Results 41-60 of 109 for long speaker:Pa Daly

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Pa Daly: ...was completely ignored and all of the services were sent to Tralee and in the overall budget buttons were saved. However, all the extra Castleisland cases put into Tralee are adding to the already long list in that court. It might seem like a great cost-saving measure in closing one court, but the overall benefit is not good. We do not want judges with very long lists. The stress of...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Pa Daly: ...was told that she had to leave by her landlord. She had no options and is terrified that she will end up homeless. Once that happens, it is difficult to see a path back to stable housing for her so long as current Government policies continue. A woman in her 80s was in touch with my office. She was given notice a while back now but with the increased competition for housing and rent...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: ...board, which is, in itself, responsible for the interests of An Garda Síochána rather than to the authority. Again, Committee Stage amendments may clear some of this up. The reform of GSOC, through the creation of the IOPO is a major part of the commission's report, our submission and this Bill. The organisation has long been crippled by an overly complex complaints procedure,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vacant Properties (22 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: ...but that is about the height of it. There is another problem in that the council does not employ any painters. There may be a problem getting painters, but it is not acceptable to have such a long delay. It may very well be the case that the figures are as low as possible, as the Minister of State outlined, but I do not think that is the case. The turnaround time seems to be at...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vacant Properties (22 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: ...houses. This is a most pressing need but ten of the houses to which I refer are currently vacant. Kerry County Council states that none of those houses or apartments have been vacant for longer than ten months but that is not the case. I can provide details in that regard. I have looked into it and the same thing can be seen throughout the county. I am aware of a house in Killarney...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: .... The White Paper foresaw two phases in terms of accommodation: the first being State-owned reception centres, where applicants could spend their first six months; and the second involving more medium- to long-term accommodation. We have seen little or no progress on the reception centres which were supposed to be specially built to suit refugees' needs and located in appropriate places...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: If someone today wanted a trial date in the Circuit Criminal Court in Dublin, he or she would get one in 2025. The waiting period in Dundalk is also bad. In Kerry, someone would be waiting for longer than two years to get a trial date. Of course, that might differ in circumstances where a child is involved, for example. Someone would be waiting 15 to 18 months in the Central Criminal...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Pa Daly: ...scrutiny, when we discussed the Bill last year, I raised concerns then about the wide discretion of the Bill for the use of such devices. The general scheme allowed for the use of the devices so long as it was "necessary and proportionate" for the securing of public safety and the carrying out of the Garda duties. The revised Bill improves on this somewhat, as it has more specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pa Daly: ...as gardaí on patrol and ambulance services, I have to say that given the difficulties that I find in Kerry with ambulance services, while any additional assistance would be welcome it is a real long shot. We had constant complaints that there are not enough gardaí on the beat, particularly on a Saturday night in some of the bigger towns in Kerry, especially during the tourist...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Pa Daly: It has been more than 50 years since five citizens were tried for their involvement in an attempted arms importation, although they were acquitted. The arms crisis had a long-lasting impact, particularly on Captain James Kelly, whom the Taoiseach spoke to before he died and whose family members I have been speaking to. Prior reviews have failed to include key source documentation,...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Pa Daly: ...stakeholders and so on. We would also be better able to field queries from constituents, as outlined by Deputy Gould, when legislation is announced. I appreciate that there is usually not a long delay but if the Government is to generate publicity off the back of a Bill, the actual wording being available is a reasonable expectation. An overhaul of the regulation of gambling in this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (17 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...I know that some of these centres were temporary rather than permanent but some temporary centres have been in operation for four years. It is clear that many people will be in these centres for a long time. I was glad to hear the other day that people who are living in tents in the Tralee area will be moved. I am not sure whether they have been moved yet. There are different...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: I commend Deputy Brady on proposing the motion. He has a long history of advocacy on this issue. Credit must also go to the National Retained Firefighters Association of Ireland. We debate health and emergency measures in the House regularly and the issues that occur in other areas are unfortunately relevant here too. Fire services are understaffed to dangerous levels and experienced...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: ...and inadequate healthcare. These failures affect working people no matter whether they are born here or are fleeing Russian aggression in Ukraine or discrimination and war in other parts of the world. We have a long and proud record of opposing divisions in this Republic. We want to build an island free of divisions of any type and we stand for all workers and families no matter what...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Pa Daly: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion. We in Sinn Féin will support it. The various issues which accompany long Covid have yet to be properly researched and identified. There is no doubt but that many have caught the disease, many of whom I know, and continue to suffer. Some 90%, I think, who have it continue to suffer. Their lives are on hold and many of...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: .... Those horrific practices have been part of the recent past too. We remember that the organs of dead babies were sold off to pharmaceutical companies without the consent of the parents not too long ago. According to the Tusla report in 2020, there were 69,000 referrals to child protection and welfare services that year. There were 5,882 children in care at that time with 90% in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...Commission for Values and Transparency. We are joined by a member of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, Deputy Ó Murchú, who is very welcome. All participants are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name in such a way as to make them identifiable or otherwise engage in...

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Pa Daly: ...in Deansgate in Manchester are €1,100. That is the level the rents in a rural town in the west of Ireland have reached. There is little or no ability for first-time buyers to get on the ladder and a long social housing waiting list of up to 14 years. Many people are falling foul of the social housing limits to which there has been no change. In the case of one Kerry family that...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Pa Daly: ...to three years behind schedule, which means children with orthodontic needs are delayed getting on the waiting lists. The dental clinics in Kerry have treatment waiting lists that are five years long and orthodontists are coming into the county to provide treatment. The physical and emotional harm being inflicted on young people as they wait while their teeth get worse during puberty is...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: ...Fund. I want to address a few issues in regard to the White Paper on ending direct provision, which was introduced in February 2021. At the time of its publication, the White Paper was long overdue and there was much anticipation and expectation that there would finally be meaningful reform of a broken system. It is disappointing, 18 months later, that little or no reform has been...