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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The development of this site and this divisional headquarters will be crucial to the faith local people will have in agencies of the State. A lot of them feel let down. The Minister mentioned there are two local authorities. There is any amount of campaigning that consistently goes on for basic provision of community infrastructure in the wider area of Clongriffin, Belmayne and Parkside....

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...by the Government's decision to table an amendment virtually identical to that debated in the House last week. This amendment does little more than give cover to those Government and Independent TDs feeling the pressure in their constituencies but who will nonetheless support the Government in its indefensible action, namely, the decision to lift the eviction ban without reasonable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...not accept that labelling the entirety of what happened and everybody involved, and using a phrase as classist as that, was a regrettable intervention on her part that she should reflect on and, I feel, apologise for?

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ..., when they intimidated bus workers, when they intimidated Luas workers, when they made Dublin City Council workers have to clean up the place the next day, and when they made everybody in this city feel fearful, wounded and traumatised. They must be delighted that the Rural Independent Group listened to their call and put down a motion on immigration. They must be absolutely delighted....

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...being doing his or her best to raise his or her family and to contribute to society, and what Members in this House are consistently doing is linking immigration with criminality and making people feel fearful of the outsider. I, I have to say, have had enough of it. The Minister has his own responsibility and the Government's responsibility to send out information which is...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Garda Commissioner has said the number is 633. It is a cross-government failure to properly tackle the far right. There has been no myth-busting public information campaign to dispel the lies they are propagating. It appears the Government feels they will wear themselves out, that is, if they close down libraries or burn out tents or riot at the Dáil or block the port tunnel or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I sometimes feel the Department is depending on the fact that schools do not want to speak in their own communities about the crisis they face. It does not give a good look to a school to be speaking about the fact it cannot fill its staff with teachers. I wonder whether the Department is almost depending on this. This doubly disadvantages disadvantaged schools. It disproportionately...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...problem is that nobody is taking responsibility for the issue. People's capacity to have faith in the public transport system is being completely undermined by the situation regarding access. It feels unsafe, the lifts do not work, etc. This is a major issue in that part of the world. If the Minister were to bring both his presence and the weight of his office to the area, people there...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...was still recovering from an assault. We want to point the finger of prioritisation where it needs to be pointed, but we need to speak about a number of failures up until last Thursday and what we feel are failures since then. Let us talk about the far right. Let us talk about library protests and libraries in Cork that have had to shut down because of library protests. Has there...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...for them in this House heretofore has been tarnished and possibly broken. If Ursula von der Leyen decided to come to this House next week, as she has in the past, I do not think many of us would feel that we could consider sitting in the same room as that person after what she has done, effectively cheerleading this evil. If Joe Biden were to come next week as President of America, as he...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...had a discussion on this on Committee Stage when myself and Deputy Pa Daly had tabled similar amendments. The key to this is the insertion of the words "following consultation with the chief executive". We feel that the chief executive of this agency should have a consultative rolevis-à-visthe Minister in terms of appointing any new officers. The explanation given by the Minister...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...at the end of their lives who need this human contact and care. We are also dealing with people who generally cannot stand up for themselves. They are at a stage in their lives when they do not feel they have access to that sort of platform to speak to their experiences and sometimes the Department depends on that. I am glad that today at least we have given voice to these figures and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...into the issue of morale. I also want to talk about the number of charges that are being brought for possession of drugs for personal use and about community gardaí. On community gardaí, there is a feeling, perception or otherwise that the community Garda service is being squeezed or that the numbers are not being prioritised and that the units exist but the people operating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...with the Garda Commissioner and his officials and we hope to have a good engagement with her as well. Similar to others, I want to talk about morale in An Garda Síochána. Does the Minister feel there is a morale problem? According to the statistics, in 2013, there were 26 resignations from An Garda Síochána; in 2018, the number was 77; but up to September of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...complexes is an old stereotype at which people would correctly take offence. That is my presentation. I am quite happy for people to disagree with me. My main points are about the nature of drug taking in the city centre, why we feel different responses to different types are drug taking are needed, what we can do about the number of resignations from An Garda Síochána and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...that the urgency with which principals have presented this to me is the type of urgency the Minister and her Department need. It is not a big ask for these trauma-based supports that principals feel would be an intervention that could save some lives, or certainly prevent a child from going in a wrong direction. With the greatest of respect, I ask the Minister to please not tell me about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...have her here. We are anxious to get this right. In this space, we have done well as a collective and Oireachtas. However, that has led to difficulties and added stress upon stress for those who feel the political system is not adequately reflecting in legislation what is needed. This is one of the greatest stains on the 100-year history of the State. The witnesses have all mentioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Okay. Is it fair to say the witnesses broadly welcome the proposed legislation but feel elements of it need to be amended or improved, rather than us having to start from scratch? I think Ms Lewis spoke to this.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...be appropriate to have in legislation that the chief executive would at least be consulted before such appointments would be made. This is an amendment that has been sought by people who work in this area and who feel that it would improve the Bill.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Governments are defined by the budgets they produce and the money they allocate to issues they feel are important, and we get a chance once a year to reflect on those statements by Governments about what they deem to be important. In these Houses, when we learn of people from other parties who are resigning or not running again, we sometimes wonder why we get up in the morning and come here...