issue of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and the commitment from the Department to establish how it will look after that, deal with it and work to propagate and provide a service for those who are in the most dire situations. It almost goes back to the Courts Service part of the Vote...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...on New Year's Day 2008, was at the gates of Leinster House and handed in letters to both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, and many other Deputies met her that morning. She is campaigning for the Government to intervene in this case. It is now 15 years since this young girl disappeared in Spain. She left the house of a friend to go to her own home and it is said that she never...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) (Pets) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...of State has mentioned there has been work done in respect of that. I think there are four different databases that record microchipping and that needs to be streamlined to ensure all the information goes onto the one database in order that everything is accessible to all authorities, including the councils, which have a role here, and to the Garda and veterinary practices etc. across the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (15 Dec 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...the HSE, the service providers, the parents, people from the local authorities, local councillors and the other Deputies in the area. We came up with the bones of a solution to move the situation forward, and I commend the Minister of State on that. We need to use a site in Carrick-on-Shannon, which is owned by the HSE, and which has been set aside to build a proper respite service...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...periods. Is there an emphasis on ensuring that that technology is in place in all our prisons to make sure that is done? Is that part of the capital programme, as the Minister of State looks forward to the future, or how much distance have we to go in respect of that?

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Martin Kenny: We all agree that the reports about the goings-on in the Spiritan order that have been played out over the airwaves in recent weeks are shocking. In recent weeks, I have had the chance to tune in to some of the coverage, both on the radio and in many newspapers, and to say the least, it is horrifying. I want to use this time to put on record my sympathy and solidarity with those who were...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Martin Kenny: .... It is not just about declaring the emergency, but it is about taking emergency action to resolve the crisis that exists in every constituency across the country. In my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, rents have risen an average of 6.6% per quarter in the past year. Rent is €1,098, on average, in County Leitrim, which is where the lowest rents of the country are. That is...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Kenny: I commend my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke, on bringing forward this motion. Public transport needs to be accessible, reliable and safe for people. Accessibility is certainly one of the issues raised in this motion with regard to the western rail corridor for people living in my region in the west and in the Minister of State's region. It is one of the big factors that could be a game changer...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Kenny: .... The other aspects of the Bill are also welcome, particularly the aspects that increase sentences and the options for serious crime. That is valid and something that we want to see brought forward. We need to, and probably will, get into more details on Committee Stage as to the definitions of what all of that means. We always have to be conscious of unintended consequences and...