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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the redevelopment of the Family Law and Children’s Court complex on Hammond Lane, Dublin 7; the estimated cost of delivery; when it will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22992/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Services (10 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the staged deployment of a new national computer-aided dispatch system to capture emergency calls and dispatch of resources to the incident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22990/20]

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I am glad to speak on this issue because across the country, thousands of people are doing their best to try to protect society and everybody around them. In general, people have bought into this because of the danger they have seen and the number of people in hospital and who have unfortunately lost their lives because of this Covid-19 virus. At the same time, however, they hear all these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report into the tenant purchase scheme will be published; if the issues relating to income from social welfare and persons over the age of 70 being allowed to purchase a local authority house will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22800/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: My thanks to both of our witnesses. My name is Martin Kenny. I thank both Mr. Buquicchio and Lord Sumption for their time this morning in assisting us in all of this. I read the submissions the witnesses made before the meeting and I have listened to them speak. One of the things that comes up clearly is the issue of emergency legislation that has come in relating to the pandemic which...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I concur with that. The issue of post-legislative scrutiny must be explored somewhat more. In recent weeks, we have seen that when legislation is introduced, regulations can arise from that which are the responsibility of the Minister. Sometimes these regulations bring in measures unforeseen in the debate on the legislation. It would be useful if we had a mechanism for scrutinising...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: It is something that should be progressed, if possible.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the three contributors for their opening statements, which were most informative. I will first focus on the matters raised by Dr. David Kenny on the scrutiny or otherwise of legislation, where that has brought us and the difficulties arising from all of it. I believe the witness mentioned Australia, where regulations are published 48 hours before coming into effect, meaning there is...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. The point that Ms McNally made about justice being seen to be done is vitally important. There are clear problems that remote hearings throw up for people. Traditionally people want to have their day in court and if they are not actually allowed to be in court, they do not feel that this has happened. They also do not understand why it is not...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: Most publicans would be lucky to have that many customers.

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: Three or four weeks ago, I attended a meeting at the Bush Hotel with a group of vintners. There was a large turnout, with 25 or 30 publicans from all over Sligo and Leitrim in attendance as well as three out of the four Deputies, including me, who represent the Sligo-Leitrim constituency. The main message I got that day was that publicans want to get back behind the counter and to reopen...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: On that point, it seems that since we came to the Convention Centre, we do not get copies of ministerial speeches. It would be appropriate if a note was sent from the Office of the Ceann Comhairle or the Leas Ceann Comhairle to all Ministers suggesting that this should happen. As the Minister noted, the issue at stake is the very small minority of premises that have acted outside the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I was going to make the same point. I understand these regulations are to be published. We need a commitment from the Minister that this will happen immediately. We are dealing with legislation that may be quite appropriate for most cases but there is a difficulty where the actual offences are not clearly stated. Everybody would have a difficulty in this regard and common sense should...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: I will not delay. There is a major contradiction in this Bill. Everything we are doing is supposed to be about the pandemic, yet the Minister is introducing measures which have nothing whatsoever to do with the pandemic, and she said as much in her speech. It is worth pointing out what the Bill will do. Sections 12 and 13 will allow assignees to loans, commonly known as vulture funds, to...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: I will put my amendment now. A second amendment deals with that entire section, including chapter 3-----

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: It is the second part of the amendment, which proposes to delete a section. Every speaker has called for that. We can come back next September and deal with this issue properly. I do not understand why, if the Minister is so confident that this will do no harm, she is afraid of proper scrutiny of the measure.

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 2, after “provisions” to insert the following: “and continue in operation until the 9th day of November 2020, unless a resolution approving of its continuation has been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas”. This amendment concerns a time limit on this legislation. As was acknowledged by the Minister, all the other...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: I understand. My colleague is taking four minutes.

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: There is a David and Goliath struggle between bankers and ordinary lenders. We need to make sure that we as legislators are very much on the side of ordinary lenders and stand up for them. This Bill is an opportunity to do that, and I implore for the Minister to withdraw this proposal.

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Martin Kenny: Sinn Féin will be proposing two amendments to the Bill. There was a sense of agreement around all of these measures about Covid-19, making life easier for people who work in our courts system and prison service and mitigating against the difficulties that exist. In that context, we all agreed there would be a suspension of the normal process we go through when passing legislation such...