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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: I am inclined to agree with the Minister and the Chairman on this point. Over the past ten years, in particular, the number of cases that have been taken in the court under section 10 has increased greatly. The offending behaviour in a great number of them seems to cease with either a bail condition or under section 10 (3) where an order can be made. That tends to remove the problem. I...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: Is the Minister saying that it would be taken into account as an aggravating factor once a case under section 4 is already proven?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: I am inclined to agree with the Minister. I remember having a case one time in which a woman was asked by a garda on two different occasions if she knew a certain person from around the town. She gave two different answers, namely, that she knew the person but also that she did not know him that well. It was quite difficult to prove.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: Could the Minister recap on that again?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: Deputy Howlin raised a consent issue in quite a detailed way in his proposed legislation. There had been some suggestion that consent could be defined a little bit more specifically, such as what is contained in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. This amendment deals with it quite briefly, if we want to put it that way. Does the Minister believe it is adequately covered without...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 30. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the types of businesses that have been categorised as non-rateable due to their being located in shared spaces which are themselves subject to rates; and the total value of grants to be refunded due to this distinction. [40606/20]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cúrsaí Eacnamaíochta, Teanga, Cultúrtha, Oideachais, Forbairt Pobal agus Fóillíocht sa Ghaeltacht: Comhlachas na gComharchumann & Comhlachtaí Pobalbhunaithe (2 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: Tá fáilte roimh Páidí Ó Sé agus Máirtín Ó Méalóid anseo. Tá sé gaofar i gCorca Dhuibhne, de réir mar atá feicthe agam anois. Aontaím le Páidí Ó Sé mar gheall ar an múnla, ach dírím ar an gceist a bhí ag an Teachta Connolly. Conas ar éirigh le Páidí Ó...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if approval will be given to extend the duration of the community employment scheme without requiring additional qualifying criteria such as major awards or requalifying criteria until the end of 2022 in recognition of the challenges presented to many on these schemes as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions and steps she will take to assure those working in the hospitality sector that may be able to open for the Christmas period but find themselves in lockdown after 1 January 2021, they can avail of the pandemic unemployment payment if further lockdowns are employed or if their businesses need to close; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the use of approved housing bodies to deliver housing for international protection applicants. [40187/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps taken to implement the expert advisory group report on direct provision. [40186/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (3 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of expressions of interest and or applications she received through the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, the Office of the Attorney General or directly to her in respect of the Circuit Court vacancy filled by a person (details supplied). [40989/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 369. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1378 of 3 November 2020, the number of the targeted 700 new contact tracing staff that have been successfully onboarded and are able to engage in contact tracing. [40983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 370. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1378 of 3 November 2020, the number of persons engaged in swabbing duties who are redeployed from other areas of the HSE compared to those who have been newly hired to the role in tabular form. [40984/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: My own club, Tralee Dynamos, have continued with its under-13 leagues but all of the junior leagues have been cancelled. Can the Taoiseach consider extending this exemption? There are also some outdoor activities, such as the fun runs and park runs that will be coming up at Christmas. Perhaps these might be given an exemption for smaller numbers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of active lawsuits her Department is currently facing with regard to the 2020 leaving certificate exams and the arrangements for same. [41229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve a drug for a person (details supplied). [41575/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given for a drug (details supplied). [41753/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Dec 2020)

Pa Daly: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the net income limits for social housing will be updated in line with inflation given that the last date published was 2 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42372/20]