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

Martin Kenny: That is just taking each piece of content. If the same content is coming from the same organisation or individual, is there precedent for the company to say that this organisation or individual will no longer have access to the platform? That would be a start.

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

Martin Kenny: I suggest that the companies should go further than that, but that they should take court action against them for abusing the platform. Facebook is saying it does not agree with that.

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

Martin Kenny: There seems to be a contradiction in what Ms White says. Earlier, in reply to Deputy Connolly, she spoke of the idea of counter speech, that Twitter allowed a conversation to happen so that others from a counter view could get in and put their piece in. That might be all right at one level but at another I wonder if it is part of a big picture which Twitter is trying to create. From the...

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

Martin Kenny: One of the difficulties is that all of the platforms, in particular Twitter, provide an abrupt form of conversation. It is short. One cannot get into the detail of an argument on Twitter. One just puts out a paragraph at most. From that point of view, it is difficult to see how counterspeech can work, given that all one ends up with is a whole lot of people shouting at one another. Ms...

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

Martin Kenny: I wish to raise a couple of other issues. Young people in particular use many of the platforms. We hear of young people who are self-harming, sometimes to the extent of suicide. Much of that comes from pressure they have been put under online. We often discover in the aftermath that various complaints were made but material was not removed from online in spite of people's requests. The...

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

Martin Kenny: Senator Higgins is anxious to be able to ask her questions.

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]

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....

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...

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 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 - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Reorganisation (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: While I acknowledge that there are more gardaí and that new recruits are going into Templemore, which was closed for a number of years, officers are also retiring. One of the key commitments within the new model of policing is that there would be greater civilianisation of functions in the Garda Síochána. How much of that will happen? The Minister mentioned rural areas....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Reorganisation (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether An Garda Síochána has adequate resources to make the new model of policing a success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40174/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Reorganisation (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: Is the Minister confident the Garda Síochána has adequate resources to make the new model of policing a success? Do the new divisional headquarters have their IT systems installed? Is an adequate number of civilian staff in place to make a success of this greatly heralded change? Will the Minister make a statement on this matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Reorganisation (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: The Minister has not answered the question. I asked whether he has confidence because I am certainly not confident. I have spoken to gardaí in recent days and weeks who have told me the new headquarters do not have adequate IT systems in place. The level of new equipment that is supposed to be rolled out with this new plan is central to the new plan working. There is no point in...