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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: It is anticipated that most normality in indoor settings as regards Covid will be returning on 22 October. There is concern in Tralee, and some people think that court services are being almost deliberately run down. All the jury trials will be moved to Limerick for five weeks from 15 November. Given that the restrictions will be more or less removed, would the Courts Service consider...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: The crisis in University Hospital Kerry is becoming critical. Day procedures have been cancelled for the third week running, the hospital is short 100 nurses, orthopaedic services have been outsourced and ambulances are queuing up because the patients they are offloading are not being taken into the accident and emergency department. A scanning machine in the hospital can be used by only...

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: I wish to register my support for the Bill and commend the Labour Party on bringing it forward. On the ground in County Kerry, there has been a crisis in housing going back to 2011 when the decisions were made to stop building social housing and to abolish town councils, which exacerbated a difficult situation. I welcome in particular the provisions of the Bill relating to security and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (22 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on progress made to date on the commitment to reduce the primary level pupil-teacher ratio to 25:1 with emphasis on those classrooms which currently experience ratios of 30:1 and above; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (22 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream teaching posts, special education teaching posts and special needs assistants added at each of primary and post-primary levels for the 2021-2022 school year; the way these numbers compare to commitments made for each in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45333/21]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Beart na Breatnaise agus Caighdeáin Teanga: Coimisinéir Teanga na Breataine Bige (22 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: Mr. Roberts is very welcome agus cuirim fáilte roimhe. Croeso i'r pwyllgor, if I am pronouncing that correctly. I have been very encouraged by what he has said regarding dealing with public bodies and so on. He has covered some of this already but how challenging or realistic is the target of having 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050? What resistance to the Welsh language standards has...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Beart na Breatnaise agus Caighdeáin Teanga: Coimisinéir Teanga na Breataine Bige (22 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: Was that policy implemented by regulation or did legislation have to be passed?

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: This interim measure to approve the sharing of data is a topic on which many people will have mixed feelings. The withdrawal of the UK from the European Union has been chaotic and is now proving to be a mess across a range of areas. The Government and the EU have got many things right. The sharing of data as part of the Prüm Convention may not be as high profile as other issues but it...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ticket Touting (21 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a venue (details supplied) has applied to be a designated venue or if it has applied to have any of its events designated under the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021. [44671/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (21 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in relation to accusations against them and their dismissal from an industry body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (21 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on right-to-repair regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44496/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: This for the Department. It is difficult to make too much comment because there seems to be wide discretion as to how it will be operated and wide circumstances in which it will be used. I have three questions. I apologise if this has been dealt with as I was in the Chamber. When does the Department anticipate that the code of practice will be available? On the recording of the devices...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: On my second question on the independent record, will the most up-to-date technology be used on the recording machinery? In the past, I have found that the recording systems inside Garda stations, for example, have been almost out of date by the time they have been installed. It is important that there would be very up-to-date recording machinery. On the first question, does the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: It would be important that anyone who had an interaction, which may be the subject of a complaint to GSOC, for example, would have immediate access, either via their legal representative or themselves, to the footage from the body cam. That should be enshrined in any code of practice.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider additional supports for indoor leisure businesses that have had to remain closed but due to the size of their premises have borne significant overheads for rent, mortgages and utilities to keep their business intact during the pandemic. [43476/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (15 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on any meetings or engagements he or his Department have held with the play and leisure industry or amusement trade associations. [43475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the retention of a primary school teacher at a school (details supplied). [43341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on previous and upcoming scheduled meetings with the play and leisure industry to discuss the need for ongoing business supports due to the Covid-19 pandemic and plans to reopen the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his Department's review of the siting and size regulations for rooftop solar panels on homes and businesses and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the development of interim planning regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42043/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Sep 2021)

Pa Daly: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the stated position regarding the need for environmental assessment reporting before the finalisation of interim planning regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42044/21]