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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the issues raised in a report by an organisation (details supplied) particularly the call for an urgent audit of the criminal and family law systems to develop a better process to deliver justice, safety and a consistent experience for victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: How does the Minister intend to address the issues raised in the Women's Aid report, Unheard and Uncounted, and in particular the call for an urgent audit of the criminal and family law system to better develop a process to deliver safety and a consistent experience for domestic violence victims. One of the key aspects of the report is that each case is taken on its own in the criminal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: I recognise the work being done by the Garda, often in very difficult circumstances, and that needs to be acknowledged. The difficulty is not really about legislation or the work of An Garda Síochána but is about the court process and how this very often lets the victim down. The Minister would acknowledge that there are difficulties in respect of that. In other jurisdictions,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: Yesterday, Boris Johnson presented the so-called workable alternative to the backstop. The reality dawning on most people is that it amounts to little more than a set of dangerous and reckless propositions that play loose and fast with the Good Friday Agreement. Many people living in my constituency and elsewhere in the Border region stretching from Cavan to Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Tánaiste. Although I understand that the Irish Government has to be open to trying to find a solution, most people looking on would be in the same space as Manufacturing Northern Ireland in believing that the British Government is trying to give the impression of being reasonable while hoping that the proposals will be rejected and it can return to what all of this is really...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: Last night, RTÉ showed the documentary "No Stone Unturned", an excellent documentary that exposes the depth of collusion between the Ulster Volunteer Force, UVF, killers of six men in a bar in Loughinisland, and the Royal Ulster Constabulary, RUC, and British intelligence agencies. The Loughinisland Justice Group has campaigned for many years for truth and justice for their loved ones...

Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: The issue of fracking is pertinent for my constituents in Sligo-Leitrim and for those who live in County Fermanagh because there was a significant campaign for many years to ban fracking. In that context, people in the community, politicians and much of the wider public became experts on what the impact of fracking would be on the ecology, the ground water, the geology of the area and so on....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the part of the budget of An Garda Síochána the estimated €15 to €18 million cost of the visits of President Trump and Vice President Pence came from; the breakdown of the expenditure in view of the cost and the fact that the visits were of short duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding passport checks taking place on the Border at Garda checkpoints and on public transport; the rationale for this activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40129/19]

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: I also want to speak to Financial Resolution No. 2. The reality is that most people who live in rural Ireland have no option because they must travel to work. For instance, if a person is working in Sligo town and living in Tubbercurry, he or she has no other way of going to work other than to drive a car. Most of those people are an low incomes and cannot afford an electric car, even if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Funding (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: 275. To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding will be allocated to upgrade Cliffony health centre and Carrigans day care centre in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40888/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Leases (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: 501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private houses that local authorities are renting and subletting as social housing by local authority; the annual cost of renting these houses in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40631/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank all the contributors for what they have shared with us this morning. I read in detail all the written contributions. I will start with a few questions on the issue of explicit images, which, according to the submission, is the main focus of hotline.ie. While child sexual abuse material seems to be its focus, I imagine hotline.iealso receives reports of more general sexual abuse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: If hotline.iegets material that involves a young female aged between 14 and 18, what does it do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: So hotline.ieis very much determined by whether the material falls into the category of being legal or illegal in regard to child pornography and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: In regard to the companies that also come across such material, if such material falls outside the category of child pornography but is close to it, what actions do they take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: From my knowledge, and listening to the earlier conversations, it is being suggested that people putting up that kind of content are abusing the Facebook platform.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: All the various platforms and companies have large legal sections. How many cases have been taken against users who have abused the platforms in that way? Has Facebook made such legal challenges?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: This involves criminal law only. Facebook does not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: Facebook does go to civil law in such instances.