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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In terms of those who have applied for NPIs, we expect them to be approved by the end of this year, so that farmers can do the work next year. The scheme has reopened for new NPIs. We expect those to be processed in a timely fashion now that the scheme is up and running.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: Does the Minister think it was fair to write to farmers demanding money back when they still did not know their score? That is one of the big gripes that many farmers have. They got the interim payment and the next contact they had from the Department was not to tell them where they stood or what the future would hold, but a letter demanding some of that money back - in some cases up to 80%...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: That is one of the challenges of a results-based scheme. I want to give farmers as much certainty as I possibly can in terms of the schemes I put in place. For example, with the suckler and calf schemes, I gave farmers a very clear task to carry out in order to get paid, whether it be weighing, clipping or dipping. We give as much certainty as we can. The environmental scheme must be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: What about the second year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The score relates to the first year.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: We must move on.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As much as possible, I want it to be a positive experience. I am assessing the situation. I am open to all ideas as to how we can make sure ACRES works to the best extent possible for everyone.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (26 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the discussion and I very much welcome the investment in people and places. It is very important that we diversify the option for the purposes of ensuring in the first instance that we can keep people out of tents in the city centre. That is an objective I think we all share in this House. I make the point to Deputy O'Callaghan that one does not necessarily need to be the local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the previous Deputy just mentioned, we have joined the EU migration pact and, obviously, there is a significant amount of planning under way to make sure we are ready to fully join the pact within the two-year timeframe when it becomes operational. As part of that, we are exploring, as we have been doing and investing in recent years, new and innovative ways in which we can expand our...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the progress of body-worn cameras for gardaí, and related pilot schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37608/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I wish to ask a question regarding the pilot scheme for body-worn cameras for members of An Garda Síochána who are policing our streets. As has been said many times, they are the only group of individuals at events, protests, etc., in the city centre and other places who are not filming. I ask the Minister to update the House, please.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: It has always been my view that members of An Garda Síochána should have access to and be wearing body-worn cameras for two very clear reasons. First, I believe it helps in keeping them safe. As the Deputy rightly said, it is important they have that ability to capture an incident as it occurs and have a real picture as to what happened as opposed to an edited or potentially...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. She can pick it up in her next response.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: It is so important that the pilot is finished and these are rolled out right across the country for all the reasons I have acknowledged.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: That is very positive to hear. I am sure my colleagues and I, particularly those of us on the justice committee, will be very pleased to hear that this investment has been so effective, even during the relatively short period in which these trials have been taking place. There is no doubt about the arsenal of options that members of An Garda Síochána should and do have as a result...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Garda hopes to have that analysis done by the end of the year and then, obviously, it will look to what will be needed beyond that. The new digital evidence management system has to be developed to be able to back up all of this information. It is a huge amount. We have a budget of €155 million for ICT alone this year. That is assisting in the development and roll-out of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am keeping the Minister to the time to get people in. I call Deputy Farrell.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I do not really have anything to add other than that I very much welcome the opportunity to assist the Minister and An Garda Síochána in ensuring this matter receives the right attention and that this trial scheme that has been established is a success. The Minister might clarify in her final reply as to whether there have been any instances of failures across the three divisions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: I believe these will be a game-changer. In the short space of time in which we have seen them rolled out, the positive feedback has been exceptional. I have had no negative feedback. There have been no incidences that I have been told about or made aware of where cameras have not worked or have been defective. They are very different, however. Some of them can actually show the picture...