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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: For instance, if we take the case Deputy Naughten mentioned of someone in Granard going to Castlebar, it is likely that they would make an appointment with somebody in Castlebar to meet someone perhaps in Longford, which is closer to them.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: It is not clear here.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, to delete line 12 and substitute the following: "(i) by the substitution of "48 hours" for "7 days",". These amendments deal with the issue of when a sex offender has to report to the Garda station, whether divisional headquarters, local Garda station or whatever. A little more clarity needs to be brought to this and the Minister accepts...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I accept that it is a limit, and it is not something that people have to push out to the limit. They could contact the local Garda station within hours of arriving in an area if they wish. The sooner it is done, the sooner local gardaí are aware that a person who has a past and who has had a conviction for a very serious sexual offence is living in the area or coming to live in there....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, line 21, to delete " "3 days" " and substitute " "48 hours" ".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, line 35, to delete " "3 days" " and substitute " "48 hours" ".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, line 36, to delete " "3rd day" " and substitute " "48th hour" ".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, line 5, to delete “3 days” and substitute “48 hours”. I will withdraw this amendment, with leave to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: Amendment No. 20 is around the issue of the risk management team and its communication with the victim in these cases. What is being proposed here is that there will be a written agreement whereby a particular member of the team will be nominated as a contact point for the victim. In the case where the offender has served a sentence and is about to be released or is being released that they...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 20: In page 15, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(4A) A member of a risk management team shall, with the express written agreement of the team, be nominated as a contact point for the victim in the case for which the offender has served the sentence which he or she is being released from. This team member will provide relevant information to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (7 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on any engagement that he or his Department have had with the stakeholders affected by the job losses at a company (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18755/22]

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: All of us understand and agree that this motion on carbon budgets is about setting the destination to which we want to get. We all share a common bond in our desire to get to that destination. Where we may have disagreements is in the route that we take. There are, of course, difficulties for many sectors when we get into this issue and try to deal with it. There are also opportunities...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: Vacancy and dereliction are serious issues in rural Ireland. There is significant dereliction in every small town. Houses are lying empty and shops, pubs and other business premises in once-thriving communities are dying on their feet because of the changes in how people conduct their commerce. They now shop in big towns and so on. We have a huge problem with that in the private sector...

European Union Regulation: Motion (5 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: That is the wrong business.

European Union Regulation: Motion (5 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: This proposal is worthy and worthwhile. It will move us in the right direction. Joint investigation teams have been working for many years on a multinational format to tackle organised crime, particularly the drug gangs, etc., that plague our communities. Every community in every part of Ireland can recognise the impact that they have on young people, who become addicted to drugs and who...

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I also welcome this plan today. It is certainly a decision to move in the right direction. As has been said by many others, we have had a chequered past in regard to women's health in this country. Hopefully, we can keep that in the past and ensure there is no reoccurrence of it. I particularly want to raise with the Minister today the issues in regard to menopause services,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 106. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish another secure hospital for forensic patients; when the most recent comprehensive review into the National Forensic Mental Health Services was undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16213/22]

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: The idea of circular economy and waste management is certainly not new to most people who grew up in rural Ireland. My father worked all his life fixing farm machinery. My brother had what was basically a scrapyard. He took in old beaten-down cars. Everyone who had an old banger that they wanted to keep going would come to him. If the radiator had burst, they would get one from him. All...

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I again express solidarity with the people of Ukraine for the turmoil the country has been put into and the vicious war that has been orchestrated from the Russian Federation which has cost the lives of so many and has scattered people all over the world. Some have come to Ireland. In my local community in County Leitrim, a Ukrainian neighbour of mine, Ivan Tarkovych, worked to get his...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the roll-out of additional domestic violence refuge spaces. [16639/22]