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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Jan 2021)

Martin Kenny: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if home help and home care workers will receive the Covid -19 vaccine at level 2 for front-line healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Third Level Fees (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Kenny: 641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn the fact that universities are charging students excessive penalties for late payment of fees; and if he will intervene to get a refund of this penalty or an explanation as to the reason these penalties are applied (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Mental Health Services (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Kenny: 694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those in prison considering the recent report from the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and with work ongoing to establish the terms of reference and the structure of a cross-agency task force; and if funding is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Consultation Process (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Kenny: 695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has a protocol or checklist that is used for public consultations in relation to recent public consultations. [45078/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Consultation Process (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Kenny: 696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has considered the introduction of a summary report for civil society organisations between the submissions stage and the publication of a strategy by her Department in relation to recent public consultations. [45079/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Facilities (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Kenny: 697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, in view of numerous media reports, that the progressive policies long associated with Dóchas women's prison were rolled back in 2019 and brought into alignment with prisons for men, even though when Ireland voted along with 192 other nations to pass unanimously the Bangkok rules at the United Nations in 2010,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Kenny: 794. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it will take 18 months to get an appointment for a MRI scan in Sligo University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44819/20]

Brexit Readiness for the End of the Transition Period: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: The issue of Brexit readiness is something we are very conscious of throughout the entire country, and particularly so in the Border region. With a lot of product that moves over and back across the Border in the part the world I come from, particularly for small businesses and small food businesses, it is a serious issue and they have great apprehension as to where we will be even if there...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: The issue here is about the date on which the offence was committed and how that is interpreted. We would like to get clarity from the Minister of State in respect of that. Is the offence committed on the date that the picture or the subject of the complaint is published or made available, or is an offence committed each time an image is made available? Could that be constructed as a...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: I understand this amendment is around the issue of harassment. We did speak about this on Committee Stage. The consensus was that there are already harassment laws in place and that the conflation of the offence with harassment could cause problems down the line. I would like to hear the view of the Minister of State on that. I believe what is proposed could be difficult. While I fully...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: There are a number of amendments here. Most are sensible and try to expand the realm which this legislation will cover. However, we need to be cautious about part of it. I fully respect what Deputy Barry mentioned earlier about holding material and having material in one's possession even if one is not distributing or publishing it. We often come across cases, as have been told to me,...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: I also welcome the swift passage of this Bill and the progress it has made so far. I commend Deputy Howlin on the work he has done in bringing it this far. All of these amendments are basically aimed at the same thing, namely, ensuring that there is no misunderstanding when it comes to the law on how a person can be prosecuted, so that there is no loophole one can get out through. All the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: I extend best wishes for Christmas to the Tánaiste, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, all the staff in Leinster House, the Members and their families. This morning we learned that a memorandum was sent to Cabinet on 6 July regarding the appointment of a Supreme Court judge. That is at odds with what the Minister for Justice told us here three weeks ago and it is an issue that needs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: 319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to make matters relating to action 14.2 of the Action Plan for Online Safety 2018-2019 a legal requirement in the upcoming online safety and media regulation Bill; the powers a proposed online safety commissioner may have to pursue these statistics from industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the delivery of actions 13.1 and 13.2 of the Action Plan for Online Safety 2018-2019; the specific actions that have been made to ensure industry signs up, complies and adheres to the ISPA code of practice and ethics; the current sign-up percentage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44387/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: 481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the delivery of action 13.3 of the Action Plan for Online Safety 2018-2019; if the engagement has taken place; when this extension will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44388/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: 482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the delivery of action 13.5 of the Action Plan for Online Safety 2018-2019; the results that have been found from this; if legislation is required; if she plans to extend the powers of proactively searching for child sexual abuse material online to hotline.ie; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Online Safety (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: 483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the delivery of action 14.2 of the Action Plan for Online Safety 2018-2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: 484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has only implemented 34 measures of Directive 2011/93/EU relating to online child sexual abuse material; if she plans to implement the directive in full or further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44391/20]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: I commend Deputy Ó Broin on this excellent legislation. I also commend the Minister on accepting the legislation and moving it forward. All of us in this House need to work in the interests of the many people who come to our constituency offices throughout the country and who are experiencing the absolute terror of falling into homelessness. I recently came across a young woman...