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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: At a time when it appears increasing numbers of younger people are disengaged, apathetic or, worse, alienated from society, sometimes distracted by addictive social media feeds and misled down dark roads of substance abuse and social alienation, it behoves the political leadership of this country to sit up and endeavour to take appropriate action.What action is appropriate? The response must...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: I would respond to that by pointing out that a young person can work full-time at 15, change their name when they are 16, drive a car, join the Army with parental consent and do many other things but they cannot vote. Allowing 16-year-olds to vote make sense. Interestingly, lowering the voter eligibility age to 16 is part of the manifesto of Keir Starmer of the Labour Party, which is...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: As always, the Minister is very welcome to the Chamber. This Bill is the first legislation on e-cigarettes. Will the Minister confirm whether the Bill, which a Seanad colleague has suggested represents light-touch regulation, goes further than required by the EU? The Bill requires annual licensing, bans sales to minors and sales at events for children and introduces additional restrictions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: I thank the Chairperson. I welcome the Commissioner and his colleagues and thank them for their attendance and participation at the committee this afternoon. I would also like to put on the record my deep gratitude to the members of the force who put themselves in harm's way to protect the people of Ireland and, yet again, stood up, were tested and put themselves on the line. I would also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Are there sufficient lockers in stations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: In respect of the lockers that the Garda has, does all the necessary gear - fire-proof suits, body armour, public order batons, boots, helmets, communication gear and now tasers - fit in them? Are the lockers sufficiently large to contain all the necessary equipment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: It is a separate locker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Are they adequate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Reference was made to monitoring online activity and that, I would submit, is vital to give An Garda Síochána a heads-up on what might happen. Without going into intelligence, can the Commissioner give the committee more information about what that entails? How many staff are there and are they dedicated solely to this purpose? Is it a 24-7 role? What is the training, including...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Is the Commissioner satisfied he has adequate resources to monitor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Does the Commissioner have adequate personnel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: I thank the Commissioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: It is well reported and documented that the short- to medium-term response to take us up to Christmas includes the deployment of four public order units. People are concerned about a cliff edge. Is the Commissioner prepared to come back to the committee after Christmas? What is his vision for the longer term for protecting people and ensuring Dublin is safe? Will he come back to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Will the Commissioner address the question on the post-Christmas operational response?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Will there be the same number of units after Christmas? Will there be any diminution? Will the same strength and priority be visible after Christmas as before Christmas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Is it agreed to come back after Christmas to discuss the issue of the public order units?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Can the Commissioner reassure us there will be no cliff edge after Christmas?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Vincent P Martin: Yesterday a new planning and environmental court was officially launched in a bid to speed up complex judicial review cases. A UN worldwide report, commissioned in 2016, concerning the adjudication of environmental disputes, concluded that the establishment of environmental courts and tribunals is a key step in improving the adjudication of environmental disputes. The Citizens' Assembly on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Vincent P Martin: I seek leave of the House to take No. 14 on today's Order Paper before No. 1, so I can introduce my cross-party Bill entitled Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024. Currently, a person who is charged with breaching a domestic violence protective order of any kind can only be prosecuted in a summary fashion and the accused always faces a lighter bail regime. Domestic violence is often all...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Vincent P Martin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend section 33 of the Domestic Violence Act 2018 for the purpose of providing for an indictable offence under that section, to amend the Schedule to the Bail Act 1997 so as to include a reference to an offence under the said section 33, and to provide for related matters.