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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Chairman and all our witnesses. It has been a very interesting conversation. Many of the issues I wished to raise have been covered but there are a couple of small points I wish to clarify regarding victim support, where it is at and how well it is provided for, particularly in courts in various parts of the country. One of the things members hear regularly is that many victims...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: On the funding for that, obviously more resources will be needed to expand nationwide to have that service available everywhere. On the suites or quiet rooms available for people to go to in courthouses, is there a video link between the courtroom and such areas so they can see proceedings going on?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Investigation (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: I am surprised and deeply annoyed that the Government would refuse a commission of investigation having seen what was put before the public in recent weeks in the documentary on RTÉ, which exposed the reality that there was no appropriate or full investigation, even at the time of Fr. Molloy's death. Many of the people who were at the party in the house on the evening in question were...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Investigation (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: I am sure the Minister of State will be aware of the documentary that was aired on RTÉ over the past number of weeks on this issue. On an evening in 1985, Fr. Molloy was found dead in a bedroom in a house in Clara, County Offaly, the home of the Flynn family. They were a wealthy family with whom Fr. Molloy had both personal and business relationships, as it subsequently turned out. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commissions of Investigation (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: They are all in the public domain.

Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: I commend Dr. Muldoon and his staff on the work they are doing. Poverty strikes at the heart of people's lives and is central to the issues we need to resolve in our country. Last Monday, I visited a family in my constituency whose situation is an example of the gaps that exist in the system. There are two small children in this family and the mother has a serious problem with her back...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister for her detailed opening remarks on this technical Bill, which will impact on a series of legislative measures, many of them dating back to well before the formation of the State, particularly in respect of Garda districts, which will now become part of Garda divisions. All of this is coming from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland's recommendations on...

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: We will be supporting this opt-in. We understand where it is coming from and the necessity around all of that. It is one of the more unforeseen impacts of Brexit. Last week, we had the Bill on mutual recognition of sentences, which is further Brexit-related legislation. Many of these legislative reforms on which we now have to embark are due to what happened with Brexit and it shines a...

Adoption (Information) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: We support this Bill. This issue has been very difficult for very many people across the length and breadth of the country for a number of years now. We have seen all the documentaries and all the reports. We have seen the uncovering of the terrible, cruel, tough place Ireland was in the past. It does us no harm to have a good hard look at it and to recognise that is part of where we came...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate that the Minister of State understands the plight of the staff and patients in SUH. The management have made promises and are working with unions and the nursing staff to try to resolve this issue, but so far it has delivered very little. The email referred to was written at the end of July. I received another one yesterday. It stated: Last weekend was a weekend that none...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: I am glad the Minister of State is here this evening to take this question regarding Sligo University Hospital and the overcrowding in the emergency department there. We share the same constituents so I am sure he is as aware of these issues as I am. Over the summer I have had various contacts from both patients and staff who have expressed their concerns in regard to the overcrowding...

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: Sinn Féin will not oppose this legislation. We will support it. It is worthy and has certainly been long delayed. However, it has its flaws and there are difficulties with it. The primary one which all of us are conscious of is the fact that the nearest jurisdiction to us is outside the remit of this legislation because it is now outside the European Union. That will be a difficulty...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is improving rural transport services under the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a concessionary school bus ticket will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: 976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which parents can apply for the school transport grant that was announced in August 2020; the way the grant scheme is operated; the approval process; if there is an appeal process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: 977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school transport grant scheme that was announced in August 2020; the number of applications that were received, approved and disallowed by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: 1336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving members of An Garda Síochána who have a barring order against them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: 1385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed legislation on the restriction of licensing of centre fire semi-automatic rifles will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: 1388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to allow existing licence holders retain their licence for centre fired semi-automatic rifles under the proposed new legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (27 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: 1386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of organisations and stakeholders that are on the firearms consultative panel; the number of times the panel has met in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40354/21]