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Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We welcome the legislation. We have been campaigning for it for many years. Previous Ministers for Justice said there was no need for it because of the 1989 Act which, as the Minister has just admitted, was ineffective. We welcome this debate and opportunity and we welcome the legislation, which we have to get right. I want to start on a positive note. I have just come from the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the planned projects included in the school building programme in 2022 as of January 2022, and as of now respectively; the budget for same; if she will provide a list of the projects that will not proceed in 2022 due to construction inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned budget for school building in 2023; if she will provide a list of the proposed projects for 2023; the number of projects it is expected to support in 2023; if she has sought an increase in the capital budget to reflect increased construction inflation; the process for deciding which projects to proceed with or which ones to delay;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to achieving the target he announced in 2022 of 750 public sector apprenticeships by 2025; the number of apprenticeships actually delivered in the public sector since announcement; the engagement that there has been between his Department and the local authority sector; if so, the commitments that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be a separate Bill for the establishment of an environmental and planning division of the High Court; if she intends to hold pre-legislative scrutiny on this Bill and engage with stakeholders; if the proposals will be included in the proposed planning and development Bill from the Government; and if she will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: If the offices of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle or Ceann Comhairle could assist in that regard, it would be greatly appreciated.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Tomorrow, the Second Stage debate on the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill is being debated, yet amendments have to be submitted by tomorrow morning before the Second Stage debate. We believe that contradicts Standing Order 182. On that basis, the Second Stage debate is a nonsense if amendments have to be submitted before the Second Stage debate. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any analysis of shortages in second level teachers, specifically in geography and by subject; and if she will provide the latest data available. [54255/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures, if any, that are being taken to identify and address obstacles to training and recruiting second level teachers. [54256/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the land next to Clongriffin DART station, which is earmarked as a school site; and the current plans, if any, for a school at that site. [54469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposed car-park lease in respect of a school (details supplied); when the lease will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55256/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the extent of section 29 appeals during and since Covid in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form, including the number of non-face-to-face versus face-to-face oral hearings which took place during that time; and if she will outline the outcomes of section 29 appeals nationally,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 886. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects her Department to complete and publish the promised review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 887. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department have access to statistics on the number prosecutions under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act. [55414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 888. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the information her Department has on whether specialist training is provided to gardaí, in-service and in initial training to recruits, to implement the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act and preparation for gardaÍ in their interactions with those who provide such services. [55415/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1164. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism that exists for individual front-line workers who have not received their recognition payment to follow up to ensure that it will be correctly paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55174/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider and implement a scheme using funds from the Dormant Accounts Fund to finance the compulsory purchase of derelict properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54830/22]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Thank you. I know it is my first day at school but I wish to raise one point. I took the opportunity on the Order of Business in the Dáil to raise an issue around the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill. Second Stage is to be taken tomorrow but the deadline for amendments is tomorrow morning, before the Second Stage debate. The Minister said she...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Administering a substance with intent (“spiking”) 11.The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 12: “12A.(1) A person who administers to or causes to be taken by another person (‘C’) a drug or other substance— ...