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Other Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: They have failed.

Other Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: The Minister of State and I had a duel on this issue a few weeks ago. As most people know, over 156 countries have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Why has Ireland not ratified it? The Minister of State said previously that he would try to have it ratified before Christmas. I understand he is now considering the possibility of ratifying it in the...

Other Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: When will this country ratify the convention? Can the Minister of State say categorically that it will be ratified very early in the new year?

Other Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I appreciate that progress is being made. However, the Minister of State cannot say categorically when the convention will be ratified. We could be having the same conversation this time next year. That would be an insult to anybody who has been campaigning on this issue. Will the Minister of State give the people who are listening to us an indication of some sort of timeframe in this...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: Shall I take the question? I think we are okay-----

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I apologise. I thought we were stuck for time.

Other Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views as to whether there is a legal barrier in view of the lack of any barrier to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a legal perspective and only from a policy point of view; the policy of Government that has informed the failure to ratify the convention; and if she will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views as to whether there is a legal barrier in view of the lack of any barrier to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 4. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was killed in 2011 in a hit-and-run incident; if her attention has been further drawn to the family's concern that if the guilty party had been properly dealt with before the fatal incident, the person would not have been killed, and that the family allege there is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for facilitating me. I will abbreviate my question to the Minister. Has her attention been drawn to the case of a person who was killed in 2011 in a hit-and-run incident? Has her attention been drawn to the family's concerns that if the guilty party had been properly dealt with before the fatal incident, the person would not have been killed? The family...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I met Shane's mother, Lucia, four or five months ago. I spoke to her at length, as the Minister and the Taoiseach have. To say I was shocked about what happened to her son is an understatement. There is a lot of evidence and paperwork to show there was a litany of mistakes and failures by everybody - the police, the Judiciary and the Department of Justice and Equality. Shane would still...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: With respect to the Minister, I do not understand. I will be straight with the Minister. The GSOC investigation has been going on for the past five years. What is worst about the case is that this man never went to jail for killing somebody. He was deported. What has happened is absolutely outrageous. Shane deserves a public inquiry. I will put the Minister's reputation on the line....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: Why has it taken five years?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: Why has it taken five years?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: When the Minister gets the report-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Investigations (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: There is a lack of justice.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been delayed for over nine years in view of the fact that international agreements have the force of law to the extent determined by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40439/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2007, in view of the fact there is no legal impediment to ratification from the United Nations perspective; the action that has been taken to address the putative barriers or blockages to date; when ratification is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is the cuts to disability services which has prevented the Government ratifying the convention in view of the lack of any barrier to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a legal perspective and only from a policy point of view; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40441/16]