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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the results of the scoping exercise in relation to the death of a person (details supplied) will be made available to their family; and when the full commission of investigation will be established. [51337/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: My question this morning relates to the scoping exercise with regard to the case of Shane O'Farrell, which has been going on for quite some time now. I hope the Minister has some positive news in that regard so that it can be ensured that the commission of investigation will start as quickly as possible. As the Minister will know, the entire Oireachtas voted on this. It is very important...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. I appreciate that the process taking place is independent and that Judge Haughton has his work to do. We all understood that from the very outset. Unfortunately, it has taken a very long time for this family to reach a point at which they feel they are getting some semblance of justice. As many of our teenage youngsters do, Shane O'Farrell went out to ride his...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (21 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: We need progress on this. The experience of the family and their community has been one of delay and more delay. I ask the Minister for an assurance that she will contact the judge, not to interfere in the process, but to relay the heartfelt grief of this family and to let him know that this grief is being compounded by these delays. I ask the Minister to do that as a matter of urgency and...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: The work that was done by the Citizens' Assembly is to be welcomed and its members are to be congratulated for the work they did. Sinn Féin made a lengthy submission to the Citizens' Assembly and some of our ideas were represented in the final report. In the justice portfolio, I come across the issue of gender inequality very regularly, sometimes in relation to people who are before...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a series of matters in relation to a prisoner (details supplied) who absconded from Loughlan House Prison, Cavan, on 4 October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a series of matters in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51369/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost breakdown for each support service currently available to inmates within the Irish Prison Service. [51370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inmates within the Irish Prison Service who have engaged with support services between 2016 and 2020, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to domestic violence support services in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [51373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cybersecurity Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided for the establishment of regional cybercrime hubs. [51374/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish her Department’s implementation plan to reform the civil justice system following recommendations of the civil justice report. [51375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact structure and funding provided to the new community safety partnerships; and the way in which funding is allocated to this project from the Community Safety Innovation Fund. [51376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: 197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a breakdown will be provided by category of 999 calls cancelled per year since 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51378/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their opening statements. I wish to address a couple of comments Mr. Collins made in his statement. Mr. Collins seems to make the point that there is a concern that this is moving away from reforms that were clearly necessary and appropriate in the past. He indicates a sense that some of the matters that were very concerning for many people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: I share the concerns outlined by Mr. Collins. Does he believe those concerns can be addressed successfully in this proposed legislation in order to relieve those pressures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: The heads of the Bill, from 49 onwards, basically deal with issues of creating the strategic plan and the service plan. How much input will the new board have in respect of that? It seems from my reading of it that a lot of it is the Commissioner's job to produce the plan. Heads 53 and 54 state the Minister can direct the Commissioner to amend the plan. Where is the role for oversight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: It strikes me that there is an absence of the oversight we would like to see the authority having, particularly the part that says the Minister can direct the Commissioner in regard to amending the plan. That would raise eyebrows and is a departure from what we expected to see in legislation like this, which is about modernising and moving to a different type of policing from what we had in...

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Martin Kenny: Our message is a simple one. We are asking the Government to acknowledge that there is a crisis in the rental sector and we want actions and not words in regard to this. Absolutely nothing was done in the budget last week for renters across the State but corporate landlords and institutions were supported. They are squeezing every last cent out of everyone who is renting. In my...

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

Martin Kenny: We will support this motion. It is European legislation which is being transposed into Irish law. The setting up by the Commission of this registry across the whole EU will be positive and will hopefully do a lot to ensure that financial services which are hiding cash, including the ill-gotten gains of criminal gangs, etc., can be found and traced. While I welcome the powers that it gives...