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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...

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...