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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the witnesses. I do not know whether Deputy Daly wishes to add anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Accepting that, I just want to say that the committee membership hugely welcomes the advent of the LSRA and expresses goodwill towards its work. It is an area that has not been covered or addressed, and it gives people hope. I have been in elected roles for a long time, and there have been a number of times through the years that I found there was nowhere to properly direct an issue, no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We wish our witnesses the best of good luck. Whether we will be here at that time as we are currently constituted is a question, but I have no doubt that the witnesses will be before a committee on justice and equality in the future to review how things progress. We wish them a fair wind in all that they undertake.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of the committee, I thank Dr. Thornhill, Dr. Doherty and Mr. Ryan for their attendance.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I raise with the Tánaiste the future care of 12 older people with dementia living in the Rosalie home in Castlerea, County Roscommon. The Rosalie home is a continuing care facility for the psychiatry of later life patients. While the Health Service Executive, HSE, was still in denial last Friday, the families involved had to hear about the definite decision to close the home on local...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Dementia supports across Ireland remain totally inadequate. The position in Roscommon is an example of that, but one that requires urgent address. We are looking at a difficulty that is acknowledged by the national dementia strategy's mid-term review, which states that additional funding is required. Currently, access to community dementia-specific services across Ireland is not equal....

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They met them last Friday but did not tell them it would be announced as a closure on Monday.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: An ESRI report that will be published later today has found that changes made by the Government to the one parent family payment have led to a reduction in income for lone parents at work. The changes in 2015 meant that lone parents could only receive the one parent family payment until their child reached the age of seven. This was to encourage lone parents to take up work. Given that a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 644. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a full medical card including general practitioner, medical and surgical service, drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances for persons in receipt of a carer's allowance or carer's benefit. [30751/18]

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On a point of order-----

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let me remind the Deputy that was the British who blew up the roads. I want to correct the record on this.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This Bill is welcome, but it does not go far enough. We have put forward an amendment, which I will discuss later. The Bill represents progress on the current situation so my party will support its final passage, hopefully this evening. Carers in Irish society are unsung heroes. Spouses, siblings, children, extended family members and, in some cases, friends or neighbours all act in...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The amendments were ruled out of order.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will make an exception for the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I remind members to please turn off their mobile phones as they can interfere with the recording equipment. Apologies have been received from Deputy Wallace and Senator Black.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The purpose of today's session is to meet officials from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, to discuss two issues: first, the operation of the immigrant investor programme, a matter raised by Deputy Chambers at a previous meeting; and, second, continuing delays in the processing of asylum or international protection applications and the impact of this on the direct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Mr. Kirrane. We will now proceed to members contributions, beginning with Deputy Jack Chambers, Senator Conway and Deputies Brophy, Ó Laoghaire, Clare Daly and O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Brophy is one person away from his turn. He can revisit the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not realise it was at 10.30 a.m. I have put Senator Conway in the order in which I noted members indicating. Deputy Jack Chambers was the first to indicate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: For clarity, we will be able to include Senator Conway. I invite Mr. Ward to take up the opportunity offered to him by Mr. Kirrane.