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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Deputy Kerrane for raising this very important matter. I also convey the apologies of the Minister for Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee. As the Deputy will be aware, by law, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of Garda members and resources between the divisions and stations. The Commissioner is also responsible for operational policing, including policing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Of course, the Department of Justice recognises that preventing crime in rural areas does not just mean putting gardaí on the beat but there lies part of the problem because we do not have gardaí on the beat. If that is part of the solution, and only part, we do not have them. That is the problem. We do not see our gardaí. In...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2024)

Thomas Byrne: We have the rural safety plan up to 2024. There is a lot to go on and there is more to go on. We have achieved a lot and we need to achieve a lot more. I know Ballaghaderreen well. My wife is from Sligo but Ballaghaderreen is her local town, so I know it only too well. The Deputy may be interested to know that this week a focused Garda operation took place targeting on organised...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Educational Disadvantage (7 Nov 2024)

Educational Disadvantage

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Educational Disadvantage (7 Nov 2024)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas for their assistance and support in recent years. I hope all the Deputies present will be back. I am delighted the Minister of State at the Departments of Education and tourism and sport, Deputy Thomas Byrne, is with us. As this is the first opportunity I have had, I express my sincere thanks to him for the...

Credit Review Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as a chuid oibre. Cibé bealach a siúlann sé anois, go n-éirí leis. Níl aon duine eile anseo. Bogfaidh muid ar ais go dtí an tAire Stáit.

Credit Review Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: I wish to start off by thanking all Deputies who contributed to this debate. I particularly thank my dear friend, Deputy Griffin, for his contribution not only this afternoon but over the last decade and a half for the people of Kerry at a local and national level. To say he has done the State some service is an understatement. I wish him, Róisín and the boys all the best. I am...

Credit Review Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Credit Review Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (7 Nov 2024)

Credit Review Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (7 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Credit Review Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (7 Nov 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (7 Nov 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2024)

An Garda Síochána

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for being here to take this Topical Issue matter this evening. This is my second time in about a month to secure a debate with regard to Garda numbers in Roscommon and Galway. The falling number of gardaí is an issue I have raised consistently in this House, especially since January when we have had a spate of burglaries. They have been happening more or...

Credit Review Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Mar an uair dheireanach ag déileáil leis an reachtaíocht sa Teach seo sa 33ú Dáil, guím gach rath uirthi sa toghchán. Ó thaobh an Bhille seo, mar a dúirt an tAire Stáit, is Bille teicniúil é seo. Is Bille a chuireann an oifig atá ansin ar bhunús dlíthiúil...

Credit Review Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I also welcome this Bill. It is important that such mechanisms are in place to support businesses throughout the country. I commend the work of the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, and his colleagues in the Department on the many pro-enterprise measures they are implementing and the supports they are providing. It is a very difficult time for businesses at the moment, with the cost...

Credit Review Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Credit Review Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Credit Review is a body under the aegis of the Department of Finance. It was established by the Minister for Finance in 2010 under section 210 of the NAMA Act 2009, with the objective of facilitating access to bank credit for viable businesses. In the years since its establishment, Credit Review has proved an invaluable source of support...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Micheál Martin: I first thank the Deputy for his service to the country. I remember well when I became Minister for education, he was my Opposition spokesperson in education and he had an extraordinary grasp of the detail of the brief at the time, as reflected in the many parliamentary questions, both written and oral. At that time, parliamentary questions-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Richard Bruton: I would not have matched Bernard Durkan.