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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: Without wishing to be critical but the committee has discussed a number of issues that need to be examined. The question that families of people who have been seriously injured or, unfortunately, lost their lives in tragic accidents would ask the Road Safety Authority is why we are talking about these things now and why they have not been done before this. We need to get a grip of the sense...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...that whereas things were done in the past based on best practice and research from across the EU, we have since moved away from that. We must acknowledge that this is one of the reasons we are now having issues. We must also examine the whole issue of driver testing. The Minister of State mentioned people with learner permits not sitting their tests and continuing to drive. This needs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Licences (21 Mar 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...being used today are much larger and much more powerful and are often used to pull very heavy loads. The licensing of 16 year olds to carry out work on them is probably something that needs to be examined from a safety perspective because there have been a lot of accidents involving some of these very heavy, powerful vehicles. We must get our domestic regulations right and the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: .... It is clear there is a sector here that has not been covered by the safety regulations and that is where this proposed legislation comes from. This is welcome and it is appropriate that we are examining t that. I can see there are also little technical issues being closed off as well where there were some small mistakes or inadequacies in the legislation. Ms Harte referred to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...The first four stages take twice as long as the last three stages. In most jurisdictions it is the other way around. The people who were here yesterday made it clear they felt there needs to be an examination of some of these processes. They put forward a plan and the plan went to the Department. It came back nine, 12, 14 months later with no changes made and yet it has taken that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: Could there be a re-examination of those guidelines?

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...of incidents. As I said, we welcome anything that will reduce road deaths. The provisions in this Bill are part of the recommendations that came out of the review of speed limits. However, that review did not examine compliance with existing limits. That is the big concern we have. The reason there is such low compliance with the existing limits is that the enforcement is not in...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...feel they should have a legal representative. Often, in difficult cases such as Stardust, other sides have an army of legal representatives but families cannot afford that. Free legal aid should be examined in that respect. The legal aid scheme should be brought to bear for bereaved families who need representation in some of these cases - perhaps not all. The committee also recognised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Chairperson and Future Contributions of Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Board: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...of the recommendations, so that we can be in a situation where that fine weather can open up and these storms can be put behind us? While there may be past issues, and certainly they need to be examined and lessons learned from, we all want to get to a place where we have an organisation that functions well, has a certain cohesion to it and has its act together. We all want to get to a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...do, but the biggest problem we have got is enforcement. If we do not enhance enforcement, we cannot keep bringing in new laws and nothing there to make people abide by them. In September in the Irish ExaminerConor Faughnan, the CEO of Royal Irish Automobile Club, said that the most important thing is enforcement. That is identified internationally yet the Government continues to fail on it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...and it will need to have staff in place to apply the scheme. At the moment it does not have anyone in place to work in this particular area. That is another aspect of this issue that needs to be examined. I am also aware of the need for enhanced scrutiny of building materials throughout the country. I know we have various agencies that are supposed to be doing that work but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...In the past 12 months, an engineer, John Garrett, was appointed by Sligo County Council. He did a sample test on five houses. The normal symptom is small hairline cracks on the wall which are examined. All five houses he tested proved positive for pyrite. There are hundreds more houses in a similar situation. The only way we can get this resolved is to move forward with it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Martin Kenny: There is an opportunity to pivot away from that, and we need to examine that more and more. While concrete will always be required for some part of the building materials we use, the difficulty is that a lot of the alternatives are also oil-based or industry-based products that are coming forward and that is an issue as well. Many years ago, I worked on a number of eco-projects and we used...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...difficulty in getting planning permission for one-off rural housing. However, technology has advanced with regard to the treatment of sewage and it can overcome this but the guidelines will not allow examination of the new advances that have been made. This is something we need to look at with regard to areas in need of development that are suffering from depopulation, with schools...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Road Safety (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...have the levels of enforcement we need. This particularly applies to the road policing sections of An Garda Síochána. These have been cut in almost every county. This issue also needs to be examined. I have raised the issue of the roads themselves several times. I note in the budget that €150 million was removed from road safety and put into active travel. I know...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Road Safety (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: ..., yesterday, the number stood at 171 road fatalities so far this year. It is a tragedy that we are losing so many people on our roads. In that context, while efforts are being made, we need to re-examine everything we are doing.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...else, in that a lot of the stops are basically at the side of the road or at a crossroads somewhere and there is no bus shelter or nowhere for people to stand. That is something that needs to be examined. I would like to get an assurance that with the additional money the Minister intends to spend on rural transport, one of the things he will be looking at is putting bus shelters and...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: ..., depression and anxiety. There needs to be a greater level of flexibility to recognise that they do need a payment, assistance and help. The rule relating to an illness lasting a year must be re-examined and looked at again. I am aware of a similar case where a young woman who worked abroad for many years came back to Ireland. The reason she came back is she had an addiction problem....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank our guests for their work and input. The question asked is quite valid: what do we do here? Basically, our job is to go through and examine the report produced by the citizens' assembly. We take in witnesses from various sectors of society and various players from the farming community, business and everywhere else, get their views on it and then ascertain from that what we can...