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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when premises in the intervention areas will receive high speed fibre broadband; if there is a timetable for the roll-out in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (10 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the backlog which exists in the Coroner’s Courts around the country due to Covid-19 and the way this is impacting on bereaved families who are awaiting death certificates and the consequences of such delays for probate and other matters; and the steps she will take to address the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I was delighted to hear the Tánaiste's reply a few moments ago on the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night. We all believed GDPR would protect people's identity and data, yet we find it is now being used to deny them their data. It is about time that we did something about this. I have been in contact with constituents who have been told they were adopted, but nothing else....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff including agency staff, front-line staff who are in contact with patients and back office administration staff that are awaiting Covid-19 vaccine; the number of those who have received the vaccine in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of persons in CHO 1 who have been awarded homecare hours but are still waiting to receive the allotted hours due to a shortage in homecare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12223/21]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, lines 29 and 30, to delete ", where" in line 29 down to and including line 30 and substitute "direct that he or she shall be arraigned at the commencement of such a hearing, provided the trial court is satisfied to do so is in the interests of justice.". The O'Malley review recognises that certain crimes can render victims and witnesses vulnerable. In...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: The wording in subsection (6) "where it considers it appropriate" is very loose. The experience in the other jurisdiction where wording in legislation has been loose is that it has been open to abuse or certainly what victims of crime in some cases have considered to be abuse. We tabled this small amendment to tighten the language. The Minister said it is setting the bar a little higher...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 4: 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...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I will withdraw the amendment while retaining the right to look at this again on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: On the issue of the review, this is going to set up a court procedure and that will take time. The reality is that within a year, there will be very little to examine or on which to carry out a study. It will take a little time to see what the outworking of this legislation is. It will probably take two or perhaps three years before we will be able to have a review which would have any...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: The general objective of this Bill is to try to ensure that when juries are called for court hearings they are not sitting in a room for two days while there is discussion on what is admissible and inadmissible and legal argument over various matters. That will all be dealt with in the preliminary hearing. The issues we focus on, and this has been raised today and in other forums, are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the leaving certificate; if clarification will be provided for parents, students and teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9076/21]

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: The difficulties many farmers face at the moment have been well spelled out here. The price they receive for their produce is one of the primary issues that needs to be addressed. While I understand the Minister, and previous Ministers, have made the point that it is not the Minister's job to set prices or interfere in that, it is the Minister's job to ensure farmers receive a fair crack at...

Rural Equality Bill 2021: First Stage (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: I wish to support and add my voice to the Bill. Sinn Féin tabled a similar Bill in the previous Dáil but it was voted down by the two main parties - Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. As my colleague, Deputy Kerrane, stated, this is an opportunity to recognise that rural Ireland is developing and changing. That is not happening because of Government policy. Rather, it is happening...

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: I commend Deputy Pearse Doherty on his work on this Bill and his tireless work in holding the insurance industry to account. It is in stark contrast to what this Government and previous Governments have done with the insurance rip-off that we have experienced across the length and breadth of the country. Young drivers have been punished over recent years and it is an ongoing problem. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Sligo County Council has ignored the request by professionals who are providing medical evidence for persons (details supplied) in order that they can be added to the priority housing list in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6997/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (4 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: 181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason her Department reduced the eligible cost per month for the text alert rebate scheme from €350 per annum (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons issued fines or fixed notice penalties for non-essential travel, organising or attending a house party, travelling to or from a party or to a neighbours house, traveling outside the 5km limit for exercise, travelling to and from the airport to take a holiday abroad and taking a non-essential journey to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: 187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons issued a fine or fixed penalty notice for non-wearing of face masks for January 2021, by Garda division and week in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Kenny: 852. To ask the Minister for Health when x-ray services will be reinstated in Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/21]