Results 81-100 of 109 for long speaker:Pa Daly

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - 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) (8 Feb 2022)

Pa Daly: That is fine as long as the Minister is happy with the delivery of service by the PPPs. Does she think it is good value for money to spend €38 million per year? My understanding is that the Criminal Courts of Justice cost €27 million per year for 25 years when it was constructed in the late noughties, which is a total amount of nearly half a billion euro. I do not think that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: ...of town it should opt for, but there will be no additional benefit to the town centre arising out of the grant of the Kerry Group to the townspeople of Tralee for the old urban district council. That shows how long ago that was donated. With the capital carryover, there is a historic opportunity to do something, not thinking for the next ten or 20 years but for the next 70 or 80 years,...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...patients into hospital. It is common to hear of five-hour waits and sometimes eight-hour waits. Staff shortages and a lack of beds mean highly vulnerable patients and paramedics are waiting too long to be seen. It is not good enough. The Minister needs to take action. I urge him to do something before it is too late and someone loses his or her life.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: ...with that. On one hand, the challenges posed by the crimes of trafficking persons very much require collaboration. On the other hand we must mark out our own policy, informed by the humanitarian reasons why so many people are falling into the hands of traffickers. As long as there continues to be war and bloodshed around the world, especially with climate change, people will seek to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Pa Daly: ...going on for years without any obligation to inform Garda employees. It is kind of similar to some of the debate that has come from the mid-west area recently in that investigations are going along for a long time. Given some of the recent controversy, does Commissioner Harris think there has been a difference in the culture and in discretion between the North and the South?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Pa Daly: ...speech and language therapy, cognitive tests, occupational therapy, autism spectrum disorder assessments, psychologists and paediatricians and avoid three-year waiting lists. A three-year wait is too long for a family and for their suffering child. Will the Tánaiste intervene?

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

Pa Daly: ...everyone who comes into contact with police is guilty of any offence. These databases should be strictly supervised. We can all agree that the Garda PULSE system was not strictly supervised for a long time. It should have had regular audits and been accessed only in accordance with the law. We also need to remain conscious of developments within other EU member states as the law is...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Pa Daly: ...has anybody looked at the evidence of transmission in outdoor sports? Has anyone analysed the data or are there any data to say that two players who marked two other players on a pitch which is 150 yd long could possibly be a close contact? It cannot be the case. I am worried that this completely risk-averse type of call could make prisoners of us all. The Government will have to make...

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Pa Daly: ...at the mercy of fluctuation in prices. Intervention in markets is necessary to ensure they function properly. Farmers in County Kerry and elsewhere have been subject to unfair conditions for far too long. The beef regulator must be empowered to make the rules and penalties and enforce them. It must be able to carry out audits in meat factories and retailers. However, the evidence...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Pa Daly: ...the reception centre phase, there is a move towards own-door accommodation. Forcing residents to share cramped accommodation created a serious public health hazard and an unconscionable situation in Cahersiveen last year. Sinn Féin has long called for a system where approved housing bodies build and maintain accommodation. Sinn Féin supports dignity for all in our housing...

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Pa Daly: ...average class are now seen by or referred to CAMHS, we must have confidence that young people are getting the best medical mental health care possible. Serious questions will arise regarding oversight and how long this was known to the HSE. While we must wait for the review, we must consider did the lack of the services mentioned by the people that I spoke to in the last week such as the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - 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) (30 Mar 2021)

Pa Daly: ...many new opportunities. Many court hearings will be quicker and easier, with fewer prisoners and more video links and staggered times. We have been calling for staggered hearings in Kerry for a long time to prevent the congregation of defendants and in order that prisoners would not all have to be put into prison vans at 6.30 a.m. or 7 a.m. to be taken together to the courthouse. There...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Pa Daly: ...to have been a slight amendment. Pretrial hearings are, in general, a good idea because they will make sense in sorting out a lot of issues so juries will not be hanging around, especially in long cases. There is a reference in the legislation to arraigning the accused person if it is felt to be appropriate. We feel that should be tightened up a little. An issue could arise over the...

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Pa Daly: ...on subsidies. The goal of the EWSS is supposed to be exactly that and the spirit of the scheme needs to take precedence in this type of situation. This will continue to be an issue as we face two long years of disruption and no business will have been left untouched by the pandemic. There have been a number of issues with the EWSS and its predecessor. We must ensure it is fit for...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Pa Daly: ...allow for extraterritoriality in the prosecution of offences, including situations in which an offence takes place abroad and the proceeds of that offence are laundered in this State. Our laws, having long been criticised by the OECD, have become far more robust since the passing of the 2018 Act. This is particularly important because of the amount of foreign direct investment into this...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Pa Daly: ...cases are managed by GSOC, many investigators, former male and female officers with An Garda Síochána and police services abroad, will naturally see things from the perspective of a police officer. Many investigators are trained in Templemore, alongside the gardaí they will be investigating. I note from some media reports that a new office of the ombudsman for police...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pa Daly: ...November 2020, if he will reconsider the position on mortgage lenders relating to customers that are on the employment wage subsidy scheme and who are being denied mortgages even though they are in long-term employment and their jobs are not considered to be in jeopardy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36678/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2020)

Pa Daly: ...investment that has been put into the new hold baggage X-ray system. Hopefully it will allow journeys through Kerry Airport to be better journeys. I also congratulate him on keeping the employees there for so long, that nobody was laid off up to recently and that 57 direct jobs and hundreds of others in the community have been supported. I have a number of questions. In the annual...