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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Are there circumstances in which fingerprints and palm prints can be taken without a person’s permission?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: If somebody is under the influence of alcohol or other substances, he or she may not be able to make a coherent decision. Has this been considered, for example, where somebody who is arrested, brought to a Garda station and asked for fingerprints starts to act up or become aggressive under the influence of some substance?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 13, 14 and 21 to 26, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 15 to 19, inclusive, 35, 36, 39 and 40 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Are there any questions or comments?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 27, 31 and 32 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 29, 30, 33 and 34 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister and his officials for their work on this complicated, technical and important Bill.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I also thank the Minister’s officials, Mr. Richard Fallon, Mr. Gerry Browne and Ms Clare Dowling, for the work they have done on the Bill. I can appreciate how technical and difficult it is. I also welcome Dr. Sheila Willis and Dr. Maureen Smyth from Forensic Science Ireland to the gallery. The work the service does is very much appreciated.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Message to Dáil (12 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the research his Department, or bodies under the aegis of his Department, have carried out into enterprise and employment in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12213/14]

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the strategies and policies in place to encourage enterprise and employment in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12212/14]

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: The questions relate to regional towns around the country such as Youghal, Midleton, Cobh and Fermoy in my area. They historically were the economic hubs of enterprise, business and employment but that has changed dramatically and they have become dormitory towns. Has the Department carried out research into the employment and enterprise provision and potential of these towns?

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. What are the timescales for these actions? Has he set deadlines for results? He acknowledged that these towns are the drivers of the regional and local economies. Has a list of these towns been compiled and an analysis carried out of what has happened in them? Business and enterprise has collapsed to such an extent in some of them that...

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Is there a risk that some towns could be left out of the loop if the strategy is regionally based? Some regions, and some areas within a region, may have more potential and may be stronger than others. How big will the regions be? Will they comprise a single county or multiple counties? The Minister said towns are the drivers of regional economies. Will he narrow the focus to towns...

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: One needs to get off the ground before one can start the courses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (13 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals submitted to his Department under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 in 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively; the number of same which were decided in favour of the appellant each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12688/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Adoption Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this issue and I am pleased that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is in the House to discuss it with me. This matter came to my attention a short while ago when two parents came to see me. They had adopted a baby a number of years ago from a foreign country in quite poor conditions. The parents...

Topical Issue Debate: Adoption Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her very comprehensive reply and I am very grateful to her for it and for the research put into her response. I am aware of Barnardos' adoptive parents' training network and the work done but I understand it is only in the Dublin area.

Topical Issue Debate: Adoption Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I am interested in whether it can be expanded nationally. In the meantime I am sure the Minister realises that parents with a hyperactive child who suffers from fears of abandonment, anxiety, aloofness and phobias and who is acting out in all types of distressing ways really do need assistance. I take the Minister's point that parents must be understanding of financial needs, but this is...