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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: 125. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 21 March 2012, the progress in developing and operating dedicated heart failure units in Cork city under the national heart failure clinical programme; in particular the progress in relation to the staffing and operation of a full clinic in Cork University Hospital; if he will replace the pilot clinic which was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Apologies have been received from Senator Katherine Zappone. The purpose of this meeting is to have an engagement with some of those who made a written submission to the committee on the general scheme of the criminal justice (victims of crime) Bill. I ask everybody to turn off mobile phones or put them on airplane or silent mode as they interfere with the recording system. From the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: I thank Ms McDonald for her very powerful presentation. We will now proceed to Ms Catriona Gleeson from SAFE Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: I thank Ms Gleeson. We will take questions later. I invite Dr. Clíona Saidléar from Rape Crisis Network Ireland to make her contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Mr. Counihan's time is up at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Finally, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is represented by Ms Ellen O'Malley-Dunlop and Ms Shirley Scott.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: I thank everybody for their presentations and for staying within the time. It is most helpful. I also thank the Vice Chairman, Deputy Anne Ferris, for standing in for me and I apologise for having to go to the Dáil Chamber for a few minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: So the proposal of the indirect victim is something that is coming up here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Does Ms Deane want to come in on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: The idea of using the term "secondary victim" and the ripple effect of crime is coming across.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: I am conscious that there is a Report Stage in the Dáil and we could be called for votes at any time, so I ask people to be as brief as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Sexual offences legislation is going through the Dáil at the moment and there are overlaps there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: I am conscious that this has to be transposed next month.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: What is Ms McDonald's best guess as to when it will be transposed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: I was wondering about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Does Senator Mulcahy have a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Ms Gleeson is correct that there is a lot that could be done easily with little cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: I am sure Ms McDonald is not suggesting gardaí are not doing their job but that it is the procedures in place that are at fault.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: Procedures need to updated in that regard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
David Stanton: The committee in one of its reports recommended the establishment of a criminal justice inspectorate, similar to that which exists in Northern Ireland, to review the criminal justice system as a whole. That has not yet happened. It is an issue we might revisit.