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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I really appreciate that. I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to the family of John O'Mahony. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Gerardine, and their five daughters, as well as the wider family and friends, including his wider family in the GAA and the Fine Gael Party. I offer my condolences to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and all his colleagues. I served with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The summer economic statement demonstrates the Government’s ongoing commitment to provide for high-quality public services and better societal outcomes in a manner that is consistent with the safe management of our public finances. It is another key milestone in our budgetary timetable, setting out our strategy for the year ahead and providing an outline of the resources that are...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

James Browne: I thank all Deputies for their contributions this evening. Like them, I express my deepest sympathies to the O'Farrell family on the loss of Shane. As the Minister has already said, the Government will not be opposing this motion. To assist the Government in considering the Haughton report, the Minister is going to write to the Joint Committee on Justice to ask it to look at its...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Deputy Carthy. I welcome the O'Farrell family here. I wish it were under other circumstances. It is almost 13 years since Shane O'Farrell's family was given the worst news any family could face - that Shane was not coming home. He had been the victim of a hit-and-run, struck down while cycling home by a car driven by Zigimantas Gridziuska, who immediately left the scene of the...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: I welcome Lucia and the O'Farrell family. This is not the first time they have been here. They have been here on many, many occasions. While I was a spokesperson on justice, I dealt with them on many occasions. I did so as well with other families and other situations that have a similar thread running through them. This thread is that in this State when something inappropriate happens,...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: I thank all those Members who have contributed to the debate. I am deeply sorry that you were made to fight for so long that they went to their graves never knowing the truth. Today we say formally and without any equivocation, we are sorry. We failed you when you needed us the most. From the very beginning, we should have stood with you, but instead we forced you to stand against us. ...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I again express my condolences and support to the O'Farrell family in their fight for the State to recognise and properly address the significance of the case. It is extremely cruel that the O'Farrell family has been forced to continue this fight to get the answers they need. I cannot imagine the scale of grief they have suffered over the past 13 years. It is unacceptable that they have...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: For more than eight years, the constituent whose name was best known in both my offices, in Brussels and in Sligo, was Lucia O'Farrell. I will be honest. At times I wondered how Lucia O'Farrell could keep going, but every time she contacted me I knew why. What astonished me was that each time she contacted my office the list of errors, mistakes, omissions, misjudgments, gaps in...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank Deputy Carthy for this important motion and for the opportunity to add my name. I commend the O'Farrell family for their steadfast determination, their tenacity and their outright dignity. They are an inspiration to us all and I have no doubt that they will keep going completely undeterred and unwavering until they get what Shane deserves, which is to rest in full peace with his...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: Before I call Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, it is important-----

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Stop the clock so.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: -----that if people make accusations of wrongdoing or lawbreaking, they understand that the people they make them against are not here to defend themselves. Be careful what you say.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Neither is Shane O'Farrell. He cannot be here. Where is his voice?

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words in support of Sinn Féin's motion. We thank Sinn Féin for highlighting this issue again this evening, as it has been numerous times. I sympathise and empathise with the extended O'Farrell family. We wish them well in the future. We are very sorry about what has happened. The system here has let all of them down and has let the...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: You are out of order in this case.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: You are out of order to interrupt me. I know a lot about Garda vetting. If I want to get a bus driver to drive school children, he has to be Garda vetted for that job. If Teddy McCarthy in Sneem wants him to drive his bus in the same space of time, he has to be Garda vetted again to get a job with Teddy McCarthy. If he wants to do charity work with children, he has to be Garda vetted...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: It is not relevant.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am not taking dictation from you. I represent the people of Kerry and Ireland and they are asking why people coming in here are not being vetted. You are being unfair to our people because there are accidents and all kinds of assaults and there is no accountability. They are not being checked out coming in here. That is not fair. Do not shake your head. They do not even have a...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: That is twice; this is not relevant to the debate.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is relevant because more of it is happening. I am telling you it is happening. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If our people are Garda vetted for everything, people coming in here have to be Garda vetted as well.