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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: When I asked about this before, my understanding was that they will give notice, if you like, to the divisional headquarters and it would probably end up that they would make an appointment to see a member of An Garda Síochána in a Garda station close to them. Is that the intention here?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: It would be where ever is practicable.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: Is the intention that their initial contact would be to make an appointment to see somebody and that would probably be somewhere very close to them and would be available and open within the set of three days or whatever is in the legislation?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: Does the Minister think it could be clearer? In fairness, Deputy Naughten raises some valid points and there should be an attempt to make this clearer if that is the intention.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I had to ask and then it was made clearer to me in conversation, but it should be clearer in legislation rather than in conversation.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: They do not have to present there.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: For instance, if we take the case Deputy Naughten mentioned of someone in Granard going to Castlebar, it is likely that they would make an appointment with somebody in Castlebar to meet someone perhaps in Longford, which is closer to them.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: It is not clear here.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, to delete line 12 and substitute the following: "(i) by the substitution of "48 hours" for "7 days",". These amendments deal with the issue of when a sex offender has to report to the Garda station, whether divisional headquarters, local Garda station or whatever. A little more clarity needs to be brought to this and the Minister accepts...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I accept that it is a limit, and it is not something that people have to push out to the limit. They could contact the local Garda station within hours of arriving in an area if they wish. The sooner it is done, the sooner local gardaí are aware that a person who has a past and who has had a conviction for a very serious sexual offence is living in the area or coming to live in there....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, line 21, to delete " "3 days" " and substitute " "48 hours" ".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, line 35, to delete " "3 days" " and substitute " "48 hours" ".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, line 36, to delete " "3rd day" " and substitute " "48th hour" ".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, line 5, to delete “3 days” and substitute “48 hours”. I will withdraw this amendment, with leave to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: Amendment No. 20 is around the issue of the risk management team and its communication with the victim in these cases. What is being proposed here is that there will be a written agreement whereby a particular member of the team will be nominated as a contact point for the victim. In the case where the offender has served a sentence and is about to be released or is being released that they...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 20: In page 15, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(4A) A member of a risk management team shall, with the express written agreement of the team, be nominated as a contact point for the victim in the case for which the offender has served the sentence which he or she is being released from. This team member will provide relevant information to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (7 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on any engagement that he or his Department have had with the stakeholders affected by the job losses at a company (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18755/22]

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: All of us understand and agree that this motion on carbon budgets is about setting the destination to which we want to get. We all share a common bond in our desire to get to that destination. Where we may have disagreements is in the route that we take. There are, of course, difficulties for many sectors when we get into this issue and try to deal with it. There are also opportunities...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: Vacancy and dereliction are serious issues in rural Ireland. There is significant dereliction in every small town. Houses are lying empty and shops, pubs and other business premises in once-thriving communities are dying on their feet because of the changes in how people conduct their commerce. They now shop in big towns and so on. We have a huge problem with that in the private sector...

European Union Regulation: Motion (5 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: That is the wrong business.