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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: I have a short comment in respect of that. I understand what the Minister is saying but is it the case that if the image is up there, one has to wait until the criminal offence is proven before it is removed? It could be a long period from the victim in this situation saying that he or she wants the image taken down until it is proven that a criminal offence has occurred.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: The situations that can occur are often between minors, where two 15-year-olds share an image and that image becomes public and then somebody else takes it and shares it more broadly. The victims in a case like this may not want to admit, make a complaint or do anything. Perhaps it will be on their minds and cause damage for years afterwards. A complaint may not come to the surface for...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Kenny: With regard to amendment No. 24, the image in most of these cases is that of another person, whereas I am not sure whether it fully deals with people who sends an unsolicited image of themselves to somebody else.

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: That is not the point.

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: But the Minister did not inform the Taoiseach.

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: It would be better to have a back-and-forth process, if that is possible.

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: We all know we must get some facts out, including that Séamus Woulfe was a long-time Fine Gael party activist. That has not been disputed by the Minister or anybody else. He sat around the Fine Gael Cabinet table for four years. The Minister took up her role on 27 June. She got a list of four names on 6 July, including candidates with long judicial experience. In record time, a...

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: To be clear, the Minister is saying that basically she spoke to one person in Cabinet and that was the Tánaiste in respect of this issue. If that is the case, it means that the Minister and the Tánaiste were the ones who made this decision. That is clearly what the Minister is saying. The Minister is also saying, which is vital to this issue, that she did not inform the...

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: Who else did the Minister speak to?

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputy Carthy. The facts of the matter before us are as follows. On 27 June, the Minister for Justice took office. Waiting on her desk when she arrived in the Department were four applications for the job of Supreme Court judge, a massive job carrying a salary, in excess of €220,000, paid for by taxpayers. The Minister had four applications - not one, as she...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (26 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his counterpart in the UK Government in relation to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if he will provide an update on the independent police team's analytic report into the Glenanne series of cases that was announced by the PSNI on 30 November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32085/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the issue of the catheterization laboratory in Sligo University Hospital. At the moment there is a temporary cath lab that is available a couple of times per week. This is an ongoing issue and there has been a campaign to put in place the service for many years. People who live in the north west and who need the service are being deprived of it. There...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: No. He was recommended as being suitable for consideration by JAAB, not for the job.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: That is not the point, and the Taoiseach knows that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: It is a vetting process.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: Not on an issue like this one.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: Three others were also.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: The Taoiseach knows the reason.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: It is not agreed. The reality of the situation is that, under the stewardship of the Taoiseach, a number of Ministers have come into this Chamber in similar circumstances, and questions have been taken, they have made a statement and everyone in the Chamber has had the opportunity to cross-examine them on various issues. All we want is exactly the same for the Minister for Justice. The...