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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: It absolutely is. A career in An Garda Síochána has the potential to be a very fulfilling life experience. However, the difficulty is not people applying to join An Garda Síochána but, with due respect to the Minister, it is the intake capacity and the experience of some people who apply but who do not make it into Templemore - in other words, they have a negative...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: Government representatives have increasingly cited the increase in population as a rationale behind the increase in crime figures. For example, earlier this morning the Minister cited it as an explanation for the increase in the number of people offending while out on bail. Yet, we have a Government target that has 15,000 members of An Garda Síochána, a target that is nowhere near...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the training intake capacity for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12801/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: Further to the previous debate, I hope the Minister will accept what I consider to be an absolute fact and that is we now have a clear and ongoing crisis in respect of Garda numbers and in particular Garda visibility within our communities. That crisis will not be addressed unless we substantially increase the training uptake capacity for An Garda Síochána. What measures does the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: To be clear, no one is suggesting that every bail application end with a remand order. Is the Minister satisfied with the extent to which adherence with bail conditions is monitored and enforced? I received another reply to a parliamentary question from the Minister on 25 February that revealed that, although people were suspected of committing more than 40,000 crimes in 2024 while on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: I will go back to the Minister's original response where he repeated figures included in the initial reply to the parliamentary question in respect of the most common offence types carried out by offenders who were on bail. He mentioned public order, drunkenness, theft from shops, possession of drugs for personal use and criminal damage, which accounted for 59%. Will the Minister outline to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he will take to address the fact that the suspects for 40,348 crimes carried out in 2024 were on bail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12758/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: Many people were shocked - I certainly was - at the reply I received from the Minister that revealed that known suspects in 40,348 crimes carried out in 2024 were on bail. I submitted the question on the back of a number of high-profile instances where habitual offenders, including people who had repeatedly breached bail conditions, were subsequently convicted of very serious crimes. Will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), as mandated by the Dáil on two separate occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12757/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: This is my first opportunity to present oral questions to the Minister for Justice. I wanted my first question to be in respect of the case of Shane O'Farrell, with which the Minister is very familiar. The Minister moved a motion on the case previously, which was adopted by the House, calling for the establishment of a public inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Shane and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: I agree entirely with the Minister that one person alone is responsible for the death of Shane O'Farrell, that being, Zigimantas Gridziuska. However, at the heart of this case is the indisputable fact that Gridziuska should have been imprisoned at the time of Shane's killing. He was in breach of multiple bail conditions set by multiple courts. He had been stopped on several occasions by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: There are two distinct elements here. One is the recommendations of the scoping exercise report. I agree that we should look at all of those and perhaps there is a role for the justice committee in deliberating on whether those are achievable. Every recommendation ultimately comes down to whether the Minister or another Minister decides to accept them. One of the recommendations is that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Jury Service (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce a payment for loss of earnings, childcare and others costs for those undertaking jury service, due to the impact on jurors of the failure to cover the costs incurred by jury service, given the highlighted impacts on jurors in reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the previous commitments to deliver domestic violence refuges in each county, including Monaghan and Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he intends to take to tackle the growing problem of knife crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a historical investigations unit to allow for independent police investigations into unresolved deaths and incidents of torture or ill-treatment, as proposed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Committee on the Administration of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or any agency under his Department’s remit, have, since 1 November 2024, entered any contract in respect of a hotel (details supplied) or have had any discussions, or received any offers, in respect of using this premises for any reason; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13278/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department, or any agency under his Department’s remit, have, since 1 November 2024, entered any contract in respect of a hotel (details supplied) or have had any discussions, or received any offers, in respect of using this premises for any reason; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 223. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department, or any agency under his Department’s remit, have, since 1 November 2024, entered any contract in respect of a hotel (details supplied) or have had any discussions, or received any offers, in respect of using this premises for any reason; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13273/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or any agency under his Department’s remit, have, since 1 November 2024, entered any contract in respect of a hotel (details supplied) or have had any discussions, or received any offers, in respect of using this premises for any reason; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13288/25]