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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Law Reform Commission Reports (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: In 2016, the Attorney General requested the Law Reform Commission to produce a report on how consent is considered in rape trials. That report was published earlier this month and it made significant recommendations on how the law in respect of consent in rape should be changed. Does the Government propose to accept that recommendation and, if so, does it intend to introduce legislation...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Law Reform Commission Reports (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his reply. This is a complex and complicated aspect of our law. Nonetheless it needs to be amended. We need to recognise that at present when it comes to the issue of consent, a man is believed to have honestly and genuinely consented if he believed the woman was consenting. At present that is a subjective test. That was the test that was recognised as being the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Law Reform Commission Reports (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: As legislators, we need to recognise that we have a problem in this country with people, particularly women, coming forward and being prepared to make complaints in respect of rape and other sexual offences. Part of the reason is that they find the process very intimidating and threatening. While ensuring an accused has a fair trial, we also have an obligation to put in place laws that make...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the fact that 35% of residents of direct provision centres have been there for more than two years will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47617/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: As of this month, approximately 7,500 people are availing of accommodation services under the direct provision system run by the Department of Justice and Equality. In total, 35% of those residents have been waiting in direct provision more that two years, and 22% have been waiting more than three years. What is the Government's plan for dealing with this ever-increasing issue and does it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. We have to be frank here. I regret to say that a message is going out that the Government has lost control of the issue of direct provision. The public are getting that impression because proposals for direct provision centres are being blocked simply because of local opposition. The message going out is that the country is unable to sustain...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: In other similar European countries, such as Denmark and Finland, there is a similar system to here in that they have accommodation centres where people stay while their applications are being considered. Where we differ is that people are staying for too long. We have seen that 22%, which works out at 1,600 people, have been in direct provision centres for more than three years. That...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Law Reform Proposals (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to respond to the report by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality calling for reform of the family law system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47616/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Law Reform Proposals (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Earlier this year, the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality had extensive hearings about the family law system in this country. It published a report in October that contained a number of recommendations on how the family law system could be transformed and improved. The recommendations had wide positive reception from a variety of different groups. What is the Minister's proposal in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Law Reform Proposals (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Everyone in this House will probably recognise, although they may not appreciate it as much as the Minister or I, the stress associated with family law cases. People go to court and it is a stressful event. When people go to court in family law cases, it is enormously stressful, and it has long-term impacts. The decisions of the court stay with people until the end of their lives,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Law Reform Proposals (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome what the Minister says but I think that we need to do something with Hammond Lane. Ms Angela Denning, who is the Accounting Officer for the Courts Service, was before the Committee of Public Accounts last week. From what she said, we understand that Hammond Lane is being used as a site depot for other builders who are doing work in the vicinity of Smithfield. We need Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to the call from the Law Reform Commission for a change in the way consent is considered in rape trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47613/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 43. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form. [47954/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47944/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47948/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47947/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47952/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47945/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47951/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy Steering Group has meet in 2018 and to date 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47995/19]