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Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...a sex offender will not work with children or vulnerable people and it is not automatically part of a sex offender's order. We need to ensure it is made an automatic part of it. This weekend the Irish Examinerhad an interesting article. We all know the courage and evidence required for a judge to issue a domestic violence order. We found out that a number of gardaí have these...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...is that they are not seeing those resources. That is the reality of it. When I speak to the staff, it is the same situation. There are fewer staff trying to do more work. There must be a re-examination of this dynamic deployment model, how it has worked and how it has failed. If the Government is to continue with that model, where ambulances will be dispatched over vast areas of the...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...in the north west. That needs to change. The budget was about maintaining that status quowhich has failed so many generations who live in places like Leitrim. I appeal to the Minister to re-examine the way in which Government has structured all these things from the health service, to the education system to how it invests rural areas. It needs to turn away from its current direction...

Access of Competent Authorities to Centralised Bank Account Registries: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...of State mentioned Ireland has many large multinational corporations and big companies in the financial services sector, technology and so on. We recognise that tax evasion is also a crime and needs to be examined in this context. Sinn Féin is in support of removing the barrier to tracing this kind of crime and imposing significant sanctions on those convicted. It will require...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Investigation (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...concerning the business involvement of the woman of the house and Fr. Molloy were never properly investigated or looked into. The manner in which the case was hushed up is really what needs to be examined. Anyone with an ounce of common sense will realise that the only way this can be done, and the only way we can get to the truth here, is by compelling people to tell the truth and to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Investigation (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...whom Fr. Molloy had both personal and business relationships, as it subsequently turned out. The issues around this are clear. We have had 36 years of cover-up and an unwillingness of the State to examine the issue. From the beginning, it was clear that every effort was made to smother what was happening. I believe the first that people outside of the household knew of the death of...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...more nimble and better able to cope with the demands of modern policing and criminal justice. We will support the Bill. This is not to say that there are not elements that we believe need to be examined more closely, probably on Committee Stage when we see what amendments need to be made. There are some concerns, of which I am sure the Minister is aware, that the new model will take...

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...in place. However, there is so much more work to do on the other side of the issue. I look forward to a full and comprehensive debate on Committee Stage of the Bill, when we can tease out and examine all of that and consider how we can come up with a solution. It is essential that a project similar to those that have worked in other jurisdictions is put in place. We need to look to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...matter. That is wholly inappropriate. A full independent investigation must be carried out as quickly as possible into this entire debacle. It is only beginning. Thousands of calls have yet to be examined that involved serious issues, including burglaries, assaults, etc., where people did not get an adequate response from An Garda Síochána. A full investigation must be...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister for her statement. Every year we come to the House to examine the Offences against the State Act. The clear difficulty we have in this country with organised crime gangs, in particular international drug gangs, is something for which we all share an abhorrence, given the toll they take on communities the length and breadth of the country, especially in inner city areas...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...also seek to claim it, including Denmark and Iceland. The fact it was simply sold away in the past by a previous Government is something we should reconsider. I suggest the Bill should examine whether we can reaffirm our rights for all of our island. Only 10% of the Irish nation is above sea level and the rest of it is underwater. While they may be European waters as part of the EU, at...

Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...that was available in the past, up to 15 or 20 years ago. However, with the drive to put everyone out into the community, that was taken away. That has been a real problem and needs to be re-examined. Not just where I am in the north west, in Sligo and north Leitrim, but across the country I am sure one will hear similar reports of people who unfortunately find themselves in this gap...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...I hope the further work coming down the track will go a considerable distance to bring balance back to that situation. Apart from working on the issues of insolvency and people in debt, we need to examine the bigger picture of banking policy in this country and how we are going to get over the clear difficulties. Those difficulties are not only a problem when people get into debt; they...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...for people to be engaged in all the time. There is a need for a programme of support for the people working in that category of crime detection and evidence research. The section is quite understaffed and that needs to be examined in general. If satellite hubs are being set up, I welcome that and ask for more detail in that regard.

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...matters. Subsection 2B states that the court may make the order for costs at its discretion. That is exactly as it happens at the moment. Maybe that needs to be tightened up or we need to examine where that is going. Regarding whether a file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, what we have here is a civil case being taken by an individual against another...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...do is understand there are many people who may fall into rent arrears in a pandemic and who will have to try to find alternative accommodation. That is totally inappropriate. The Minister needs to re-examine this legislation, accept the amendments put forward on it and do something about the three issues I raised, especially the HAP and the income level at which people can go on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ..., are recorded when people go into the interview rooms in Garda stations to make statements. How and in what measure can these statements be brought to bear more on the trial and the process? Cross-examination is the big issue, most people find. When they are in the courtroom and the cross-examination is taking place they get into a really vulnerable state. There is huge trauma around...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...of preliminary hearings. A reassessment of what has been achieved by legislation of this nature would address issues similar to that raised in our amendment, for example, the practice of examining the previous sexual conduct of victims. Another issue, which was brought up earlier, concerns the counselling notes of a victim of sexual abuse. I refer to a situation where a person who...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...in the Bill. This issue relates to preliminary hearings. The language in the Bill suggests that, for instance, at a preliminary hearing of a serious sexual crime case a defence team could seek leave to cross-examine the witness or victim, depending on the term one wishes to use, regarding their previous sexual experience. All Members know that in many of these cases there may be issues...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...such hearings be abolished. The reports on this side of the Border, however, have recommended that we introduce such hearings to speed up justice. The main issue in the North concerned the cross-examination of victims at a hearing. It was not considered appropriate for this to happen at a committal hearing or preliminary hearing. What we want to do is ensure that whatever wording we...