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

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The scoping inquiry, as I said at the time, was far too limited because it treated each thing as an individual failure rather than a litany of failures, a collective set of failures that all pointed in a particular direction. I hope that the logical conclusion is not actually the case but it is very hard to escape it. The Minister said that Judge Haughton was at liberty to come up with...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank my colleague Deputy Carthy for tabling this motion. When I entered the Seanad, it was my colleague Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn who first told me this absolutely unbelievable story. It is as unbelievable today as it was then. I am absolutely astonished that the best the Minister can provide is that she will write to the justice committee to allow it time. Time? How much...

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

Pauline Tully: I pay tribute to the O'Farrell family for their determination in their quest for truth and justice for Shane. They deserve the truth. They deserve to know how and why Zigimantas Gridziuska was out on bail at the time he killed Shane on 2 August 2011. He had 34 previous convictions across three jurisdictions. He had been on continuous bail since August 2008, even though there were multiple...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Many years ago when I served as the Sinn Féin spokesperson on justice, I first met with Lucia and Jim. Lucia took a framed photograph of her beloved son to the meeting and it has never left me how devastated this hard-working, ordinary, decent Irish family was by what had happened. As Deputy Carthy said, it is not the courts, An Garda Síochána, GSOC or any of the institutions...

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

Helen McEntee: The tragic death of Shane O'Farrell aged just 23 years is a terrible loss and tragedy for the O'Farrell family, his friends, the wider community and everyone who had the privilege to know and love him. I acknowledge the O'Farrell family is here this evening not to hear our sympathies but I am deeply conscious such an unimaginable tragedy brings with it a dreadful and enduring grief to all...

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

Matt Carthy: Is there a copy of the script?

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

Helen McEntee: There is not. For Private Members' business, there is never a copy. Many colleagues were here last October when time was provided for Members of both Houses to discuss the final report of the scoping inquiry, which deals comprehensively with all the matters raised. The motion asks the House to establish an independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic and...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: "Every year I say to Shane, this time next year, I'll have justice for you. Each year, I say that to him. And each year we try." Those are the words of Shane O'Farrell's mother, Lucia. For 13 long years she has fought a fight that no mother should have to fight. Alongside Shane's father, Jim, and their family, Lucia has spent more than a decade campaigning for truth and justice for her...

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

Pa Daly: Many things about this case are extraordinary, including the errors by the Courts Service; the freedom afforded to a man with numerous convictions in Lithuania and in Ireland to be out and about and committing more crimes; and gardaí stating they were not trained to check court outcomes and that being acceptable. All these circumstances led to the fateful night when Shane O'Farrell lost...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Question put and declared carried.

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

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

James O'Connor: I recognise this is a very difficult matter and some family members are in the Gallery. They are very welcome to Dáil Éireann today.

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

Matt Carthy: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — on 2nd August, 2011, Shane O'Farrell was killed while cycling home, when he was struck by a car driven by Zigimantas Gridziuska; — previously, Zigimantas Gridziuska came into Ireland with twelve convictions from Lithuania; — in August 2009, Zigimantas Gridziuska was granted bail in respect of a theft charge, and...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Teachtaí go léir. I thank all the Deputies. I will try to skim over some of the issues raised before I go to the closing speech. Deputy Bacik made a point as I came into the Chamber about the Labour Party's Bill. A number of aspects of the Bill have been addressed, including the model tenancy agreement, the non-registration of tenancies, tenancies...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an mBille seo. Níl i gceist leis ach Bille gearr le sé mhír. Tá sé níos lú ná seacht leathanach. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus an Roinn as ucht a gcuid oibre. Is Bille dearfach é. Tá sé beagáinín maol ach cuirim fáilte roimhe. Is bun agus barr an scéil é nach...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The attempt by the private student accommodation providers, Aparto and Yugo, to force all incoming students starting in September 2024 into 51-week tenancies is a blatant money grab. They have attempted to dress this up as a way of accommodating postgraduate and medical students, but if they truly had the best interests of the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: First, I welcome this legislation. It tackles a specific and important issue in regard to student accommodation. This is the requirement that students must be able to rent their accommodation for 41 weeks of the year whereas previously many students had to rent it for 51 weeks of every year. This was an extortionate practice by those accommodation providers who were trying to extract the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: What of the EPA?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Michael Collins: The EPA does not care. Nobody cares. It is all brushed under the carpet: say nothing, just block off the play area, nobody runs around there and no children are allowed to because there is sewage all over the ground. It is going into the aquifer. No one is accountable. The senior Minister comes down and then goes back up to Dublin. He will not sit down with Irish Water - or Uisce...