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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: The Minister is correct in saying that competition can deliver good outcomes. However, there are still a lot of people who have been left behind, not just in rural areas but also in our towns, especially whole housing estates that do not have ducted access. They are being left behind by all the providers. There are towns where perhaps delivery has been provided to 70% of the houses but 20%...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: What is the timescale for that?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Regarding the National Cyber Security Centre, will there be issues regarding the level and quality of staff required to make that efficient and effective?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Is there a possibility that some of the skills that are required might need to be hired from the private sector, that they would have to be subcontracted in?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Regarding international co-operation around that, which is probably key to the effective ring-fencing of the security elements of it, is the Minister satisfied he is getting enough traction there and that there is enough co-operation not just across Europe but globally? Many of these actors are well outside the countries we would consider to have democratic norms?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Has the Minister's Department recognised any recent attempted attacks on critical infrastructure in the State, or have there been any close calls in respect of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their contributions and opening statements. We are in the midst of a housing crisis. In that context, one thing that strikes me is the fact that everyone says the solution is to build more houses. That is pretty obvious. The difficulty we have with labour restrictions and everything else in this regard is a major problem. The tendency seems to be, and it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: Are there any issues around that? I am thinking of the problems we have with mica, pyrite, etc., in the context of adhering to regulations as we move forward to come up with better materials that may have unintended consequences in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: I have just one final point. The cost of all this is the first thing people think of, and it has been the experience in the past that when you go to a greener type of building, the costs go much higher compared with the costs of traditional materials that have been used. We have an argument going on at the moment about the cost of affordable housing in Dublin. The cost of affordable...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: I commend Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Eoin Ó Broin on introducing this legislation. The Rental Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024 seeks to establish some form of contract between the householder and the tenant renting the room in the house. I have first-hand experience of this. Last year I had three in college together and this coming year we will have two going to college. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on section 29 school expulsion appeals undertaken at post-primary level in each of the past five years, including details of the outcomes (details supplied). [28025/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on courtroom challenges to section 29 expulsion appeal decisions at post-primary school level in each of the past five years, be that by way of judicial review or other courtroom proceedings; the number of challenges lodged by parents; the number lodged by the school board of management; and details of the outcomes of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school attendance notices issued by the Educational Welfare Service on an annual basis for the past five years. [28027/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal proceedings commenced on foot of failure to comply with the requirement of school attendance notices in each of the past five years. [28028/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of court-imposed penalties imposed on foot of failure to comply with the requirement of school attendance notices in each of the past five years. [28029/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans and intentions for formal recognition by her Department of post-primary parental representation at a national level (details supplied). [28030/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on the authorised staffing complement of the Educational Welfare Service of Tusla, including details of the number of persons in roles (details supplied). [28031/24]

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: We are all taken aback by the events of the past couple of days, including the revelations in Limerick and what we heard on the radio this morning, as was referenced by the previous speaker. We are all shocked by all of this and everyone feels responsible and wonders what more can be done. We can all come in here and express our disappointment, annoyance and all of that, but we have to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (4 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department’s work on road safety, including road maintenance, to tackle the continuing rise in road fatalities. [28968/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (4 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: I wish to ask for an update on the Department's budget for road safety, in particular road maintenance, to deal with the issue of fatalities and people getting hurt on our roads in accidents over the past while. There has been a lull in the numbers in recent weeks, in that we thankfully have not had as many fatalities, but a large number of people have just lost their lives on our roads over...