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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of the Attorney General (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full account of each and every private client of the Attorney General during their time in office since June 2020; and the extent to which the Attorney General acted on behalf of or advised the directors or shareholders of a company (details supplied). [53526/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the allocation of educational psychologists and behavioural therapists at a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021; her views on whether the allocation is sufficient to address the needs of children attending the school; her plans in place to address a potential lack...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Educational Psychological Service (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists at a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021; his views on whether the allocation is sufficient to address the needs of children attending the school; his plans in place to address a potential lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently on the waiting list for early intervention services; the length of time they have they been on the waiting list in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions on the early intervention teams in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently awaiting services through CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55646/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions there are in CAMHS services in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55647/21]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: We feel this legislation is badly needed. Many of us, including the Minister, have been contacted by people in various solicitors' firms and by members of the public that have had major difficulties and problems with things that normally would have been undertaken with great ease in the past. The legislation in 2009 was mistaken in some of the things it tried to do. I look back and I try...

Air Accident Investigation Unit Final Report into R116 air accident: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: All of us remember the circumstances and what we were doing when the news broke of the accident involving the aircraft Rescue 116 and, indeed, subsequently when it was discovered that Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winchman Ciarán Smith and winch operator Paul Ormsby died in the crash on 14 March 2017. All of us send our sympathies to their families and friends as part of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: I want to raise the issue of Catalonia and the Spanish Government’s continued pursual of politicians who led the Catalan referendum on independence. Spain continues to seek the arrests and prosecutions on political grounds, including that of Carles Puigdemont who is now an elected Member of the European Parliament. The decision of the Spanish Government in June of this year to pardon...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: On the back of Deputy Tóibín's question, I wish to raise the issue of establishing a commission of investigation into the death of Shane O'Farrell. The scoping exercise into Shane's death has not yet been completed. In the Dáil four years ago, the Taoiseach, who was then in opposition, said: "In all honesty and sincerity, it is time the Oireachtas responded in the only way...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: I was thinking earlier about this notion of moving from rhetoric to real policies. We all agree that is what we need to do. I remember being here for a debate on microgeneration, which I think was in 2016 during my first year in the Dáil. It was about people putting solar panels on the roofs of their homes, farmers putting them on the roofs of their sheds, selling it back to the grid...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: As has been said, this legislation, along with the movement towards rectifying the difficulties due to the judgment, is welcome and needs to be progressed as quickly as possible. However, there are other serious issues that we all need to consider. When we think of Ireland as an island nation, the large territorial waters we have around our island and our maritime tradition, and the fact...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: At the core of this is the notion that there are decent, genuine, generous people who want to help in these situations. As has been said, some of them are members of various humanitarian organisations but they are also individuals who sometimes risk a great deal to help people. We know that happened recently in Afghanistan when people had to be got out of there and there were individuals...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and on the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will provide details of the stated need to consider...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to establish a transport police service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58141/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: I ask the Minister for Justice if she or the Government has any plans to establish a transport police service and if she will make a statement on the matter. For many years now, this has been called for by the travelling public, particularly those in urban areas where there is much antisocial behaviour on trains, the DART and the Luas, as well as at depots and stations, and people may feel...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: I echo that sentiment; we must commend the Garda on the work done in respect of this. However, the reality is that many passengers feel abandoned and unsafe when they travel on our public transport systems. The National Bus and Rail Union has basically stated this type of service must be provided and spoken about taking industrial action if something is not done because it believes that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: I am disappointed that no consideration is being given to establishing a dedicated transport police service. Most other countries across Europe and many places throughout the world have that in place and it works very well. We also know millions of euro are being spent every year on private security firms doing this kind of work and they only deal with aspects of the issue. They do not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports or assistance she or her Department gave to the holding of a conference (details supplied). [57838/21]