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European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not have much to add to what has been said. The Labour Party welcomes this proposal with regard to this particularly troubling type of crime and area. The lives of those who are at the rough end of this criminal endeavour are often destroyed and it is disproportionately women and children who are affected. As Deputy Costello said, to raise public consciousness of this issue we need to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It could be argued though that there were probably oversight structures within the Defence Forces as well over the past 23 years and it may have made that argument as well in order to defend how it was operating. We are on the same page here. We need the Minister to come back to the House in six months to give an update to Members as to what those cultural audits have discovered. We need...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, if he will initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure no such issues exist in these forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, will the Minister initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure that no such issues exist in these forces?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am interested in what the Minister spoke about with regard to cultural audits into An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service. What he is saying is welcome. In politics, we always react to a scandal. We always do a review after the fact. What was discovered in the Metropolitan Police in London was absolutely shocking with the level of racism and misogyny and the difficulties...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is not agreed. At the risk of being accused of point scoring, I raise the issue of facial recognition technology and the determination of the Minister for Justice to include this as an amendment to the bodycam Bill. We are not necessarily opposing facial recognition technology, but we are mindful that EU legislation is pending and that this recognition technology has been very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----unbelievable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is about homes and the Taoiseach is point scoring.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: All you have-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach needs a history lesson.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach cannot-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of the new Garda station planned for Dublin 13 and Dublin 17. [18112/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to ask the Minister, once again, for an update on the development of a much needed Garda station which is planned for the Dublin 13-Dublin 17 area.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is positive with regard to planning permission potentially being sought in 2024 and Coolock Garda station potentially being transferred to or acquired by Dublin City Council. This is interesting. The Minister will note that I always get the same answer with regard to the Garda Commissioner. I raise this issue as often as I possibly can. It is a large expanding community. We have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am given to understand that we are losing Coolock Garda station. This new divisional headquarters will mean that Coolock Garda station will no longer exist and this will be the new headquarters. It will be bigger and will have more resources. People have a traditional relationship with a Garda station and interact with it. They know where it is and they know how it operates. It will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank our guests for their presentations. This is a troubling area that we have to grapple with, and the Government and the Oireachtas have been trying to catch up following probably generations of under-emphasis of it. There was the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality and we have been speaking about changes at this committee. Clearly, there have been recent controversies...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address the issue of prison overcrowding; if he is satisfied to have sufficient medium and long-term prison capacity to deal with the increase in the population and any other factors which would lead to an increase in demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged with Governors of individual prisons on substituting short-term sentencing of four months or less to community service or another alternatives. [18113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what progress he has made in progressing the offence of spiking as a stand-alone offence, consisting of administering a substance without consent for the purpose of facilitating a sexual offence, and punishable with a sentence of up to ten years imprisonment; and if he will support the campaign to recognise the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide figures on the average waiting time for an NCT in Dublin over the past three years. [17324/23]