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Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I have watched these debates as a legislator and lawyer with much interest. I am always interested in how the Garda Síochána can be improved and its efficacy enhanced. My grandfather - my father's father - was a member of An Garda Síochána so I have particular affinity to it and enormous respect for the work it does on a daily basis. However, no organ of the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (31 May 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will commence the review of the dispersal of Garda stations; who will conduct it and make the decision; the criteria it will use in determining which six stations will be opened; how long it will take and when will it make a decision; how soon after the review she will open the six Garda stations; and how long the pilot project will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (31 May 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for the most recent figures available for people in direct provision, including the number of children; the average period of time asylum seekers are in direct provision before a decision is made on their status; the amount it costs per annum to keep a person in direct provision; if she has considered allowing asylum seekers to work, pending a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (31 May 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to address repeated concerns (details supplied) in the O'Higgins report regarding proper investigation by An Garda Síochána; and if these areas have been examined and improved. [12939/16]

Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (2 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: As a new Deputy, I echo the sentiments expressed by Deputies Martin Heydon and Patrick O'Donovan in regard to Deputy Bernard J. Durkan being an excellent facilitator for new Deputies through his knowledge of the procedures of this House and helping new Deputies learning the mechanisms of the Oireachtas. He does this on a cross-party basis. We need a Leas-Cheann Comhairle who will be...

Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (2 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I join Deputy Peter Burke in congratulating the Minister, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, and the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Breen, on their respective portfolios and I wish them all the best. As we know, our economic recovery rests on our people and their ability to find work. Creating the conditions that facilitate people to return to and remain in work will be of paramount importance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (2 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if 68 members of An Garda Síochána are attached to Dundrum Garda station; if 11 are on temporary transfer; if this is a decrease from 86 in February 2016 and 139 in 2009; and when she will review and increase Garda numbers in Dundrum, County Dublin. [14035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when visitor visa applications will be processed and granted to persons (details supplied). [16408/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Organised Crime (22 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 is a potentially useful tool in the fight against crime across the European Union; if the Garda Commissioner can request another European Union state to set up a specialist joint investigation team to investigate criminal enterprises that take place here but are co-ordinated in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (22 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the mediation Bill, given the benefits of mediation as an alternative to court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17136/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (22 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will urgently consider a legislative framework for au pairs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17543/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Restrictions (23 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Sex Offenders Act 2001 empowers the authorities to place restrictions on sex offenders, who have committed sex assaults against children, living in proximity to or overlooking playgrounds; if there are guidelines on these issues for the attention of the relevant authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17662/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a scheme whereby a person who is 21 years of age, whose application is pending for refugee status, can attend college here and receive a grant for the purposes of attending college, if so, the body from which a grant may be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I congratulate Deputy Shortall on her appointment and I am looking forward to working on this committee. My background is not in medical health but in law; however, that is not necessarily bad, because one may see the issues on an objective level. We all know how the health system works. I hope to feed this back to the committee. From an aspirational perspective, members know that...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Forgive me for being elementary about this, but some of us are new Deputies as well. I want to be clear on the committee and its approach. I mentioned meeting with other groups, for example in my constituency, which have already approached me about meeting up. First, is there anything to prohibit me doing that? Second, if I do, is it worthwhile bringing that feedback to the committee?...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I want absolute clarity on this. Somebody said I was not prohibited. Am I prohibited from meeting groups in my constituency who want to meet me in regard to the committee and bringing their views back here?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite the building and planning issues that have arisen for a school (details supplied); and if the school can be built earlier than 2018. [17915/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (28 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 373. To ask the Minister for Health to consider setting up a suicide prevention authority; to consider the draft Bill to establish a suicide prevention authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17978/16]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I am delighted to have the Minister here and I thank her for her continued good work. I have some brief questions. To digress slightly from the fiscal side, when we are talking about detention schools I would like the children's courts, which may come under the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality also, to be looked at also, particularly-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Josepha Madigan: The children's courts. When we are talking about the detention schools and the therapeutic services the Minister provides, in future I would like to see something here for the children's courts. They need to be looked at but also the therapeutic intervention services the Minister provides. The other area I am very interested in is unregulated child care of which there is a good deal...