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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: You were talking about how St. Pat’s were going to get relegated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We will have a second round of three minutes each if that is okay and if people are interested.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: So it is not, even if it is a lie.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: What if there is a lie on a poster or on a leaflet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Yes. There is a big difference between-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There would be a high threshold to reach to make a connection between those two things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am conscious of the time. Deputy Daly has just walked in so there is an opportunity for him to have a three-minute over and back if he wants to take it up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I propose we publish the opening statements on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed. On behalf of the committee, I thank the members of An Garda Síochána for taking part in our meeting today on this extremely important matter. I thank them for their evidence and their attendance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Does anybody wish to raise any other business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (5 Mar 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We might go into private session to discuss that.

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----and cracking down and have stated we are going to see an awful lot more deportations. What have we dealt with over recent years? As has been said, in 2018, the Caiseal Mara Hotel, Moville, County Donegal, where 100 asylum seekers were proposed to be accommodated, was burned out. The Shannon Key West Hotel on the Roscommon-Leitrim border was set on fire and a second fire was lit a...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Let us return to what this topic is actually about. In a debate like this, when we discuss the road blockers, protesters and people who feel they get on buses to check passports, we are actually talking about domestic terrorism when we talk about people setting stuff on fire. While it is open season for people from the Government and, indeed, from the Opposition to start talking about the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of mandatory 51-week leases by private student accommodation providers; the actions he intends to take on these leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9077/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on his Department's work on the borrowing framework for technological universities; the proposed timeline for when such a framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9079/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the Departmental subgroup on education in prisons that was proposed to be established; if it has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8220/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the status of PhD researchers, that is, their classification as either students or employees, will be published. [9078/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the increases to the PhD stipend that he announced as part of budget 2024 will be operational; and when PhD researchers will see this change take place. [9080/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a scheme for healthcare professionals suffering from ongoing complications from Covid-19 contracted in the course of their work during the pandemic to replace the special leave with pay scheme that is due to end on 31 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9134/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Service (22 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are figures on prison capacity and overcrowding over the past 12 months. [8221/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Service (22 Feb 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to get a sense of the state of prison figures, prison capacity and overcrowding currently evident within the system.