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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: From mixed practice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: It is affecting both professions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: After Ms Phelan, I will call Mr. Donagh and anyone else who indicates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: I wish to drill into those figures a little more. Perhaps Ms Phelan does not have the data with her, but do the one third of barristers who remain practising criminal law after six years typically supplement that work with civil practices, are they on the circuit more because it is easier to do both or do they get lucky and get busy criminal practices very quickly? How do they manage to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: Is that in the criminal sphere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: That is very damning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: Mr. Donagh has touched on something I had not thought of but since he raised the issue, it is pertinent to inquire. Is the scheme arising from the Carmody decision, whereby a certificate for counsel can be awarded in the District Court, statutory or non-statutory?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: It is a matter of custom and practice as opposed to a statutory scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: Perhaps Mr. Condon could answer the following point. We talked a few minutes ago about other non-statutory schemes being wrapped up into a new provision. Is this one of them? Would the District Court certificate for counsel scheme be included in the new heads?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: That is good to know. I have a couple of other points to make but out of respect for the time, I will limit myself to one. It is outside the remit of the criminal area but I am going to use the Chair's prerogative to throw it out anyway because there is an overlap. It strikes me that childcare cases are an area that could benefit enormously from legal aid reform. We are dealing with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: That is good to know. I thank Ms Phelan. Would Dr. Saidléar like to come in on that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: That is another very good point. That is excellent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: I do not think it is a good idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: We will note that point, Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: I will leave the discussion there as we must do a little housekeeping in the remaining time. I thank all of our witnesses. They can stay because there are only one or two housekeeping matters to be dealt with. I thank our guests for their submissions and contributions. We have had a very good constructive session. We will now proceed to prepare a report, which is what we always do...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

James Lawless: I do not need to tell the Minister the concern this issue has raised. I am aware he has been moving with might and main since this happened to address it but one of the main concerns which arises from this issue is the public's trust and confidence in the system. It is so important for preventative medicine, in particular, that we encourage the public to engage with services provided, be it...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

James Lawless: It is five minutes, according to the roster that was given to me.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

James Lawless: I will cut to the chase. Were these patients or their parents invited to consent to these procedures? Did they consent and was there a discussion or a decision at some point where they were told what they were signing up to here and what was going to happen and were they then misinformed? Was consent given which was based on false information? What engagement happened between patient and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (26 Sep 2023)

James Lawless: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine an issue on the train service from Sallins to Grand Canal Dock (details supplied) whereby the number of carriages has been decreased but there is a need for more carriages to be added due to the number of users of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41563/23]