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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. May I return to the previous Vote for a moment to make one small point? On the question I asked on the Garda Reserve, I am a little confused. Perhaps I could get clarity in writing later. The Minister seemed to indicate there will be fewer Garda reserves or that the matter is under review, yet the departmental briefing refers to €150,000 for last year and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: Much of what I had intended to ask has been covered. I noticed a couple of issues under the heading A1, on capital works. It is understandable that this year there has been a huge reduction in the level of funding, from almost €20 million last year to just under €5 million this year. I assume that Covid and the restrictions on construction are having an impact, and we would...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: We will support this legislation. We understand exactly what it is about and the good intentions around it to ensure that we do everything possible to mitigate against people who make bogus and fraudulent claims and try to defraud either insurance companies or indeed businesses that are doing their best to try to survive in the difficult climate that we are in. We also believe that it needs...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: While this legislation sets out to do something all of us would welcome in that it will protect renters and ensure they cannot be evicted because of the Covid pandemic, it also discriminates against other renters who may be evicted for other reasons. That is the basic problem the Opposition has with the Minister's legislation. It would be wise of him, in the interests of unity and bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have completed the naturalisation process to date through signing the new statutory declaration of loyalty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to recruit staff, in particular psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and nursing staff (details supplied), to CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16018/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (24 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises that have been connected to the national broadband high-speed fibre network by county and month in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15382/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (24 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the LocalLink bus routes by county; the service provider for each route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 1487. To ask the Minister for Health when psychiatric nurses in CHO1 will receive the enhanced nurse pay grade, as was agreed following the nurses dispute in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14391/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for all the contributions. It was very interesting to read the opening statements prior to today's meeting. It is very clear this issue needs to be dealt with. Most of us have come across people who have had difficulties with the court experience. One of the things I do not think I came across in any of the opening statements is the idea of having somebody there with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (23 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: Perhaps the Bar of Ireland or the Department of Justice would have a view.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Bill. The issue it addresses has been a running sore for many victims and their families since the ruling on the operation of the Children Act 2001 by Mr. Justice Birmingham. It was a decision that took many people by surprise by taking a narrow interpretation of section 252. However, the situation is what it is and we are where we are. We are now in a position where we are...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I also support Deputy Pringle's amendment. What the Minister is saying is that this is a timing issue and three years is too long to wait. The argument has been well made that three years is probably the appropriate time to allow legislation of this nature to be enacted and work in practice for some time before assessing the workings of preliminary hearings. A reassessment of what has...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I will press the amendment.

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I take the Minister's point that if a pretrial hearing occurs, if the defence does not notify the court at that stage of evidence relating to the previous sexual conduct of a victim, witness or anyone else and the trial proceeds, that it is not appropriate for the defence to seek to introduce evidence at that point. We want to see that happening at the pretrial stage. We say that if it does...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(9) In respect of relevant offences to which this Act applies, where an application under section 3 of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 is made during a trial, having not previously been requested or notified at a preliminary trial hearing, the trial court must be satisfied granting any...

Statement by An Taoiseach (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I wish the Minister for Justice all the best for the coming months and every success in the future. I know that the work around this is urgent and it is not only because of the circumstances that have come up for the Minister. Throughout political life we see so many structures have been in place from a time when the world was dominated even more by males than is the case now. That must...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: The issue I want to raise is in regard to home help services in the north west. Many elderly people receive that service and benefit from it. However, during the Covid period, as we know, people looking for respite in a nursing home cannot get it as they normally would and are applying for community respite. I have one constituent - there are many people in the same situation - who has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: This is an issue that needs to be dealt with as quickly as possible.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: This is something that goes to the heart of what people have been suffering for the past ten or 15 years. The Taoiseach is well aware of that. We bailed out the banks and got into such financial crisis in this country because of the very type of shenanigans that appear to have been going on in Davy. As well as the investigation that is being carried out by the Central Bank, will there be a...