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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59521/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: 42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59267/21]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, and members. Apologies have been received from Deputy Carroll MacNeill. Today's meeting is to consider the following Supplementary Estimates: Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána; Vote 22 - the Courts Service; and Vote 24 - Department of Justice. Before we proceed, I note that divisions are taking place in the Dáil today and it is...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister of State. I will open each category and will invite individual members to speak under each category. I will take each Vote at a time. We are dealing with Vote 20, Garda Síochána; Vote 22, Courts Service; and Vote 24, Justice technical matters. We will start with Vote 20, Garda Síochána. I ask members to raise their hands to indicate they wish to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: On subhead A.3, clothing and accessories, how is the tender for Garda uniforms, clothing, footwear etc. managed? Is a tender done every year or is it done once every few years? Is it a competitive tender? How does it work? If the Minister of State does not have the information to hand, perhaps he might follow up with a note.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I will move to Vote 22, which concerns the Courts Service. I ask Members to put their hands up if they want to come in. I will kick us off with a question. There is a provision for an underspend of €5.2 million on courthouses and offices. As the Minister of State knows, there is a demand throughout the country for the revitalisation of various courthouses, not least Naas...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister of State. The Backweston project is very welcome. I have been on site and it is great to see it progressing, along with the data centre and the general campus that is developing there. Am I correct about the figure being €47.97 million in terms of the overall footprint?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister of State. That is very good news.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: The sound is not great. I do not know if you have a handset. Do you want to try to improve it to get the benefit of your contribution?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: We will move onto the next part of the Vote, 24B, the civil justice pillar.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy for raising the topic. We all extend our sympathies to the families of those who were lost at sea in recent days. I know fishing boats local to the Minister of State's own constituency were at sea that day and managed to assist some of the vessels. I do not think that was reported but I was speaking to fishermen who had been around the area and managed to help some...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I will comment on the issue of judges. The Minister of State remarked about the price tag, to put it bluntly. I know where he is coming from and I understand that there are always resource issues, but it is important to consider the appointment of judges in the context of the challenges arising and view it not as an individual being appointed to the role of judge but as a new courtroom...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2021: Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána; Vote 22 - Courts Service; and Vote 24 - Department of Justice.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: What subhead is the Deputy referring to? Is his question on A.2? I ask members to direct their questions towards the Supplementary Estimates.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: As nobody else wants to contribute, that concludes Vote 22 on the Courts Service. The next Vote, Vote 24, has two pillars and I propose to take each of them separately. There is the criminal justice pillar, Vote 24A, and then Vote 24B is the civil justice pillar. I will take the criminal justice pillar first and we will take questions on that. Then I will take questions on the civil...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (30 Nov 2021)

James Lawless: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a road tax difficulty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Nov 2021)

James Lawless: 265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Nov 2021)

James Lawless: 272. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine the passport application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2021)

James Lawless: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58316/21]