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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 19: In page 7, to delete lines 4 and 5 and substitute the following: “(e) “sexual orientation” refers to emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to others based on gender, and includes heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual and asexual orientation,”

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, to delete lines 6 and 7 and substitute the following: “(f) references to “sex characteristics” shall be construed as references to the physical and biological features of a person relating to sex, and as including variations of such characteristics whether dimorphic or otherwise, and”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 26: In page 7, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “ “hatred” means hatred against a person or a group of persons in the State or elsewhere on account of their protected characteristics or any one of those characteristics;”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am horrified by what I have heard.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The reason for my absence is that I was contributing to a debate on the citizen's assembly on drugs. As happens in these Houses, we are supposed to be in two places at the one time.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will be as quick as possible. I appreciate that the Minister will probably send a note to us on the contributions made and on that basis I will withdraw my amendments with the option to resubmit them on Report Stage. Much of the time, these amendments are putting down a flag for the Minister to respond, and we can tease the issue out at a later stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 60: In page 17, to delete lines 14 to 27 and substitute the following: “3A. (1) An offence committed by a person is aggravated by hate for the purposes of sections 6A, 7A, 11A and 18A if hate is in whole or in part the person’s motive for committing the offence concerned.”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 69: In page 19, to delete lines 30 to 35, and in page 20, to delete lines 1 to 8 and substitute the following: “1A. (1) An offence committed by a person is aggravated by hate for the purposes of sections 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 9A, 10A and 13A if hate is in whole or in part the person’s motive for committing the offence concerned.”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 79: In page 22, to delete lines 32 to 38 and substitute the following: “20. (1) For the purposes of determining the sentence to be imposed on a person for an offence to which this section applies, a court shall, if it is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt from the evidence adduced in the proceedings, take into account as an aggravating factor, that— ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently within the primary school system who have been identified with a first percentile word reading score and a second percentile word reading score; and the share of these pupils who currently attend reading schools. [8054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that all children who are currently within the primary school system and who have been identified with a first percentile word reading score and a second percentile word reading score have access to a reading school or a specific learning disability class within a mainstream school; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to open any further special school placements for children in the north Dublin area. [8174/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party acknowledges the work of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, in bringing forward a memo to Government on the establishment of a citizens' assembly on drugs. Deputies and Senators from different political groups feel strongly about the citizens' assembly being a real force for change. We want the voice of the service user, the drug user, to be central to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Like a 30% tax rate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: So it is a mini-budget.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is a short-term budget.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the independent living skills units currently available across the prison estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to review the operation of independent living skills units and to further develop these units across the prison estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7454/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Election of Vice Chairman (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is an overwhelming mandate. There is no need to read out apologies. I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones or to switch them to flight mode. Mobile phones interfere with the sound system, make it difficult for parliamentary reporters to report the meeting and adversely affect television coverage and web streaming. For the information of members, a sound...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Election of Vice Chairman (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As there are no other nominations, I declare Senator Ward elected Leas-Chathaoirleach. Is that agreed? Agreed. Is it agreed to go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters? Agreed.