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Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Vótáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Pay them.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 1: In page 18, to delete lines 16 and 17 and substitute the following: “21. (1) The Minister may, following consultation with the chief executive, appoint such and so many officers of the Minister as the Minister may determine to be members of staff of the Agency.”. It is great to engage on this again with the Minister. We had a discussion on this...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 2: In page 31, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(5) Nothing in this section authorises— (a) a service provider, (b) the Agency, or (c) the Minister, to process personal data (within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016) for purposes that are not compatible with...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 5 o’clock I move amendment No. 3: In page 31, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(4) Nothing in or under this Act, including a designation under this section, of itself operates to constitute a service provider to be a public body within the meaning of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019.”. This is a similar amendment around data...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is a huge achievement for the Minister. It speaks volumes of her ethics, values and what she is trying to achieve in her role. We, in the Labour Party, congratulate her. Far too many women, in particular, are being killed by men. Far too many women in Ireland are being assaulted and raped by men. Anybody who has a girl or a women in their life is horrified by the all-too-often news...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Research Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he proposes to make up the shortfall in the PhD stipend, to ensure that PhD researchers funded by his Department either directly or through bodies such as the EPA, who have been excluded from the planned increase in stipends for PhD students, are treated in an equitable manner with other Government-funded PhD...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 793. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of days that educational programmes in prisons were prevented from proceeding, including partial or full closures, due to staff shortages or for any other reasons, from 1 October 2022 to date, by prison institution, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 850. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stops and searches that have been carried out by gardaí in each of the past five years. [48388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1144. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile BreastCheck unit is still operating from Leopardstown Hospital; whether there were changes in its operation; if the service will be restored to previous levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the current shortage of teachers, she will instigate a review of the evaluation of a UK postgraduate course by the Teaching Council in respect of the course's coverage of relevant modules which seem to match similar Irish courses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48913/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with a school (details supplied) so that it can be included in a public procurement framework for period products from which they are currently excluded, or if there is an alternative scheme for voluntary non-fee-paying schools to access similar supports. [48951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a flood relief scheme for ordinary householders will be instigated by his Department similar to the enhanced emergency business flooding scheme; what scheme has been put in place for a location (details supplied); if he can ensure that the Dublin based flood damage victims will have the same access to financial support as...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a case (details supplied) of an individual in need of special needs education but who now has no service; and if he will ensure that this individual can access suitable services. [48932/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Does the Commissioner not think that the number of resignations points to a morale problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Can I get a response on the issue I raised about drugs, possession for personal use and the injecting facility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I asked about the charges of possession for personal use.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Garda representatives at these hearings have said that they have never supported it and that the policing issues involved would be challenging. It would mean much more if Garda representatives and people in positions like Mr. Harris’s said that a facility such as this would help them police open injecting in the city centre. Mr. Harris’s words carry much weight, so not to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank everyone for being here. At the outset, I want to voice my own confidence in the work that the Garda does and my support for An Garda Síochána. Its members put their bodies and lives on the line for our safety. It is genuinely appreciated. There are three main topics that I want to talk about. One is the number of resignations from the force that we have and how that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister. We had a good engagement with the Garda Commissioner and his officials and we hope to have a good engagement with her as well. Similar to others, I want to talk about morale in An Garda Síochána. Does the Minister feel there is a morale problem? According to the statistics, in 2013, there were 26 resignations from An Garda Síochána; in 2018, the...