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LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: I am also glad to be here today to speak on the issue of equality for everyone in our society. I wish the Minister and everyone else in our communities a happy and joyous Pride week. The Minister touched on many issues in his opening remarks, with which I concur. As someone who grew up in a very rural part of Ireland, the advancement we have seen in the past ten years, and in particular...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: We are out of time, unfortunately.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (23 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: Deputy Ó Broin is indicating.

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: The issue of insurance reform probably affects every citizen in the State, in particular those who are driving and working. Car insurance is one of the key issues that needs to be dealt with because, in spite of the claims by various insurance companies about what will happen once claims come down through PIAB and all the measures we have to bring them down, we still have very high insurance...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: I thank Deputy Connolly and the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion on respite care services. Levels of respite services were seriously deficient across the country even before Covid-19. This has been an ongoing and long-term problem. The Minister of State, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, was in my constituency recently at a meeting in Carrick-on-Shannon. We met with a group of...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: It is in Tullaghan, County Leitrim. I also spoke with a person yesterday who related his experience of a man with a wife who has early onset dementia. The woman is only in her 50s and he has tried to care for her at home. He had to give up work. He is with her 24-7. It is a nightmare for that man and he has no services whatsoever, no respite is being provided and nothing is being done...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: I am very disappointed with the answer that the best the HSE can do is to provide a temporary service in Galway. A service existed in Galway anyway. This is not something new. There is a cath lab in Galway. It is totally inappropriate to suggest that is the best that can be done. Why can a temporary cath lab not be supplied in Sligo now? Why can that not be the plan? There is no...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: It is an example of the failure of a private provider doing something. It can turn its back and walk away at any time. The State has to step up to the mark on these issues.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: I am chancing my arm.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: Deputy Harkin and I, and in fairness all of the other Deputies in our constituency, have been talking about cath lab services for Sligo since I was elected to the House in 2016. It was a one to two day a week service in a mobile unit. It was totally inadequate and not doing the job. I remember speaking to the cardiologist in the hospital, Dr. Murray, and he told me that when he retires, it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full breakdown of staff including gardaí and civilians within An Garda Síochána from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full breakdown of staff and ranking in each divisional protective services unit in tabular form. [32362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of crime prevention officers within An Garda Síochána by county. [32363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have completed the competency based driving level 2 course by rank in each of the years since 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges by each court level in tabular form. [32365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges appointed by each court level in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels of the Probation Service by county in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32367/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 700. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels in her Department by section in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles used by gardaí by area in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32369/22]

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: I welcome much of what was in the Minister of State's statement. As my colleague Deputy Ó Laoghaire has said, we recognise that efforts have been made to resolve many of the issues that have been there for so long for many families who have children with various levels of disability. The issue raised with us most often relates to special needs assistants in schools. In recent weeks, a...