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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I had just started to speak.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I had only started to speak.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I take exception to being challenged about contributing on this debate. I have given a significant amount of time to policing in my community and to making my community safer. I am a founding member of a community policing forum.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Acting Chairperson-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: As I was saying, the strategic plan element is important. There are four issues in this section. One is the length of the strategic plan. Policing is a hugely human resource-intensive activity. To put a strategic plan in place will take significant additional resources. I know the Minister is aware of this as she has secured an additional budget to increase the resources in An Garda...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I did not hear the Minister's reply.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for repeating her remark. I had not heard her. The exact point we were trying to make is based on my agreement with her comment that I do not believe anybody would want to go into a Garda station and ask to have a look at the service plan nor would anyone want to go in to ask to see the strategic plan and, therefore, the suggestion being made is valid. For the...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank an tAire for her reply on that issue. I mention a scenario where resources are needed or if objectives or targets have not been satisfied. I support the idea of the annual service plan. From my time as chair of a JPC in Dublin city, there was a practice where once a year the chief superintendent would engage with all of the stakeholders of the committee and ask them for their...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I did not get a specific answer to my question about giving a statutory role to the community safety partnerships in the preparation of the annual service plans.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Can I take it from the Minister's response that no consideration was given to giving a statutory role to the community safety partnerships to have a specified input to the service plan preparation and evaluation?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I just-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Sorry, the seat came back. Apologies, I am okay. I am fine, and I thank the Cathaoirleach for his concern. On the annual report, the way it is specified here is all to be welcomed and supported. I will go back to what we spoke about on the strategic plan, the annual plans and now the annual report. These are all really important documents for us here in the Oireachtas, for the Minister...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is a low blow.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the encouraging news earlier this week that the young girl and her carer who were viciously attacked in the north inner city on Parnell Square over a week ago are making a good recovery. I want to wish them well and wish their families well. I hope they make a full recovery soon and that the young girl is at home for Santa visiting this Christmas. I absolutely and utterly condemn...
- Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I, too, welcome my colleague from Dublin City Council, Councillor Dermot Lacey. It is the best part of 30 years that Councillor Lacey has given to local government, so we are humbled by his presence here today. I thank him for joining us for this very important discussion. I thank the Independent Senators for putting this matter on the agenda and I thank the Minister of State for...
- Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Well said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all the witnesses for being here. We take Mr. Davitt's point regarding the short timeline and we apologise for that. We should also apologise now because this meeting is likely to be interrupted for the vote that will take place in the Dáil. It is no disrespect to any of the witnesses and we really appreciate their presence today and their contributions to our work to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: How many tenants did Threshold help to prevent from becoming homeless last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is phenomenal. What techniques has Threshold used to prevent homelessness?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is the tenant in situthe main instrument used to keep tenants in the rental property?