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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I suppose that neither Ms Justice Ring nor either of her colleagues can confirm whether the 18-month period has ever run out and that the door was closed on a prosecution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I recognise the importance of GSOC. We called for a Garda ombudsman long before the position was created. We have seen the value of such an office in the North. We hope the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and additional resources will strengthen the work of GSOC. From what I can see, not every element is satisfactory at this point. The work involved...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I commend Deputy Shortall and her party, as well as the Minister of State and other Oireachtas Members who supported this legislation. Deputy Shortall has described this Bill as making a modest difference. However, it will make a real and significant difference for many parents and families. Raising a child is one of the most important things anyone will ever do. It is an ambition for...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Táim ag tacú leis an mBille seo. Tá roinnt cáineadh a bhféadfaimís a dhéanamh faoin mBille seo mar atá sé, agus go bhféadfadh sé a bheith níos fearr. B’fhéidir go mbeimid ag déileáil leis sin trí leasuithe ag Céim an Choiste. Is Bille tábhachtach é an Bille seo ó thaobh comhionannais...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is a pity the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is not here to account for his and the Government's policy failures in respect of the housing crisis. Deputy Ó Broin has pointed out that the Government is entirely failing to arrest runaway rents. There are supposed to be rent pressure zones in Cork city but there has been a 10% increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the reason for the drop in the number of personnel exchanges from An Garda Síochána to the PSNI from 2015 onwards; the reason for the drop in the length of exchanges from an initial duration of two months to the current duration of three weeks; the quality of feedback reports on these exchanges; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken to promote exchanges and secondments between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI and vice versa beyond the initial legislation. [20463/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if members of An Garda Síochána and-or the PSNI transfer on a temporary basis to aid with individual investigations; and if so, the legislation under which same is carried out. [20464/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers attached to each Garda division in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [20474/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí attached to each Garda division in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [20485/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí attached to each station in the Cork city division. [20486/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to the Cork city division that are ten years old or older. [20487/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 16 April 2019, if the areas (details supplied) will not be included in a rent pressure zone. [20451/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 16 April 2019, the processes that will exist for ensuring that electoral areas that have recently been redrawn potentially affecting the calculation of average rents and average rent increases can be included in rent pressure zones. [20452/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Hear, hear.

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is difficult to follow that contribution, and I have little enough to add. I support the point that has been made very eloquently and passionately by Deputy Clare Daly that there is a clear need for mandatory inquests into maternal deaths. In the past some people have tried to paint Ireland as a country with no problems around maternity and health, but clearly the experiences of many...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have no difficulty with these amendments and I will support them. An amendment in my name was ruled out of order. I accept the Ceann Comhairle's ruling but I want to put the Minister on notice that an amendment dealing with the potential of entering a verdict of iatrogenic suicide will be introduced in the Seanad. I ask the Minister to bear in that the issue will be debated in the Seanad.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Law Review (16 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Chemical Act 2008 to deal with the regulation of sale of corrosive substances; if legislation is required to deal with the use of acid as a weapon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21174/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Law Review (16 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am sure the Minister will agree with me that the recent acid attack in Waterford on Tega Agberhiere and Padraig Sullivan and others was particularly horrific. It was particularly malicious. We need to consider whether our legislation is adequate to ensure that we can deal with the use of acid as a weapon and whether consideration should be given to the sale of certain products to minors.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Law Review (16 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I echo the Minister's call for anyone who has information to come forward to the gardaí in Waterford. Mr. Agberhiere spoke after this appalling attack of the fear of being left blind and being left with permanent scars. Padraig Sullivan, another young man who was attacked in the same incident, described the pain as being like someone holding a lighter constantly on his leg, burning it,...