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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda National Immigration Bureau (20 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I am sure the Minister would accept that many people experience this as a hardening of the Border. They experience it as people being asked for documentation they were not asked for heretofore. Even during the days of conflict, this level of identification - people being asked to produce their passports - was seldom sought. This is now happening. Many people on this island who voted for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda National Immigration Bureau (20 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I accept that it is not a new phenomenon from the point of view of the legislation that governs it but it is a new phenomenon from the point of view of it being applied and implemented so harshly. That is the point. We have the DUP and others in the North who clearly want to build a border that is as hard as possible. There is an onus on all of us to ensure that does not succeed and that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Visits (20 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the area of the budget of An Garda Síochána from which the estimated €15 to €18 million cost of the visits of the President and Vice-President of the United States of America will come from; the details of the expenditure in view of the high cost and the fact that the visits were of a short duration;...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister for his presentation. Most of the relevant questions have already been dealt with. There is one thing that strikes me with this. A conviction may be spent, and I have an example of this from an individual who came to me about this a number of years ago, where in his youth he had issues with mental health problems and got into spots of bother, as he described it, and it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: Like others, I commend the Oireachtas and RTÉ on last week's Youth Assembly on climate action. There was some disappointment that RTÉ would not facilitate the participation of young people from the North, but it was an important event and the people who participated so fully did their communities proud. As the Taoiseach knows, the challenge of climate change is unlike anything we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: It was me.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: Is the Taoiseach concerned about that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I did.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I acknowledge Donald Tusk's support for Ireland throughout the Brexit negotiations. It has been vital and one of the shining lights in Europe in this respect. His efforts to uphold the Good Friday Agreement and protect the all-island economy have been constant. No doubt the past three years will be helpful to Mr. Tusk in his new role as president of the European People's Party, EPP, not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: Well, now.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: My question concerns the absence of a psychologist for school-age children in the north west, including counties Sligo and Leitrim. I have received an email from a parent in north Leitrim whose eight year old daughter has displayed various disorders and emotional dysfunction. She is on the list awaiting an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, assessment, but there is no psychologist for...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I am glad to speak on this issue which has been very much in the headlines in the past couple of weeks. It has activated the minds of many people around the country and has unfortunately divided communities. Much of that is because of misinformation or the absence of information in many cases. We seem to have a society where sometimes the less reasonable, the less forthright and the less...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: First, I commend Deputy O'Callaghan on the work he is doing in this area. Any expansion of the rights of people in these circumstances has to be welcome. It is the way forward. The many of us who have had experience of dealing with people who have gone through the traumatic experiences of either sexual or domestic violence will understand what a huge trauma it represents to those people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: At what point does a person's status change from complainant to victim? Is there a-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: They formally become victims when they make a complaint.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O’Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputies Ó Laoghaire, Ó Caoláin and Adams. I want to acknowledge the O'Farrell family and the work they have done on this. I particularly acknowledge Lucia who has been absolutely tremendous in her energy and dedication to ensuring justice is found for her son, Shane, who lost his life on 2 August 2011. That brings us to this evening's discussion on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: This holiday centre has been used by many people from across the country even from my constituency. The Irish Wheelchair Association has run it very well. It needs some refurbishment work. It is preposterous to suggest closing it down. We know that in future generations people with disabilities will need such services. It is atrocious that this is being taken away from people now.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of climate action regions set up here; the counties that are grouped together to make up the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when passengers will be allowed to use their travel card on the LocalLink bus in view of the fact that the lack of free travel is affecting persons with disabilities and older persons, especially in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the LocalLink service has changed its procedure in relation to charging passengers that attend day care services; the reason it did not provide passengers with adequate notice of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46009/19]