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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason personal information relating to the investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by a person (details supplied) known as the Hickson Commission was stored on a USB key; the circumstances of the reported loss of this USB key; if the use of USB keys for the retention of sensitive data is common practice in her...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: This Bill aims to come up with a solution that will work for communities along the length and breadth of the River Shannon. I live in County Leitrim, and if we were there tonight, it would be possible to see that Lough Allen is full to the brim with water because it has rained for the past couple of weeks. A dam there can be raised and lowered, and that regularly happens. There is always...

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: The Minister of State said that adding duplication or additions would further delay the process and make it more expensive. I am most interested in her notion that planning departments in local authorities throughout the country would be swamped and unable to cope. In my parish in County Leitrim, only two houses have been built in the past ten years. The planning units will have absolutely...

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: The issue we have here is with the definition of a development and what it means for the planning process. Large areas of planted land in forestry totally changes the landscape and is a permanent development that has a real impact on communities, the environment and local infrastructure, and it has a broader county and regional impact. Even the smallest development requires planning...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: It is important to point out that the vast majority of people want to comply with the guidelines and do the right thing and that they are doing their very best to do so. Sometimes people make mistakes and step over the line without realising it, often in rural areas where the distance of 5 km is an issue for many people. It is important that the Government is very clear with people that...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: This motion and the preceding one deal with far-reaching laws that restrict people's liberty and freedoms in many ways. They would be totally inappropriate in normal times but are being introduced for very good reason because we are not living in normal times. These are very different times that nobody expected. Where we have legislation of this nature, it is important that it be reviewed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I wish to raise the issue of the local authority veterinary service. There is currently a dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and local authorities regarding the funding of the service. That has a significant knock-on effect, particularly for small food businesses around the country such as small abattoirs and other businesses that process food of animal origin. On 30...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I accept and recognise the costs involved in this regard. The initial fee of €175 is not onerous and is not too much to expect people to pay but most of us will accept that the €950 fee is quite a high charge to place on people, particularly people who have lived and worked in Ireland, in some cases for decades. Many of these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I understand that they are being kept under constant review but I am asking for a particular emphasis to be put on people who have lived and worked here for a considerable time and for this to be reflected in the fee they must pay. That is basically what I am asking for. It is not too much to expect that people who have worked and paid taxes here for ten or 15 years or more would have this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Parole Boards (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to implement the Parole Act 2019 and establish a parole board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32010/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Parole Boards (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: What are the Minister's plans for implementing the Parole Act 2019 and when does she intend to establish the parole board on a statutory footing?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Parole Boards (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate that work is being done on this but it is quite ironic that the Minister's answer is almost identical to the answer her predecessor gave more than one year ago on the work that had to be done, that the board had to be set up, that a chief executive had to be put in place, there were technical issues to be dealt with, funding had to be put in place and so on. At the same time,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Parole Boards (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate that. I expect it would be advanced as quickly as possible. As I said earlier, it is a very serious matter for many people. We really need to get this done and completed. I hope it will be in place before the spring or summer is out and that the anxiety and worry of the many people who have been victims of serious crime will be laid at ease.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the rules in relation to applying for Irish citizenship, primarily the cost for those persons that have been living and contributing to society here for more than ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32014/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: With regard to people who apply for Irish citizenship, we are aware there are record numbers trying to do this at the moment. Brexit has had an impact on this and is probably the biggest single factor in more people wanting to apply for Irish citizenship. Many of these are people who moved to Ireland from England, Scotland or other parts of the UK and they are now seeking to get Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated breakdown of costs within the €8 million allocated to the Stardust inquest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32012/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of costs of the €70 million in the Garda ICT budget for 2020 and 2021; the total projected cost of upgrading the Garda ICT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32011/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: As I was coming up the steps earlier, it struck me that I was going into the place that most people probably consider to be the most powerful place in the country to talk about the most powerless people who have been in Ireland for a long time. I was thinking of the documentary that was done many years ago about Christine Buckley and what happened at the orphanage in Goldenbridge. I was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (21 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parents that will benefit from the removal of the income threshold to OPFA; the estimated costings for the removal of the income threshold for OPFA; the estimated cost to increase the income disregard on OPFA and JST by €10; and the way in which new applicants for OPFA and those currently on OPFA...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (20 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a system in place to commence providing beef market price transparency data and information from January 2021 onwards; the way in which such a system operates; the various headings under which data will be provided; the timeframe this information will be submitted to the Commission; and if he will make a...