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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: My thanks to the Minister for her opening statement. One thing I mentioned to the Minister privately was the issue of administrative pay for gardaí, especially of those out from Templemore at the moment. They would have been expected to go through their training programme over a certain period and then go to Garda stations throughout the country. They were all out early last spring as...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: My first question relates to something that comes up in almost all of the budgets. The appropriations-in-aid figure is projected to be €9.1 million. This is set off against expenditure. What does that category account for with regard to the Prison Service? I noticed in the previous budget a certain amount in all Votes was set aside for audit. An audit company would come in to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: There was some crossover when we were talking about prisoners being released from prison and the follow-up in that respect, which I have been concerned about for some time. On the other side, there is the issue of the youth diversion programme and the resources that have been going into it. This is one of the things we see in justice in general. From Garda resources, to the resources in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I would appreciate that.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: Many courthouses around the country are under pressure due to the Covid pandemic. They are all having difficulties. Based on reports in a local newspaper, the relatively new courthouse in Carrick-on-Shannon is considering severely limiting the number of sittings and closing it down much of the time because there is insufficient space for people to move around. We need an assessment of each...

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire, who initiated this legislation during the term of the last Dáil. We are in a totally impractical situation in which court orders can be executed in a very heavy-handed manner. We have seen this in some evictions and other situations in which court orders were used to repossess property. It does not always have to be a person's property - it can be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (12 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason driver testers are taking only six tests per day instead of eight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current Covid-19 guidelines for driving instructors and driving testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35562/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the RSA is contacting persons who have cancelled a driver test as they are not essential workers to offer them new dates for tests that are still within the level 5 time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35563/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting to take a driver test as of 31 October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35564/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that driving instructors are prevented from using toilet facilities and sanitation facilities in driving test centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35566/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (11 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused permission to remain in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35500/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the funding allocation for her Department by project. [35506/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: It is not agreed. Can I propose that sometime before the end of the week the Minister for Justice comes and gives a statement to the House on the advice that she receives from the Attorney General as to the crisis in the Judiciary? It is important that we build maximum consensus among all parties and groupings in this House to try to find a way forward through this. It would be appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket will be issued for a child (details supplied) whose sibling has a ticket and is on the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 705. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a three and a half year waiting list for orthopaedic procedures in Sligo University Hospital; his plans to reduce this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/20]

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I understand that. I will come back to it, but it is all part of the same point. The point is that all of these issues are related to where we are in society. From the end of society I am talking about, I am referring to my experience in my area but I am looking at another Bill coming through the House, which is about looking at the opposite end of it. I refer to the fee-paying schools,...

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I listened to the Minister's speech. She stated that her legislative measures would come into effect next September and that they would apply new regulations on school admissions, but I cannot understand why she said she needed a year for that to happen and that this Bill would somehow mess up what she was trying to do. There is nothing in it that contradicts the Act at all. Instead, it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Services (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. I was aware of most of what was in his statement and the proposals to upgrade and modernise the system to ensure that efficiencies can be brought in all seem well and good but we want to make sure that does not mean a reduction in the funding the veterinary services receive. Those kinds of terms are often a cover for a reduction in funding and we would be concerned...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Services (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: As I am sure the Minister of State is aware, there have been difficulties with the local authority veterinary service in recent years. The county veterinary officers do much of the veterinary work in the counties around the country. Until now, they have been funded by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, FSAI, through a service level agreement with each local authority. In the past three...