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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I sometimes feel the Department is depending on the fact that schools do not want to speak in their own communities about the crisis they face. It does not give a good look to a school to be speaking about the fact it cannot fill its staff with teachers. I wonder whether the Department is almost depending on this. This doubly disadvantages disadvantaged schools. It disproportionately...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I support what has been said. We would very much appreciate a visit by Minister. The problem is that nobody is taking responsibility for the issue. People's capacity to have faith in the public transport system is being completely undermined by the situation regarding access. It feels unsafe, the lifts do not work, etc. This is a major issue in that part of the world. If the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on preparation for a citizens' assembly on education, as provided for in the programme for Government. [52249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review circular M02/95 to emphasise the duty of care a school has to accommodate their own pupils where there is a demonstrated justification for a child to repeat a year for educational, health, mental health or developmental reasons. [52901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of additional school accommodation for a school (details supplied) is expected to be completed in time for the current school year or for the year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53117/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to express our solidarity with the members of An Garda Síochána who were caught in the crossfire on Thursday night. I wish them well and thank them for trying to police an impossible situation. First, I want to address the Commissioner's statement before I move on to other issues. Is it true that a second public order unit was stood up at 6 p.m. as reported in the media?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is it not fair to suggest that the first public order unit lost control of the situation by 4.30 p.m. and then it took another hour and a half for the second public order unit to arrive on the scene?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: If people were blocking a Luas tram at 4.30 p.m., is that not losing control of the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The unit had lost control then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to look at the Garda Inspectorate report of April 2019, entitled Public Order Policing. The report contains a number of recommendations. It states: The greatest risk regarding public order for the Garda Síochána as an organisation is not from the potential for widespread public disorder, which in an Irish context would be considered relatively low, but rather arises from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The report also states: The inspectorate considers the Garda Síochána structures and responsibilities for the governance of public order are spread across too many functions. ... In the inspectorate's view, a single assistant commissioner should be responsible for leading on public order governance, policy and compliance. A chief superintendent within operational support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Okay. The last point is on monitoring use of force. The report states: The inspectorate found there is no internal governance group monitoring use of force by garda members, unlike the other public services visited during the inspection. ... The inspectorate recommends that the external oversight of garda use of force trends should be incorporated into the performance monitoring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am interested in the answer to Deputy Daly's question and specifically whether the contact happened before 6 p.m. I also want to know about the intake in 2023. How many of those taken on for training this year to become members of An Garda Síochána have left? The Commissioner gave a figure of 633 for the 2023 intake.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Like many people from Dublin, I am still slightly traumatised by the events of last week. When word came through of a stabbing incident on Parnell Square, I wanted to be with my own five-year-old daughter as quickly as I possibly could. As soon as certain so-called media outlets went out of their way to reveal the nationality of this individual, I knew there was going to be trouble. We all...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I echo the calls for a proper over-and back debate with the Minister for Justice regarding what happened last Thursday night. We agreed with calls for the House to reconvene yesterday to have a proper, full debate on what happened on Thursday, when the city was effectively on fire. We cannot have preprepared speeches read into the record of the House; we need to have a proper conversation...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Says a convicted criminal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am not a criminal though, like you; a convicted criminal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: He cannot help it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Really? Go home and collect your money.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.