Results 41-60 of 105 for long speaker:Pa Daly

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Pa Daly: The condition of courthouses in Kerry was recently criticised by the local judge. It has long been my view that the existing building in Tralee should be refurbished in accordance with the town centre first plan of this Government, the lack of a plan to do anything with the existing building and the need for extra help for Tralee town centre which, like a lot of places, suffers with a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Engagement with the Minister for Justice (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: ...Part 18. I presume these are existing prisons. Is that what is meant by "prescribed place"? With regard to the new arrangements for returns to the UK, will people have a right of appeal? How long will be allowed for such an appeal? Will it be the normal ten working days? In cases such as these, people often have difficulty in accessing legal representation, so a reasonable length...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...Commission for Values and Transparency. We are joined by a member of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, Deputy Ó Murchú, who is very welcome. All participants are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name in such a way as to make them identifiable or otherwise engage in...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: Work should have been done on this a long time ago. While regulatory powers are important, material resources are also key. The system that developed in Kerry, not just in south Kerry CAMHS, was a product of pressure, carelessness and a lack of oversight, where medication was the only solution provided, and the psychological therapies and behavioural, developmental and other issues were not...

Protocol No. 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Motions (11 May 2022)

Pa Daly: ...co-operation. We do not oppose these. We agree that Ireland as an EU member state and a member of the UN should stand by the collective commitments contained in the declaration. Ireland has a long tradition of co-operating with European and international colleagues, as the Minister said in her opening statement, to reduce the impact of crime. With regard to the insolvency regulations...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Pa Daly: ...was completely ignored and all of the services were sent to Tralee and in the overall budget buttons were saved. However, all the extra Castleisland cases put into Tralee are adding to the already long list in that court. It might seem like a great cost-saving measure in closing one court, but the overall benefit is not good. We do not want judges with very long lists. The stress of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
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) (30 Mar 2021)

Pa Daly: ...many new opportunities. Many court hearings will be quicker and easier, with fewer prisoners and more video links and staggered times. We have been calling for staggered hearings in Kerry for a long time to prevent the congregation of defendants and in order that prisoners would not all have to be put into prison vans at 6.30 a.m. or 7 a.m. to be taken together to the courthouse. There...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2024)

Pa Daly: ...into the scheme as soon as possible. These people are still dealing with the lasting physical effects of the treatment. It is an ongoing problem and they just do not need the extra hassle of a long civil litigation process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pa Daly: ...of six months? He said provision should be available to people whose death is reasonably predicted within the next six months. For people with a diagnosis of terminal cancer, for example, if they ask how long they have left - if they do not ask, they may never be told - the answer might be that, without treatment, they are reasonably likely to die within the next six months. Would they...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: ...Fund. I want to address a few issues in regard to the White Paper on ending direct provision, which was introduced in February 2021. At the time of its publication, the White Paper was long overdue and there was much anticipation and expectation that there would finally be meaningful reform of a broken system. It is disappointing, 18 months later, that little or no reform has been...

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Pa Daly: ...at the mercy of fluctuation in prices. Intervention in markets is necessary to ensure they function properly. Farmers in County Kerry and elsewhere have been subject to unfair conditions for far too long. The beef regulator must be empowered to make the rules and penalties and enforce them. It must be able to carry out audits in meat factories and retailers. However, the evidence...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...with that. On one hand, the challenges posed by the crimes of trafficking persons very much require collaboration. On the other hand we must mark out our own policy, informed by the humanitarian reasons why so many people are falling into the hands of traffickers. As long as there continues to be war and bloodshed around the world, especially with climate change, people will seek to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: ...drinking. They had no chance of escaping from the reasons that had put them into prison in the first place if they were put back into that environment. What does the Probation Service suggest in that regard? We see long waiting lists for therapies, psychologists, etc. Ms Hyland of Core Youth Services spoke about services in the community. What services does she mean and how can they...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: ...enough, they should go to Government Buildings or take their protests somewhere else, and not intimidate further people, including women and children, who have come here fleeing persecution abroad. The Government has repeatedly failed to devise a long-term plan. In its White Paper nearly two and a half years ago, it proposed a series of six or seven reception centres around the...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Pa Daly: ...a joke - that exactly one affordable home was built in the county last year is a damning indictment of how the county is being served by the Government and its housing policy. Housing lists are long - up to 14 years - affordable homes are few and far between and the cost-of-living crisis is forcing those with mortgages on their homes into even greater precariousness. The main reason for...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: ...court areas. I hope that this will continue and that we can learn from what has happened during the Covid-19 period to address the family law situation and perhaps to use Zoom for those kind of meetings so that we can get through the long lists that have developed over the past while. I am somewhat concerned on some aspects of this legislation. Having spoken to some vintners over the...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: .... The White Paper foresaw two phases in terms of accommodation: the first being State-owned reception centres, where applicants could spend their first six months; and the second involving more medium- to long-term accommodation. We have seen little or no progress on the reception centres which were supposed to be specially built to suit refugees' needs and located in appropriate places...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: ...excluded from the housing adaptation grant. This was a decision taken a number of years ago, which directed the local authorities to change their policy in order that ceiling track hoists are no longer funded by the housing adaptation grant. I am not sure what the thinking is within the Department. Is it because of insurance or for some other reason? I am not sure, although we have...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Pa Daly: This is an important Bill with a number of long overdue reforms. I want to mention the hard work of a number of campaigners, including the Women of Honour. I note the Defence Forces section of the Bills digest includes reference to the independent review group on dignity and equality issues in Defence Forces. The Bill contains amendments to sections 169 and 192 of the 1954 Act. I pay...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Pa Daly: This debate comes not too long after the Joint Committee on Justice's prelegislative scrutiny of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2021. At the time, the committee heard that the Bill is an attempt to consolidate all legislation related to crimes motivated by hate. I have listened to what the Minister has said as to how this might affect the Bill and what interaction between domestic...