Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Where I live in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, I often get telephone calls from people wanting to know who the peace commissioner in the area is but there is no peace commissioner currently. I contacted the Department of Justice and Equality and thanked it for sending me a list of 147 peace commissioners in County Kilkenny but when I went through the list, I was a bit shocked to see that my father, who is dead 15 years this year, was still on it. A neighbour up the road, who I will not name and who is dead 12 years, was still on the list. Another man from Bennettsbridge who is also dead 12 years was still on the list.

It is the Garda's responsibility to keep this list up to date. Of 147 on the County Kilkenny list, more than 30 are dead. It is time the Department of Justice and Equality instructed the local gardaí to bring this list up to date because people need peace commissioners at different times and I could not name a peace commissioner in my area, although there are some in Kilkenny city. It is disrespectful to families to see that people's names are still on the list even though they are dead a long time. Will the acting Leader contact the Department of Justice and Equality and ask it to get the gardaí to up date this list? I presume the same applies to the list in every county.