Results 81-100 of 155 for justice speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the interdepartmental group with responsibility for refuge provision in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52615/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evidential-breath-testing machines currently in use in the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49352/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coroners Service (20 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I wish to ask the Minister for Justice about the coronial system particularly as it relates to the justice plan 2022 which commits to bringing forward nationwide coroner review proposals later this year to address identified issues and drive innovative change. My biggest concern right now relates to the absence of a coroner in Carlow district. We currently have 34 coroners in 38 coronial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is planned in relation to increasing Garda numbers, given the Census results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35670/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Leighlinbridge Garda station will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35671/22]

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...among its front-line officers to better the LGBTQI+ needs, which involves victims of hate crimes and the needs of the community in general. That is so important. It is expected that the Department of Justice will publish the hate crime Bill in the coming months. The Bill will create new aggravated forms of certain existing criminal offences, where those offences are motivated by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 May 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way she is resourcing An Garda Síochána to tackle violence against women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 May 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has proposals to ease the legal and courts process for victims of gender and domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25989/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...believe all of us have, is that when one is dealing with three or four different Departments, it is an absolute nightmare. One is going from the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Department of Justice to the Department of Health and to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. While there is no question that everybody is doing their best, it becomes a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (26 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken to date in implementing each of the recommendations of the Review of Protections for Vulnerable Witnesses in the Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Offences published by her Department in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20361/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...is this committee that has been formed is meant to last three months. We were told when we came to this committee that we were looking at three months. Surrogacy now falls under different Departments, from justice to children to health, and we could even be looking at social welfare. What would Professor O’Mahony like for us to achieve here? I have been meeting with surrogacy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take to support the establishment of a women's refuge in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing recommendations of the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Reform of the Family Law System; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16235/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a contract for works on Leighlinbridge Garda station has been awarded by the Office of Public Works; if a date for when the rural station in County Carlow will be reopened is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11270/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...me on Carlow. I have been involved with various networks. A group of us, including all the relevant agencies, has been working together for the past few weeks, particularly since the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, announced Carlow was to have a women's refuge. We have a great network in Carlow but nobody has corresponded with it. Nobody has heard anything since the report was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Again, I thank the Minister for answering. The matter is important. I have met the Minister and the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, several times about a women's refuge for Carlow. Particularly in the nine counties that do not have a refuge, the urgency is recognised. Sadly, Covid created a crisis for something we knew was not working properly. In Carlow, we have a network set up....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...machinery and tools were stolen. A local Garda station is vital for small rural villages and townlands. Since the Government has promised to reopen the station, I am looking for the date on which the Department of Justice will honour its commitment in this regard. The reopening is urgent and I am receiving calls to this effect. I would like to see an end to false hope and to see...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...2022 and we debated just last week the Institutional Burials Bill in the House. I reflect on the courage and conviction of survivors of mother and baby homes in their continuing search for truth, justice and answers. I thank them for all of their work to date in pushing for accountability at every level. Legislation such as this provides space for amendments to be made. I have called...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8558/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (17 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new initiatives will be taken to combat rural crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8557/22]