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Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for bringing forward this legislation. It does exactly what we need to see happen. This practice is used as a gateway at times by very unscrupulous people to get young vulnerable women into prostitution. I visited UCD recently and met the sexual exploitation research programme there. What researchers told me about prostitution fits into what we are talking...

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Ó Murchú. We welcome this legislation. Its introduction is timely, given it will transpose into Irish law an EU directive that has been around for some time. The EU in 2020 initiated infringement proceedings regarding the delay and it is unfortunate that we again find ourselves in this position. Another item of legislation...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: It goes without saying that this legislation is welcome. It is a move in the right direction and long overdue. Assisted human reproduction is an area that badly needs a regulatory authority. That one will now be put in place is welcome. For many years, I have been in contact with a number of people who have experienced fertility issues. They have gone through considerable anguish and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 1060. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will request the HSE to review the travel expenses that public health nurses and community general nurses receive due to the increase in fuel prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14911/22]

Responsibility of Social Media Platforms (Defamation Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to defamation, in order to allow judgements of defamation be made against the social media platform on which the defamatory utterances were made when the social media platform in question is unable to produce the identity of the person who made the utterances, and to provide for related matters. I...

Responsibility of Social Media Platforms (Defamation Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on community CCTV programmes. [16638/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I want to ask the Minister about the roll-out of community CCTV programmes across the country. In many rural areas it has been an issue. In County Sligo, an elderly man was recently attacked in his home. Many people said there is a need to have preventative measures around the country, one of which is, of course, CCTV, not just in rural areas but also in many urban areas where drug dealing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge that some work on this has been done and progress has been made. However, we are all also aware of the difficult situations in some areas where CCTV cameras have been in place and people have been asked to take them down because they did not meet the standards required. They were installed with the very best of intentions. There have been also been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I understand that. Nobody wants cameras everywhere or for the whole country to be covered in them but there is a recognition that they have a key role to play. An Garda Síochána recognises that and so does the public. The slow and difficult roll-out of these schemes across the country has dented public confidence in the commitment of the Government to ensuring this is done. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the roll-out of additional domestic violence refuge spaces. [16639/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I request a report from the Minister on the roll-out of additional domestic violence refuge spaces throughout the country. It is some time now since Ashling Murphy, unfortunately, was killed. That was a significant time in Ireland when people re-examined and looked again at this issue of violence against women everywhere throughout the country and in all its aspects, both in the home and in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister very much for her response. We understand this is an issue that is not just about the spaces, the bed and the roof over a person's head, or a family in many cases. It is more than just a woman who has to find refuge because it is often also her children. It is also about the services around them and ensuring there is both adequate space for them to recover from the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate what the Minister has said, that the strategy will be published in a matter of weeks, but we still do not know how to provide, for instance, for a woman who may be in crisis in County Leitrim tonight who has no service in that county or in any of the counties around her. That is the reality today. Is the State proposing to build or buy or look at existing Government-owned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to pursue changes to bail conditions for those who have previously committed an offence while out on bail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to appoint additional judges with a view to clearing the current backlog of cases before the Courts Service. [16217/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the disciplinary action that Irish Prison Services staff may potentially face at work as a result of being subject to a barring order, protection order or safety order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the number of Irish Prison services staff who have been subject to safety orders, barring orders or protection orders since 2017, in tabular form. [16220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Kenny: 742. To ask the Minister for Health when care assistants that work in the Cloonamahon healthcare facility for persons with intellectual disabilities in County Sligo will receive the €1,000 recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16485/22]