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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: For consistency, Mr. McGrath and Mr. Bradley should also respond.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He is no stranger here, and he is doing a great deal of work. As an aside, now that Senator McDowell has heralded his standing in the next general election, whenever that is, he might give us a preview of his slogan for when he goes up that pole and hammers the nail. That might be interesting.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I hardly think so. I welcome the summer economic statement. Taking an overall view, I approve of the approach taken with this particular summer economic statement in that it deals with Brexit, which is hanging over us. There is no point in saying otherwise. Brexit is a certainty, and there is now a strong possibility of a hard Brexit. We have to be prudent, and we have to be true to our...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: Only slightly.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I note the Senator's tone has dropped an octave.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: And the clerk.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Chairman for facilitating me in bringing up the following matters with the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Harris. I am based in Limerick and will be going to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. I am basing my questions on policing reform. Chapter 9, page 33, of the report of the commission deals specifically with redeployment from non-core duties. I wrote to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have taken the opportunity to ask because the Commissioner is before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: When the new courthouse was opened on Mulgrave Street last year, before we knew it gardaí were providing the security detail. I was surprised considering the precedent set at the new Criminal Courts of Justice in 2010. I want it to be corrected because we need extra gardaí on the streets. I very much welcome the Commissioner's pronouncement in that regard. I have one final...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Commissioner familiar with Limerick? Does he know it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Twomey would know Castletroy well. It is expanding, as a significant number of houses are being built. My question is how one makes a strategic and real case based on metrics and location for an area such as Castletroy that has expanded at what is probably one of the fastest rates of anywhere in the country? Deputy Commissioner Twomey would attest to the fact that it has expanded at an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: What I might do is follow up with a submission to the Commissioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: We can then take it from there. I thank Mr. Harris.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: When is the next round?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: When the new joint policing committee is up and running in Limerick, I will get the members to extend an invitation to the Commissioner to attend.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2019)

Kieran O'Donnell: I concur with my colleagues and commend the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, on the work he has done in the area. It is always difficult to make changes. The Minister of State has created the structures here to enable amendment of the personal injury guidelines. The judicial council will be established and I hope that happens once the legislation passes through the Dáil. I hope the...