Results 721-740 of 3,634 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: Many people are paying very high rent and simply cannot afford to save. That is one of the big issues they have. They cannot afford to save the deposit for a house. I mentioned a case in this Chamber last night of a woman in Sligo. She has a deposit of 10% because she received it from her mother. However, she has been turned down because she has to show that 3% of that deposit comes from...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: The Minister mentioned several times that his is the party that wants to ensure that people have home ownership and that Sinn Féin is against home ownership. I give an example from my constituency of a separated woman with two children living in a rented house. Her rent increased by almost a third this time last year. Obviously, she can hardly afford it as it is. She has now received...

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

Martin Kenny: I thank all of the witnesses for their opening statements and submissions. We are all conscious we are here because so many women in our society in particular, albeit men too, have suffered for so long and have been the victims of femicide. The case of Ashling Murphy galvanised everybody in the country. We are all here because we want things to change given, clearly, they have not been...

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

Martin Kenny: This is probably an even greater issue for women in a migrant situation, who might not have the support base of family or community that others might have.

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

Martin Kenny: Another issue relates to the expertise that already exists and how that can be brought to bear on the board. What level of oversight will the board have and how will its members be selected?

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I accept time has progressed, things have moved along and the Garda property app is up and running. However, few people know about that. It is not something the public is widely aware of and there is a job of work to be done around it in particular. I accept there can be issues. GDPR arrived on the scene and it is one of those things that just smothers everything. No matter what one...

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This motion is on legislation on having a national property register, which was first initiated by my predecessor as spokesperson for justice, Deputy Ó Laoghaire. I commend him on his work in this regard. The Bill is a simple legislation. It proposes an Act to establish a register of personal property so that people can register it....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (30 Mar 2023)

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Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: We are all aware that the sheep sector has been in crisis for many years. This does not come as a surprise. Sheep farmers, mainly those in mountainous areas and with poorer land, much of it in the west, including in my constituency, are finding it very difficult to manage and have been for quite some time. The sheep welfare payment in place is not adequate to deal with the situation....

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I support Deputy Naughten's amendment. Clearly there is a need to put measures in place to protect people even after a conviction and as time moves on. We have all come across situations where victims of crime have continued to be harassed even after the person who was convicted has been released and has gone back into the community.

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I concur with my colleagues. There is clearly a space here that needs to be filled. Having youngsters who are out and about, it is something I hear about at first hand. It is happening almost everywhere in the country and young girls and young women in particular fear it when they go out to enjoy a night out. The owners of premises have a responsibility as well. Perhaps licensing laws...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 2: In page 14, after line 33, to insert the following: “Recommendations of the Firearms Expert Committee 26B.The Minister shall- (a) not more than 3 months after the completion of work carried out by the Firearms Expert Committee, publish in full the considerations and recommendations of the Firearms Expert Committee, and (b) not more than 6 months after...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 1: In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(5A) Commencement of section 3DA shall not begin until after the completion of all stages of section 26B (as amended).”. There are a lot of amendments to portions of legislation because this is a miscellaneous provisions Bill. While much of the focus has been around stalking, which of...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: We are back here again following a week during which people were left aghast by what the Government did in removing the eviction ban. For people across this country, this has been a terrible calamity. While it is much worse in the vast urban areas of Dublin and other cities, even rural areas like my constituency are being impacted by the ban's removal. A video is going around of an...

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: Listening to the Minister’s speech earlier is in stark contrast to the experience of the vast majority of the public out there who attend our hospitals and, indeed, the staff who work there. In my constituency, Sligo University Hospital has been in crisis for many years because of understaffing and under-resourcing. Last September, the INMO industrial relations officer, Neal Donohue,...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: The Minister said in his speech that we do not support any of his measures. The reason we do not is that none of the other measures he has introduced has worked. We would not be where we are today if they had. That is the reality and he has to face that fact. The vast majority of people recognise that what the Government is doing is totally obnoxious and ridiculous. Nobody can believe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Opt-In Regulation (EU) 2021/2303: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I likewise think it is something we need to be involved in. There are a few issues around this. The Minister mentioned that there would be a pool of expertise to assist countries that are under particular pressure. On numerous occasions Ireland has been one of the countries that is under pressure. It continues to be because for the size of our population we have quite large numbers of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Opt-In Regulation (EU) 2021/2303: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I understand the return agreement is part of that but this is also about people who do not get here to return. They are intercepted before they arrive onto European territory and are brought back and held at the behest of the European Union which pays for that to happen. We look with a jaundiced eye at Britain for the proposal to send people to Rwanda but the fact is that the European Union...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: 1119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have resigned from An Garda Síochána, per month, in 2022, by county and rank, in tabular form. [13958/23]