Results 101-109 of 109 for long speaker:Pa Daly

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Pa Daly: ...of time. The Minister mentioned the PIAB. We have seen over the past 15 years of its operation that the PIAB does not necessarily speed up claims. In fact, it can contribute to claims taking much longer. With regard to what the Bill says about applying to the District Court, I am not so sure that many members of the Garda will want to take cases into the local District Court but we...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Pa Daly: ...on the call-over list in the Dublin Circuit Court in January and February of this year have been given trial dates of 2025. In my own time in the courts, this would have been an extraordinarily long period to wait. The picture outside Dublin is not much better. Some 66,000 court summonses are backlogged at present following delays caused by the pandemic, a lack of space for hearings and...

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (24 May 2023)

Pa Daly: ...in the health service. A temporary paid leave scheme for public health service employees who are unfit to work after contracting Covid-19 is due to expire in July, but many cannot return to work because they are suffering from long-Covid-19. There are well-documented challenges in this week's Private Member's motion that would likely have been a problem had there not been a pandemic but...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Pa Daly: ..., with the State pathologist’s office telling researchers that a further 14 cases between 2014 and 2019 did not feature in the public records. There have been many instances of that, including in my own county. Sinn Féin has long argued that family homicide review panels must be implemented with interagency collaboration taking place to ensure risk factors are identified....

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: ...board, which is, in itself, responsible for the interests of An Garda Síochána rather than to the authority. Again, Committee Stage amendments may clear some of this up. The reform of GSOC, through the creation of the IOPO is a major part of the commission's report, our submission and this Bill. The organisation has long been crippled by an overly complex complaints procedure,...

European Parliament Directive on Victims of Crime: Motion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2023)

Pa Daly: .... Criminal gangs are becoming increasingly sophisticated and transnational and this element is important. Providing access to specialised support services for vulnerable victims, such as free psychological support for as long as necessary depending on the victim's individual needs, is important. Wider psychological supports are under threat due to poor Government management of the health...

Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Pa Daly: ..., that can be discussed at a later stage. Many claims against individual defendants are never intended to end up in court. People want a quick resolution. Some people do not want the money, so long as an apology can be received and the content is taken down. Many people who take cases ask for a donation to be made to charity. They are not in it for the money, but they want an...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: ...in the obligations it imposed. It says: "The Irish Government will initiate a wide-ranging review of the Offences Against the State Act 1939-85 [and beyond, we say] with a view to ... reform and dispensing with those elements no longer required as circumstances permit.” Yet the Hederman review was never implemented. These elements were not dispensed with, and 21 years after that...