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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...

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I would like to make the case, like Deputy Bacik earlier, for the thalidomide survivors once again. More than a year ago, members of my parliamentary party met Sandra Sweeney who was making the case that a public apology was deserved for survivors. Unfortunately, as Deputy Bacik referred to, Elizabeth Sweeney passed away in the past few days. Approximately five mothers remain from that...

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

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

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

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy. I will reflect on what he said. I am very much aware of the thalidomide group of survivors and of the issues they have raised. I am aware of the work that has been going on, in fairness to the Deputy's party leader and my colleague, the Tánaiste, since he became Taoiseach. I will reflect on what the Deputy said and I intend to have engagement with the group shortly.

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

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 1.16 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 2.16 p.m. Sitting suspended at 1.16 p.m. and resumed at 2.16 p.m.

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

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Moynihan. The Tánaiste, the Minister for Transport and I discussed road maintenance this week because we are very conscious that it is a very genuine issue in many communities. We are also very conscious that conditions have worsened due to the weather in the past. The three of us remain committed to seeing whether we can do more in this space in the weeks ahead. We...

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

Bernard Durkan: I raise again the issue of the use of parental alienation in family law in this country. It continues apace and results in the exclusion of children and parents from the family home with the clear objective of winning the case by using a legal formula that is not the creation of this House but that of case law. In many cases, parents, mostly mothers, are prevented from seeing or speaking to...

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

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this issue. I acknowledge that he has been raising and championing it for a very significant period and at every opportunity. As a result of his advocacy and engagement, the Minister for Justice has been working with her officials on a significant project in this area. As the Deputy has alluded to, important developments are due in this space shortly. I...

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

Claire Kerrane: The Taoiseach will be well aware of the disaster area in my constituency, Lough Funshinagh. The situation is worsening hour by hour and water is continuing to rise. As I stand here today, a fifth home looks like it will need to be evacuated. Water is now flowing towards Curraghboy village. An overflow pipe – a temporary and emergency measure – is 60% installed. I met the...

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

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Kerrane for raising this issue and I acknowledge her work on it. I am pleased that the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donnell, was able to visit and meet the Deputy in the past couple of days. I was not at Lough Funshinagh but did meet some local residents informally and intend to visit the area and meet the Deputy and her colleagues there. As she said, the Minister of...