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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Prisons, Penal Policy and Sentencing (Resumed): Victims' Rights Alliance (1 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: A group came before the committee in one of the earlier sessions, although it may have been a private briefing I had in the lead-up to that. In any case, I was talking to somebody who is involved in training the Judiciary in England, where there is ongoing training. One of the scenarios that was put to a number of judges was a domestic violence scenario, and it was amazing how different the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Prisons, Penal Policy and Sentencing (Resumed): Victims' Rights Alliance (1 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I could name a few of them. One of the biggest issues is that there is no obligation on them to engage in any training whatsoever. There is no way of removing them either, which is the big problem. Members of the Judiciary cannot be forced to engage in training and - I know we are in public session - where there are judges who make absolutely mind-boggling decisions that no one...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I welcome the introduction of this Bill. As the Minister of State is aware, we have an obligation to transpose the victims directive into law and in order to do that we will be introducing three items of legislative, one of which is before the House now. Legislation on domestic violence currently before the Seanad is relevant to this also and, in time, that Bill will be dealt with in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (2 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations with no Internet access. [10794/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (2 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been allocated or issued with a computer; and the number of these stations that have no Internet access. [10795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (2 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of memory sticks that have been allocated to each Garda station. [10796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (2 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of digital cameras allocated to each Garda station. [10799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (2 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Garda information services centre each year since its establishment; and the number of Garda personnel and the number of civilian personnel allocated to it. [10797/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (2 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars currently in operation; and the number of these cars that have satellite navigation installed. [10798/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: The HPRA is now saying that we should look at establishing an access programme for three specified medical conditions. An outline was given of what the potential access programme could look like. It was said that the programme would be monitored, that it would be for five years and that there would be a centralised data collection point. It was also said that a new legal framework would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Why does the Health Products Regulatory Authority have a preference for primary legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: But we are still talking a minimum of six months for the establishment of an access programme, even if we go down the secondary legislation route?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am a little confused. The witness has said there have been two licence applications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: One has been accepted while one has been denied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Were both applications from a doctor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is Mr. Lennon stating that a licence has been granted in one case because the application was from a doctor with an input from a consultant who was willing to monitor the ongoing administration of cannabis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: The delegates were asked about side effects. The only studies available relate to recreational use. It is unfair to try to bring them into this debate because we are talking about two completely different scenarios. For example, Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to some prescribed medicines, for example, Prozac. If a person was to take the drug in an unsupervised setting the side effects could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to have an issue cleared up because Vera Twomey will be at Leinster House in 20 minutes. It is still not clear how someone can obtain a licence for cannabis based medicines that include THC. Is it a doctor can prescribe it but a consultant has to sign off on it? Does a consultant has to oversee the administration of it? Can we just be very, very clear exactly what criteria have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: There are so many different scenarios being put out. People have letters from a consultant in support of the application but not necessarily willing to monitor it. Exactly what are the criteria?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medical Use: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: A doctor can apply for the licence-----