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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: I too commend the staff in the Minister's Department and the International Protection Accommodation Services, IPAS and I acknowledge the assistance they were given by local authorities around the country in identifying properties. However, tomorrow marks the 100th day of the conflict in Ukraine and it is difficult to see an end in sight to it. Accommodation centres are around the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: One of the Minister’s colleagues in government previously said there was a question of perhaps up to 200,000 people arriving. Does the Department have revised or anticipated figures as to how much it will, as the Minister noted, continue to increase? What is the Department planning in respect of the number of people who will continue to come from Ukraine?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: 5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the State agency for early learning and care and school-age childcare. [28273/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: No matter where one is on the political spectrum, one has to accept that be it in housing, direct provision or bin collection, the outsourcing of essential services to the market only leads to higher profits, lower wages and high costs for citizens. This is particularly true for childhood, early learning and childcare. This is tied into the cost of living crisis. Families are struggling...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: A 2021 survey by the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, titled, Where do rich countries stand on childcare?, found that families of average income in Ireland are spending up to one half of a two-person earning household to put two children in childcare. Researchers found that a couple with an average income would have to spend between a third and a half of one salary to pay for two...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: When does the Minister expect that the living wage he has mentioned will be obligatory for the childcare providers? It is encouraging that there will be less reliance on private operators because we are far too reliant on those, as with many outsourced agencies. Does the Minister believe that the consultation process and the design of policy will be completed by the end of this year or...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 12, lines 23 and 24, to delete “or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission”. This follows up on some of the amendments made in the Official Languages Act. Amendment No. 3 would remove "or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission”. Amendment No. 4 follows on from the theme of the Official...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: It may well have had some input into them.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: I will not press it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 13, line 12, after “office,” to insert the following: “ensuring that recommendations in the case of no fewer than 20 per cent of judicial offices, and 100 per cent in the case of appointments to the Supreme Court, in a given year, the nominees shall be exclusively drawn from candidates who are competent to read and understand the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 12: In page 27, to delete lines 28 to 31 and substitute the following: “(2) Subject to subsection (1), the function of selection and recommendation of persons for appointment to judicial office in the State shall conform to the objectives that the membership of the judiciary in each court should— This is moving it from as far as "feasible and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No.14: In page 27, lines 34 and 35, to delete “include a sufficient number of judges with a proficiency in the Irish language to meet the needs” and substitute the following: "work towards ensuring a minimum of 20 per cent of the judiciary in each court as soon as possible, and 100 per cent in the case of the Supreme Court, are proficient to conduct their...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 20: In page 33, to delete line 14 and substitute the following: “(b) the Commission has interviewed the applicant and, where applicable, has completed any other selection process conducted by the Commission in considering his or her application.”. A mere interview might not be enough in regard to this important selection so this process should also be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 29: In page 45, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "(10) Any qualified person, in accordance with this section, shall have the capacity to read and understand the Constitution of Ireland in its entirety in both official languages prior to being appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court." Irish is one of our official languages and it is appropriate...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Pa Daly: It concerns the interpretation of the Constitution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Pa Daly: Gabhaim buíochas le gach duine as ucht teacht isteach. Tá cúpla ceist agam. I read what Mr. Grant said about one in four people being affected. When he talks about regulation, are there any specific practices he thinks should be banned, aside from the ones he has mentioned already? Are there ones he sees as especially harmful or does the gambling regulator need to build...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Pa Daly: Can Ms Bergin tell us whether the gambling industry has given a commitment to fund the trust? I have questions for Dr. McAvoy and Dr. Reynolds. We have heard what Mr. Grant said. Whenever I watch more than 45 minutes of a premier league game the amount of gambling advertisements is staggering and every single ad at half-time seems to be gambling related. Beyond ending the sponsorship in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Pa Daly: Was it a cynical move by the industry to develop its social fund and start funding services that could now lose out when it knew that regulation was coming down the tracks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Pa Daly: Was Ms Bergin referring to Cuan Mhuire in Kildare?