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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a series of matters in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51369/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost breakdown for each support service currently available to inmates within the Irish Prison Service. [51370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inmates within the Irish Prison Service who have engaged with support services between 2016 and 2020, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to domestic violence support services in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [51373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cybersecurity Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided for the establishment of regional cybercrime hubs. [51374/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish her Department’s implementation plan to reform the civil justice system following recommendations of the civil justice report. [51375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact structure and funding provided to the new community safety partnerships; and the way in which funding is allocated to this project from the Community Safety Innovation Fund. [51376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a breakdown will be provided by category of 999 calls cancelled per year since 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51378/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their opening statements. I wish to address a couple of comments Mr. Collins made in his statement. Mr. Collins seems to make the point that there is a concern that this is moving away from reforms that were clearly necessary and appropriate in the past. He indicates a sense that some of the matters that were very concerning for many people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I share the concerns outlined by Mr. Collins. Does he believe those concerns can be addressed successfully in this proposed legislation in order to relieve those pressures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: The heads of the Bill, from 49 onwards, basically deal with issues of creating the strategic plan and the service plan. How much input will the new board have in respect of that? It seems from my reading of it that a lot of it is the Commissioner's job to produce the plan. Heads 53 and 54 state the Minister can direct the Commissioner to amend the plan. Where is the role for oversight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: It strikes me that there is an absence of the oversight we would like to see the authority having, particularly the part that says the Minister can direct the Commissioner in regard to amending the plan. That would raise eyebrows and is a departure from what we expected to see in legislation like this, which is about modernising and moving to a different type of policing from what we had in...

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: Our message is a simple one. We are asking the Government to acknowledge that there is a crisis in the rental sector and we want actions and not words in regard to this. Absolutely nothing was done in the budget last week for renters across the State but corporate landlords and institutions were supported. They are squeezing every last cent out of everyone who is renting. In my...

Access of Competent Authorities to Centralised Bank Account Registries: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: We will support this motion. It is European legislation which is being transposed into Irish law. The setting up by the Commission of this registry across the whole EU will be positive and will hopefully do a lot to ensure that financial services which are hiding cash, including the ill-gotten gains of criminal gangs, etc., can be found and traced. While I welcome the powers that it gives...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their work on justice. I acknowledge some of the positive things in this budget with regard to the justice sector. Much of it, such as the recruitment of an additional 800 gardaí, is very welcome. We have looked for that for some time. We recognise Templemore is restrained in the numbers that can be trained in any one year. It is at...

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Ministers of State for their statements. The issue of a youth justice strategy goes to the very core of much of what has been in the media in the past couple of days and the incidents we have seen, particularly in Dublin. We have had many examples of situations where people feel afraid, violated or unable to walk the streets at night, particularly in urban areas and on public...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: In the programme for Government there is a clear commitment to integrity, high standards and transparency. In recent days, we learned that the Attorney General has been doing private work while at the same time working for the Government. That was going on for almost 18 months after his appointment. I suggest that in the interests of that commitment to integrity in the programme for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: There is certainly no inference.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I am speaking about the Government's integrity, regarding how it deals with this matter and such matters.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: In the interest of transparency, it would be useful were the Government to publish and make clear what work the Attorney General was undertaking during that time, in order that there is no inference from any side as to the integrity of the Attorney General or, indeed, of the office he holds.