Results 41-60 of 72 for drugs speaker:Martin Kenny

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...to be a shadow that follows him around all of his life. That is unfair and unfortunate and everyone would agree with that. I am aware of a similar situation of a young person who had a small drugs conviction. Again, this continues to follow him around. Although this legislation may deal with the official element of spending the conviction it will still not deal with that issue of a...

European Union Regulation: Motion (5 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...is worthy and worthwhile. It will move us in the right direction. Joint investigation teams have been working for many years on a multinational format to tackle organised crime, particularly the drug gangs, etc., that plague our communities. Every community in every part of Ireland can recognise the impact that they have on young people, who become addicted to drugs and who then fall...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...notice in the last 12 months. That would indicate that they are not working at all and we need to acknowledge that there are sections that are not working in any case. We also have the whole issue of drink and drugs. The new legislation will allow gardaí to test for drugs after an accident. This is welcome and we need to see it happen. The biggest problem is that most people...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: ...The Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, was mentioned and the additional resources put in place for it. I congratulate CAB in the work it has done. In many cases, it is very effective at tackling the criminal drug gangs that blight so many communities. In the last few days, the Central Statistics Office published a crime victimisation survey. It found that half of respondents did not trust...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...that every garda was a community garda. That may be true to an extent, but it does not stand up completely when one thinks about it. In most cases, gardaí are divided into units of expertise, for example, drugs squads, serious crime units and roads policing. Each of them may have an element of dealing with and being part of the community, but if we are to crack the problem we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...that are bred and never run. The number of pups involved is considerable. Whose job is it to monitor that? Who is failing to do their job? I also want to ask about the use of substances and drugs and the whole doping issue. We passed the Greyhound Racing Act in which we put tighter controls in place but all the controls in the world will only match up if people on the ground are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...regarded them as one-trick ponies, unfortunately. They watch one thing and that is speed whereas a member of An Garda Síochána monitoring traffic monitors everything. If there are people moving drugs, travelling in a stolen car, stealing farm machinery or up to anything, gardaí can monitor that. I always felt it was a kind of privatisation of the service. Although there...

Community Policing and Rural Crime: Motion (20 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: ..., when there has been much intimidation. Shots have been fired and petrol bombs have been thrown at houses. It is being carried out by a small number of people who, we understand, are involved in the drugs trade. The victims, on the other hand, are innocent people in the community who have nothing to do with any of it. It creates a great sense of anger and resentment among people in...

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...The use of knives has had a dramatic and terrible effect on many victims and, often, the perpetrators also. As was pointed out, the perpetrator may have been intoxicated or under the influence of drugs and ended up in a terrible situation, filled with regret and remorse. The essence of the Bill is its proposal to increase the sentence and deterrent. It is about getting people to...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...thing but by numerous things. The big lesson in all of that is that everyone we have had before the committee, and I have spoken about this at various locations in the past, has told us that drink and drug driving are the main contributors to accidents, as well as to speed, which is also a factor in many accidents. Of course, the falling number of gardaí and the issues we have...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: It is alleged that senior officers have reprimanded gardaí who have tried to investigate or raise concerns about criminal activity, including drugs offences, breaches of bail conditions and firearms offences. It is also alleged that senior gardaí in Leitrim have been engaged in aggressive and vindictive behaviour towards other members of the Garda and that abuses of positions of...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...CAMHS did not have the resources to bring the child back to review her medication. That is a problem across the entire country. It is why we have many young people who have been on anti-psychotic drugs for years and have damaged their health, sometimes irreversibly. The State has to own up to having a problem with this service. The problem is that it has been under-resourced. This is...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...by collisions and by road traffic accidents. Yes, an awful lot of it is down to speed. Speed is a big factor in that. The speed issue is also around people who are intoxicated either with drugs or alcohol or whatever. Usually they are the people who are also speeding on our roads. We can look at the issue internationally. I have read the recommendations and the speed limit review....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...test, are being addressed . There is no argument with regard to the intoxication test. The committee heard from An Garda on this. It showed us the tests and explained that the test for drugs is a more expensive and elaborate test and will be used less regularly than the alcohol test. We understand that. It is appropriate for that to be part of the legislation. As regards speed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...mobile phone is moving. Can technology be applied to the phone that it will not send or receive text messages? Perhaps there are things like this that can be examined. That would be helpful. Drugs testing is vital but I have a concern. Someone mentioned to me recently that some people take medication such as painkillers very often. Will this be considered? There needs to be...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Motion (14 Dec 2016)

Martin Kenny: ...published a report highlighting serious flaws in the running of the sector. The integrity of the greyhound industry is in tatters, mainly due to the seemingly laissez-faireattitude to the use of performance enhancing drugs. The Greyhound Board of Great Britain warned owners, as late as 2014, of the dangers of buying dogs from Ireland and urged all trainers to exercise caution and due...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...the country. It was mentioned that speed is the big factor. We see that ourselves, as does everyone who travels the roads. Speeding happens, sometimes, because people are intoxicated or drugs are involved or whatever else. There is also erratic and reckless behaviour. We have all driven the road where somebody comes up behind us very fast, brakes hard, swings out, possibly on a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...ána, see that many of the repeat offenders who come before the courts have difficulties with addiction and mental health. Many of these difficulties are interlinked, for example, people may have become psychotic because of drug addiction. There is a range of issues there. At the moment, the services available to such people are poor. It is widely recognised that while some...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2016)

Martin Kenny: ...change attitudes resulting in the common good for all. I believe changing attitudes towards tobacco smoking will be effected by plain packaging. For far too long, this poisonous carcinogenic drug has been socially acceptable as part of everyday life in such a way as to have become normal. The scenario in which children in their buggies were being pushed into shops in which displays of...

European Union Regulation: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...for criminal gangs and serious crime on a cross-border basis. This has to be addressed. I recognise that much of the crime which Europol is engaged in and investigating is the serious crime of drug trafficking, as well as people trafficking and other crimes of that nature which need to be dealt with appropriately. An Garda Síochána has a role to play here and it is playing...