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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statute of Limitations (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 899. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position in relation to establishing the three-year statute of limitations for medical negligence cases, in light of the difficulty getting doctors' notes and other necessary materials to launch an action. [27794/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a tabular breakdown of the projected and actual numbers of Garda recruits, resignations, retirements and overall force numbers for 2018 to 2023 year to date. [27831/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 1208. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment for a lung function test with the lung specialist in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27866/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Jun 2023)

Pa Daly: 1269. To ask the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) with a medical card and history of oral cancer can expect to get an urgent appointment with a dentist in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28264/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Pa Daly: The Bill is a welcome development, especially in light of the work done by my colleagues, Deputies Ward and Martin Kenny, in this area. The maximum sentence is somewhat lower than that proposed by Sinn Féin but we can examine this further on Committee Stage. It is becoming increasingly clear that the engagement of young people in serious and organised crime is a concern. We must be...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil). (31 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil eolas maith aige ar Chiarraí theas agus Corca Dhuibhne. Sna toghcháin a bhí ann in 2005, bhí dhá shuíochán ag Ciarraí ach faoin mBille seo ní bheidh ach suíochán amháin. Sin céim chun cúil don daonlathas. Ní bheidh aon ionadaíocht ag...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (31 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his commitments to restorative justice (details supplied). [26515/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children who have received apologies from the HSE for significant deficits in care are not being added to the CAMHS compensation scheme and offered the same securities and non-adversarial mediator options as children from south Kerry. [26533/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: The reality is that many poor people, who are very vulnerable and often suffering from addiction or mental illness, need the buffer of representation to deal with the prosecution and the whole system, including the judges. Equality before the law is a very important right and legal aid helps to provide this. The impact on defendants’ rights by the reduction in the fees means it is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the current civil legal aid review; the plans, if any, he has in relation to the criminal legal aid sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24680/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I ask the Minister of Justice his view on the current civil legal aid review and about any plans he has for the criminal legal aid sector and if he will make a statement on the matter. I should declare I was on the legal aid panel for many years.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister of State have any idea of the date the review will be finalised? We all know from dealing with these issues over the years, that the sector focuses primarily on family law centres. Will it be expanding into employment, landlord and tenant or advocacy such as in the United Kingdom? Many of us have received emails from constituents on this issue. There has been an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to remediate the current prison overcrowding crisis. [24679/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Can the Minister for Justice to outline the measures he is taking to remediate the current prison overcrowding crisis? The depth of the crisis was indicated to me recently when I spoke to a Garda regarding the proposed increased sentences for assaults. His response was quite cynical, in that he asked where we were going to put those who are convicted. In his experience, a lot of people are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: The situation in the female prison in Limerick is unsustainable. According to recent statistics, it is currently at 179% capacity. Overcrowding in the male and female prisons in Mountjoy means occupancy of 106% and 113%, respectively. That does not take into account the 87 prisoners currently on temporary release. A a few weeks ago the open prisons in Shelton Abbey and Loughan House...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (25 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I welcome some of the Minister's proposals, including a prison education task force. The problem will always be in the implementation of these plans, which sound great. I spoke recently to a former prison governor who outlined the difficulties in engaging with longer term prisoners and assessing them for re-engagement with their communities. The promises contained in previous plans were...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, his officials or whoever compiled the report I have before me. It is clear and raises several interesting questions in respect of how the Bill will be implemented. To begin at the end of the Bill, it provides for a number of miscellaneous matters, including that the assessment application may be made on behalf of a party to proceedings...

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (24 May 2023)

Pa Daly: I think I speak for most in this House when I say that the requirement for the Oireachtas to approve measures and ensure oversight is overwhelmingly positive. I am equally sure that many will welcome the fact that this motion is one of the few remaining legacies on the Statute Book relating to the pandemic. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I moved a Private Member's Bill to strengthen...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Is cuimhin liom nuair a bhí mé ar scoil i dTrá Lí. D'iarr an múinteoir tíreolaíochta ar an rang cé mhéad duine a raibh uncail, aint nó col ceathrair acu sna Stáit Aontaithe. Chuir gach aon duine sa rang a lámh in airde. Tuigim gur Éireannaigh muid agus tuigim an t-idirdhealú agus an imirce. We know what it is like to be...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Pa Daly: Even before the large increase in protection applicants and the activation of the Ukrainian temporary protection directive, the Government's implementation of the White Paper looked questionable with a focus, yet again, on rented accommodation and turnkey acquisition. Approved housing body, AHB, housing, which would have meant own-door and stable accommodation to aid integration and...