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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to give some context to it.

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am trying to and want to be as fair as I possibly can. There are youth workers who say their work trying to encourage young people not to fall into the trap of the far right, drug gangs and so on is being made more difficult. There are people on the edges of all these actions, including bad actors and those who are led by bad actors. Does the Minister not accept that labelling the...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is a label.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party will be supporting the Bill. I commend Deputy Ó Broin and his colleagues on bringing it forward. It is the most recent of many attempts at a sensible and compassionate approach to the growing crisis and impending cliff edge many families and renters will face starting next week. We are disappointed by the Government's decision to table an amendment virtually identical...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what progress has been made on the development of the Garda station in Dublin 13-Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55126/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I again raise the issue of the proposed Garda station, also mooted to be a divisional headquarters, in the Dublin 17 and Dublin 13 area. Will the Minister give me an update?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is positive that the process is ongoing. I do not need to remind the Minister that the population in that area of Dublin has exploded, with a huge number of additional housing units due to be constructed in the coming years. There are concerns in that general area that things are not knitting together as neatly as they should. A lot of community infrastructure has come after the fact,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The development of this site and this divisional headquarters will be crucial to the faith local people will have in agencies of the State. A lot of them feel let down. The Minister mentioned there are two local authorities. There is any amount of campaigning that consistently goes on for basic provision of community infrastructure in the wider area of Clongriffin, Belmayne and Parkside....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a comparison in community gardaí numbers in the Dublin area between pre-pandemic and those available currently; and to address concerns over designated community gardaí being assigned to other duties. [55128/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I ask the Minister for Justice to provide a comparison in community gardaí numbers in the Dublin area prior to the pandemic and those available currently, and to address concerns over designated community gardaí being designated to other duties.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The numbers are down by 25. I appreciate that, as the Minister said, there was a period in which gardaí were not being trained in Templemore because of the pandemic. I accept that but, still, we are not where we were. I believe, as I hope the Minister does, that there is no more important garda than a community garda. Most young people will get to know the local community garda and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The pandemic period was profoundly damaging to young people. They lost their ability to socialise for the guts of two years and they spent a prolonged period online, where many were attracted to bad actors. Social cohesion has been put under massive strain during and since the pandemic. Schoolteachers, principals and community leaders are all saying that. It is much more difficult now to...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank my colleagues in the Independent group for bringing forward this motion. We in the Labour Party are happy to support it. It is a sensible motion. It is not asking for any great new interventions. It simply asks that we close the loopholes contained in existing legislation. The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018 is good piece of legislation, at least insofar as its intentions go....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many fully trained gardaí are projected to be available for duty at the end of 2023; and what the target is for the end of 2024. [55124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has a specific unit been tasked with overseeing and implementing strategy to combat the far right. [55125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what measures are being taken to tackle the record number of Garda resignations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55123/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many persons have applied for orders under the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 in each year since its coming into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 5 December 2023, if the data on the use of prefab buildings by 455 schools could be broken down on a county basis, providing the number of schools and spend per county. [55521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the terms of reference for the Citizens’ Assembly on the future of education will be published. [55922/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department plans to integrate children’s voices into the Citizens’ Assembly on the future of education to ensure they are adequately represented at the assembly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55923/23]