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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An 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) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Something popped into my mind as the Chair was speaking. I ask the Minister about the on-board system, which I do not know the name of, that the Garda uses to monitor cars, traffic and data on driving licences. How can that be kept up to date? The Minister was in the Dáil last week when I mentioned an incident I had a couple of years ago where I was stopped in the North and the PSNI...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An 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) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I was a bit intrigued myself but the thing is that the Garda members were not looking at it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An 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) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It can now be legally rolled out to the PSNI but it cannot be legally rolled out to the Garda.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An 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) (14 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: If it comes to Donegal, one garda will have it one day per week.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, to delete lines 3 to 6. The amendment proposes to delete the reference to the European Council framework decision because it is precise in reference to the framework decision and section 2 could create an unconstitutional level of uncertainty in the legislation. That is the concern. The legislation needs to be direct and wholesale so that it can be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: " "hate" includes bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry;". It comes down to the definition of "hate". The Bill is remarkable in that hate is not defined in it. This is an attempt to put in a definition that includes bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry. It is to include...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Basically, they are all around the definition of hatred. There is no need to expand on that. It is covered.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister. I was interested in the Minister's argument, particularly in relation to amendment No. 2, that the definition of " "hate" includes bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry;". The Minister's argument is that in order to convict somebody of a hate, they have to prove that they have bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry. They have to prove all of them....

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this motion. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. I have spoken on the issue of housing more times than I can count. I will, however, continue to raise my concerns and those of my constituents for as long as this Government continues to sit on its hands. Not only are the housing targets of the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, shockingly...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It is a good job I was in a wee bit early. It is more than a year since the rushed, two-day pre-legislative scrutiny process relating to the general scheme of what became the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 took place. On 15 and 16 February 2022, the Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth heard from key stakeholders, including...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Unfortunately, the Minister’s response lacks any definitive dates on when people can expect this Act to come into being. At this stage, and given the fact the 2015 Act has been passed and the Bills had to be rushed through the Houses, it is sad that people cannot have a date they can work towards to ensure they can be ready for the Act coming into being. This Act will make a huge...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I had to raise them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: The key issue is to have a date for implementation. I acknowledged in my opening statement the fact the Minister delayed the introduction of the Bill due to the concerns of the Opposition. However, even with that delay built-in, did the Government sit on its hands and wait for legislation to be passed? A lot of things could have been done to get this implemented. People are waiting for...