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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: Okay. I will not be restricted from speaking again.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: I do not mind. The Chair made that decision. The Minister can carry on.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: The Minister is correct that my amendment is contingent on other amendments. I will not go into all the arguments on that now, but the Minister is correct that we have a huge problem in the way in which the overall lay person representation is being administered by the PAS. The sort of criteria that is laid down is very much destined to pack the commission with senior civil servant types....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 6:In page 8, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:“(d) under this Act, the Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of section 12(1) and the nominees of the Free Legal Advice Centres Limited and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties appointed pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (j)of section...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: No. I propose to withdraw it. As it is linked to a bigger issue, I propose to return to it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: There is some crossover between this big grouping of amendments and the next grouping, which is even bigger. Some of the points being made, with which I agree, relate to the next batch of committees and not this one. Perhaps I am barking up the wrong tree. We considered Fianna Fáil's amendments, which form part of the next grouping, in respect of getting rid of certain committees and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: I have an amendment tabled to that Bill. I am not sure where my notes are; they might be on their way to the Chamber.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: I have tabled the same amendment. My notes are on the way to the Chamber where I am going to meet them.

Other Questions: Prison Service Strategies (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 233 and 234 of 10 October 2017, his plans to rethink his strategy regarding women in respect of the building of a larger prison facility and the promotion of step-down facilities rather than non-custodial alternatives and supported independent living. [44225/17]

Other Questions: Prison Service Strategies (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: This question arises on foot of previous parliamentary questions I have submitted regarding our attitude to penal policy in the context of the incarceration of women. I have concerns about the fact that the Minister is investing resources in larger facilities for women prisoners. While everybody agrees that there needs to be a new facility in Limerick, why does it have to be so big? Why...

Other Questions: Prison Service Strategies (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: It is well understood that imprisonment is supposed to be a last resort for anybody who comes before our courts. This is particularly so in the case of women because the crimes for which they are incarcerated are often very different from those for which males are incarcerated. We know that 90% of women are jailed for short-term sentences for non-violent and minor offences, at a cost of...

Other Questions: Prison Service Strategies (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: The problem is that most women who end up in prison are very vulnerable. They are generally victims of abuse and poverty and have drug issues. It is very worrying that the report of the investigative team in Northern Ireland found that, while there have been thousands of drug seizures in Irish prisons, the budget to deal with drug treatment in prisons has been cut by €1 million every...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives he has taken or the progress made on dealing with drugs entering prisons and drug treatment in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44226/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been told that they will be waiting almost a year before treatment can be accessed in the Mater hospital after a referral from their company's doctor in respect of their chronic knee problems. [44429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person and a group (details supplied). [44435/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the origins and genesis of the radiological study published by his Department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the symphysiotomy payment scheme​; and if this study was authorised and-or commissioned by his Department or his office. [44507/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if the radiological study published by his Department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the symphysiotomy payment scheme was paid for by his Department; if so, the amount; if the study's principal author (details supplied) received payment from his Department for this purpose; if so, the amount; if the other ten doctors listed as co-authors of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 170. To ask the Minister for Health ​the terms of reference of the radiological study published by his Department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the ​symphysiotomy ​payment ​ scheme​; the process by which those terms of reference were drawn up; and the names of the persons involved in the process. [44509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the patient demographics used ​​to access the images of applicants to the symphysiotomy ​payment ​scheme ​from the national imaging archive further to the radiological study published by his Department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the ​scheme; ​if the X-rays of all applicants to the scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (19 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department received a request from Sligo County Council in 2017 to increase staffing levels in the council's housing section; the response of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44309/17]