Results 2,141-2,160 of 4,141 for speaker:Martin Kenny
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020) Martin Kenny: There was some crossover when we were talking about prisoners being released from prison and the follow-up in that respect, which I have been concerned about for some time. On the other side, there is the issue of the youth diversion programme and the resources that have been going into it. This is one of the things we see in justice in general. From Garda resources, to the resources in...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020) Martin Kenny: I would appreciate that.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020) Martin Kenny: Many courthouses around the country are under pressure due to the Covid pandemic. They are all having difficulties. Based on reports in a local newspaper, the relatively new courthouse in Carrick-on-Shannon is considering severely limiting the number of sittings and closing it down much of the time because there is insufficient space for people to move around. We need an assessment of each...
- Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: I am pleased to be here to speak on rural development and rural Ireland in general. People often talk about rural Ireland being left behind and yet we are conscious that people who live in rural communities enjoy and treasure the communities in which they live because they feel supported and they have achieved so much, often in spite of investment rather than because of it and, likewise,...
- Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: I am glad to speak on behalf of Sinn Féin on the issues of community safety and crime prevention. However, I will divert my attention for a moment to the issue of the week with which the Minister needs to deal. Members of the Dáil from almost all parties have asked the Minister to come into the Chamber to outline the process she used to make judicial appointments. Yesterday she...
- Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: I understand that and I am sorry. I will move on now to speak about the issues of community policing and community safety. I spoke to someone today who works with many of the community drugs initiatives in the city of Dublin who said that at the core of all of this is having a police service that is rooted in the community. In order for that to happen, we need to see a greater effort to...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (18 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the INIS registration offices in Dublin and regionally are currently closed for first-time registration (details supplied); the reason immigration registration offices are closed and are not deemed to be an essential public service; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister for her opening remarks. I noticed she mentioned the Still Here campaign. I will briefly say that the issue the Minister needs to deal with is still here. She needs to come in here and answer questions on how judicial appointments happen and what that process is. I am referring to the process she handles rather than the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, JAAB,...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (19 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in July 2020 INIS introduced an online renewal system for foreign nationals seeking to renew their residence permission in Ireland; if her attention has been further drawn to reports that some foreign nationals have not had their passports or residency cards returned to them...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: It did not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: The Taoiseach is mixing it up.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Suitability for consideration but not suitability for appointment.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: The board recommended Séamus Woulfe for consideration, not for the position.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: That the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board appoints judges. It does not appoint judges.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Yes, and that is the point.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: That is not what the Taoiseach said.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: Would the Taoiseach have accepted that? He would not have accepted that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: We want the same for the Minister for Justice as the Tánaiste.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: It is not agreed. The reality of the situation is that, under the stewardship of the Taoiseach, a number of Ministers have come into this Chamber in similar circumstances, and questions have been taken, they have made a statement and everyone in the Chamber has had the opportunity to cross-examine them on various issues. All we want is exactly the same for the Minister for Justice. The...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Martin Kenny: No. He was recommended as being suitable for consideration by JAAB, not for the job.