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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Can the Minister for Justice to outline the measures he is taking to remediate the current prison overcrowding crisis? The depth of the crisis was indicated to me recently when I spoke to a Garda regarding the proposed increased sentences for assaults. His response was quite cynical, in that he asked where we were going to put those who are convicted. In his experience, a lot of people are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: The situation in the female prison in Limerick is unsustainable. According to recent statistics, it is currently at 179% capacity. Overcrowding in the male and female prisons in Mountjoy means occupancy of 106% and 113%, respectively. That does not take into account the 87 prisoners currently on temporary release. A a few weeks ago the open prisons in Shelton Abbey and Loughan House...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I welcome some of the Minister's proposals, including a prison education task force. The problem will always be in the implementation of these plans, which sound great. I spoke recently to a former prison governor who outlined the difficulties in engaging with longer term prisoners and assessing them for re-engagement with their communities. The promises contained in previous plans were...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, his officials or whoever compiled the report I have before me. It is clear and raises several interesting questions in respect of how the Bill will be implemented. To begin at the end of the Bill, it provides for a number of miscellaneous matters, including that the assessment application may be made on behalf of a party to proceedings...

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (24 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I think I speak for most in this House when I say that the requirement for the Oireachtas to approve measures and ensure oversight is overwhelmingly positive. I am equally sure that many will welcome the fact that this motion is one of the few remaining legacies on the Statute Book relating to the pandemic. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I moved a Private Member's Bill to strengthen...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Is cuimhin liom nuair a bhí mé ar scoil i dTrá Lí. D'iarr an múinteoir tíreolaíochta ar an rang cé mhéad duine a raibh uncail, aint nó col ceathrair acu sna Stáit Aontaithe. Chuir gach aon duine sa rang a lámh in airde. Tuigim gur Éireannaigh muid agus tuigim an t-idirdhealú agus an imirce. We know what it is like to be...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Even before the large increase in protection applicants and the activation of the Ukrainian temporary protection directive, the Government's implementation of the White Paper looked questionable with a focus, yet again, on rented accommodation and turnkey acquisition. Approved housing body, AHB, housing, which would have meant own-door and stable accommodation to aid integration and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update as to when an area in Tralee (details supplied) will get broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a timeline on the publishing of the parental alienation consultation report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24868/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (18 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the latest developments with legislation to disregard historic convictions for offences which targeted the LGBTQ+ community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23725/23]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: We welcome the CSO sexual violence survey. It is a sobering reminder of the importance of the third national strategy on DSGBV. The importance of a report such as this, based on diverse sources, cannot be overstated. The CSO is to be commended on the report which, despite its disturbing facts, is a welcome development. I was taken particularly by what the Minister, Deputy Harris, said...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: The Taoiseach stated there were not enough gardaí in Dublin to combat the violence we saw on Sandwith Street. The Minister may recollect he stated funding was in place to recruit an additional 1,000 members, but that is incorrect. If the Taoiseach checked, he would see that only 288 people entered Templemore this year. He should do the maths on that. The Garda Representative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is not a day care health facility in County Kerry for those who have mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are no provisions made for those who have been renting rooms in properties that are not registered with the RTB and are trying to prove independence when applying for SUSI grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23622/23]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Bhí mé ar an gcomhchoiste ar feadh dhá bhliain nó mar sin. Bhíomar i mBéal Feirste agus sa Tuaisceart. Táimid in ann a fheiceáil go bhfuil an Ghaelainn beo ar fud na tíre, go mór mór leis na Gaelcholáistí. I dTrá Lí Chiarraí, tá Gaelcholáiste nua tar éis oscailt. Is lá an-tábhachtach...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Tá brón orm. Bhí orm dul amach go dtí an Dáil Chamber. Bhí duine éigin agus an Teachta Ó Cuív ag caint mar gheall ar na pleananna contae. B'fhéidir go mbeadh Norma Moriarty in ann an cheist seo a fhreagairt. Níor mhaith liom í a chur ar an spota. Bhí pods nó suímh le seirbhísí i gceist. Bhí caint...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (17 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Táim i dtrioblóid anois.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (16 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 304. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 9 May 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of complaints made to the CCPC for investigation for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (16 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 305. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 9 May 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of individuals or companies that had multiple cases reported against them for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23001/23]