Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I support Senator Kyne's comments on the Department's report carried out into the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland. I ask that the report be published as a matter of urgency and that the Minister lays it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. We could and should discuss the report in this House, and everything that is happening now regarding Inland Fisheries Ireland, where the Department is carrying out a report into one of its own boards. The report was carried out, finalised in July and it will be almost 1 October before it will be presented. It is timely that we should look for a debate on that report in this House as a matter of urgency.

I also ask the Leader to bring to the attention of the Minister for Justice the matter of security at courthouses, in particular, in Castlebar and Ballina. It has been brought to my attention that during the Covid pandemic a private security firm carried out security for those courthouses, which was greatly appreciated. I believe, however, that the Courts Service will lay off people who are security officers and are working locally. They have provided a great service, not alone to the public but to people involved in the Courts Service. It would be a retrograde step at this stage if the Courts Service was to end the security arrangements that have been put in place by private contractors who have won tenders for Castlebar, Ballina and, I presume, other courts throughout the country. It is something the Minister should revisit and have a look at. I ask the Leader to bring that message to her.