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Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: I welcome the opportunity to address the House. As many Deputies will be aware, in three of the past four years, we have seen an increase in road-related fatalities and serious accidents. Last year, 2023, was a particularly stark year on our roads with 188 people losing their lives, the worst total in close to a decade. Tragically, this upward trend has continued well into 2024. As of...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: Before I address the issue at hand, if the Minister of State does not mind, I wish to raise an issue. While it is covered by a couple of other Departments, it may also be of concern to the Department of Justice. Significant concerns are being raised by the Law Society of Ireland in relation to enduring powers of attorney, EPA. Since the system was changed last year, it is almost...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I will stop you now because I have been told that this subject is not relevant to the legislation.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: It is not quite relevant, but the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, who is present, may be able to have a function in addressing some of the concerns. For vulnerable people, it is practically impossible to create an EPA in ordinary circumstances. The Minister of State might have a look at it.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: You may talk to the Minister of State separately about this. He is nodding in agreement.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: He has agreed that he will look at it.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Good. That is the spirit. In a new coalition maybe.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: We will have to wait and see about that. While the old system needed reform, it is obviously something that is not working well, because prior to the new Act coming in, some 1,500 EPAs were being registered per year. However, in the past year, fewer than 100 have been registered. There is therefore a serious concern, especially for people in the early stages of dementia.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. Okay.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I will move on. I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the time. The importance of international co-operation in the fight against crime can be overstated. I agree with what the Minister of State said in his opening statement about the exchange of PNR data. It has to be balanced with the protection of privacy and other fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals. We will not...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I thank the Deputy, first for raising the tangential issues of the Law Society, the concerns about power of attorney, and the issue of the Tralee courthouse. I will bring those issues to the attention of the senior Minister. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, this debate relates to two Commission proposals on Council decisions which authorise the signing and a conclusion of an...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There are two motions to be put before the House. Before calling on the Minister of State to open the debate, I remind Members that two motions are to be decided. An céad motion is on a proposal on the signing of an agreement with Canada on the transfer of passenger name data agus an dara motion is on a proposal on the conclusion of an agreement with Canada on the transfer of passenger...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I move the following motions: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I had a meeting with the Road Safety Authority this week. There are at least three aspects to road safety and probably more. There are killer behaviours, which we need to get on top of, including drink driving, drug driving and speed. There is enforcement. I agree that there is also the issue of the quality and safety of our roads....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: The groundbreaking EU pact on asylum and migration has five new directives. Three are already agreed. A set of recommendations is going straight to the justice committee without any opportunity to discuss its profound implications in this House. I canvassed twice in favour of the Lisbon treaty, which enshrines our opt-out on justice and home affairs, which was in the Treaty of Amsterdam,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I assure the House and the Deputy that we will get that time. To be clear, it is being referred to the justice committee for its scrutiny. It will then come back to this House for a full debate, which the Government wishes to be given plenty of time and a vote by every Member. It will then go to the other House for a full debate and a vote by every Member because while I am very much in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcomed the recent unannounced visit of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, to University Hospital Limerick, UHL. I had requested unannounced visits from Government so I was really happy to see that take place. At that visit, the Minister made a few points. One was the number of patients on trolleys nationally has been reduced by 17% but not in UHL. Instead, it has increased by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy. The clinical advice is not to open more emergency departments. However, there is a need and desire to make hospitals within the hospital group, including Ennis, busier with regard to the volume of work they do and the range of services they provide. I definitely believe in that. Since this Government came to office, UHL has seen its staff numbers grow by 1,183 and its...