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Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Your speech was great though, Rose.

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 3: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Administering a substance with intent (“spiking”) 20.The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 12: “12A.(1) A person who administers to or causes to be taken by another person (‘C’) a drug or other substance- (a)...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will take the Minister at his word. We have to accept the world in which we live and the very damaging effects of the act to which this amendment relates. I know the Department is always concerned with having too much law and believes that there is enough existing law to do the business that courts have to do but I do not think you can have too much law in this area. As I said earlier,...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We had good engagement with the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and we have had positive engagement here, but it needs to come to a point of agreement and we cannot delay this forever. We are sticking strongly to our view that we need to have it as a stand-alone offence. We will work with the Minister on Seanad amendments and if that is not successful, we will introduce a stand-alone Bill. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----unbelievable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is about homes and the Taoiseach is point scoring.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: All you have-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach needs a history lesson.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach cannot-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is not agreed. At the risk of being accused of point scoring, I raise the issue of facial recognition technology and the determination of the Minister for Justice to include this as an amendment to the bodycam Bill. We are not necessarily opposing facial recognition technology, but we are mindful that EU legislation is pending and that this recognition technology has been very...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, if he will initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure no such issues exist in these forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, will the Minister initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure that no such issues exist in these forces?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am interested in what the Minister spoke about with regard to cultural audits into An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service. What he is saying is welcome. In politics, we always react to a scandal. We always do a review after the fact. What was discovered in the Metropolitan Police in London was absolutely shocking with the level of racism and misogyny and the difficulties...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It could be argued though that there were probably oversight structures within the Defence Forces as well over the past 23 years and it may have made that argument as well in order to defend how it was operating. We are on the same page here. We need the Minister to come back to the House in six months to give an update to Members as to what those cultural audits have discovered. We need...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of the new Garda station planned for Dublin 13 and Dublin 17. [18112/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to ask the Minister, once again, for an update on the development of a much needed Garda station which is planned for the Dublin 13-Dublin 17 area.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is positive with regard to planning permission potentially being sought in 2024 and Coolock Garda station potentially being transferred to or acquired by Dublin City Council. This is interesting. The Minister will note that I always get the same answer with regard to the Garda Commissioner. I raise this issue as often as I possibly can. It is a large expanding community. We have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am given to understand that we are losing Coolock Garda station. This new divisional headquarters will mean that Coolock Garda station will no longer exist and this will be the new headquarters. It will be bigger and will have more resources. People have a traditional relationship with a Garda station and interact with it. They know where it is and they know how it operates. It will be...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not have much to add to what has been said. The Labour Party welcomes this proposal with regard to this particularly troubling type of crime and area. The lives of those who are at the rough end of this criminal endeavour are often destroyed and it is disproportionately women and children who are affected. As Deputy Costello said, to raise public consciousness of this issue we need to...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This Bill is very welcome and, as others said, there is a crisis at the heart of our court system as to their sittings, an issue we have often debated. The lack of judges has been reported upon by any number of media outlets. How judges are appointed has been part of the political debate for a number of years. However, we cannot get beyond the fact that our courts system is grinding to a...