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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, to delete lines 33 to 35 and substitute the following: “the committee shall comprise at least 20 members and all members shall have, or have had, a disability within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Disability Act 2005. Cognisance will be given to the nature of disability to ensure broad representation. This committee shall receive the funds,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Amendment No. 16 is the simplest amendment. It returns the Bill to its original Title that it be cited as the Equality/Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016. Amendment No. 15 calls for a focal point for implementation and that the Department of the Taoiseach will be the focal point for the monitoring framework as set out in Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My question is about to come up in the House but I will press amendment No. 13.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: First Stage (31 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Private Security Services Act 2004 to regulate private security companies engaged in the enforcement of court orders including the repossession of properties and to provide for related matters. Baineann an Bille seo le foirne slándála atá ag déileáil le evictions agus a leithéid. I am...

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: First Stage (31 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to those presenting to emergency departments displaying signs of mental illness but have yet to receive an official diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5365/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been without a specialist doctor, care plan or support services; if same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5032/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Government has repeatedly reaffirmed its belief Rebuilding Ireland is working. I entirely disagree. The example given by Deputy Brady outlines the position. To give the Minister an insight, the Cork Simon emergency shelter has been full every night for the past two months. Last week all 47 beds were full, with nine additional persons on the floor and in sofa spaces and 17 on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legal Aid (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I understand that leave has been given for me to delegate some time to Deputy Pearse Doherty. I am very disappointed that no Minister or Minister of State from the Department of Justice and Equality is here, given the significance of this issue for hundreds of families and the implications it could have, which could include people being put out of their homes. The phrase "equality of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legal Aid (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State has attempted to outline that there are no changes but clearly when we look into the text and the detail there are significant changes. The specific example I gave was based on the case of a husband and wife with interlocking cases, in which the reality is that banks will spend €5,000 to €10,000. What is now being allowed, even in those exceptional...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is any amount of things I could touch upon but I have not much time. I shall just focus on two points that I have raised previously with the Minister. First is the category of young people who are leaving care, an issue that is very often forgotten. It is my firm and long held view that there is not adequate support for young people leaving care. There is a statutory entitlement to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank all of the speakers and proposers of the Bill for bringing this forward. I will touch briefly on the money message but also I have some questions on the specific content of the Bill. On the money message, this has been very valuable because one could reference this ongoing discussion on radio, on television or in these institutions. I believe the public might ask what are they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is well known that one could write a script on any issue regarding migration or asylum in which the Department of Justice and Equality would come in and talk about push and pull. Everyone and his or her mother would come to Ireland if we were to change X, Y, or Z - be that the right to work or family reunification - and all these vague allusions are made to the pull factors. We need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could Mr Hurley provide an example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask the remainder of my questions together. IHAP is a good programme, but I am not advocating it as a solution to all of our problems by any means. Rather, I am pointing out that the policy behind it is inconsistent with the Department's arguments against this Bill. I will ask my final two questions. The Seanad amended the Bill to add a section 57A to the 2015 Act. I may have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Chairman will allow me one supplementary.

Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Beidh Sinn Féin ag tacú leis an mBille seo. Is Bille tábhachtach é. Táimid ag lorg an Bille seo ar feadh tamaill i ndáiríre chun go mbeidh muid in ann ár n-ainm a chur go hiomlán leis an gCoinbhinsiún Iostanbúl. I thank the Minister for bringing the Bill forward. It is a welcome Bill that is long overdue. It has been debated during...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety Regulations (12 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding safety procedures for maritime operations within the jurisdiction of the State; his plans to review same; and if it is planned to ratify the Torremolinos Convention. [5616/19]