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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask members for agreement on the steps we can take, which I have outlined in summary.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We can. The steps the Deputy wishes to take might best be taken when the Bill on judicial appointments presents. I do not know when it is likely to present but the Deputy has signalled a course of action and this suggests it would have the same impact. I leave it to members to consider. In the intervening period, I remind members that we have the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yes, if members feel that is the most appropriate time to do it. Do we know if the Minister is coming in herself?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is where we are at. I will endeavour to take the other steps in the intervening period. Deputy Daly may have the opportunity over the same period to meet and engage with the Minister on what might be possible so that we have a better understanding of what she is suggesting. A telephone call never suffices in these cases. After the engagement there may be greater clarity and the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----for which we have a money message. We cannot allow the build-up of other work to take place. We cannot do this in select committee and I need to schedule a meeting of the joint committee. Would members be willing to have a short meeting of the joint committee at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow week, Thursday, 18 May?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have been duly warned. We could make it at 2 p.m. and finished by 3 p.m.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The record will show that I am rearranging the meeting in order to facilitate Fianna Fáil's Front Bench. To recap, the select committee will meet at 9 a.m. next Wednesday, 17 May, in committee room 2 to consider the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016. The following day, which is 18 May 2017, the joint committee will meet in private session at 2 p.m. in committee room 4. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (11 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1249 on 2 May 2017, the value of products that are provided here under the EU school milk scheme for each of the past five years in respect of category 1 products that are heat treated milk with chocolate, fruit juice or flavoured (details supplied); if the value of products provided under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (16 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the statistics for each of the two refugee sub-programmes, resettlement and relocation; if under the resettlement sub-programme the State has lived up to its own target of accepting a further 260 persons in spring 2017; if a selection mission visited Lebanon in the early months of 2017; the status of the agreement with Greece...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the free school meals programme for each of the past five years; the current rates of payment per meal, child and day respectively; the number of students availing of each meal option, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the free school meals programme is assessed or audited in terms of the provision of suitable quality and nutritional value; the way the free school meals programme is assessed or audited in terms of the way in which meals are prepared and consumed; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which the lack of access to appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (16 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 334. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a system for supplying automated external defibrillators for families of children with inherited heart conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22665/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (16 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures and criteria in place in respect of supplying automated external defibrillators for families of children with inherited heart conditions; if there are different criteria in place in view of the absence of standard pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22666/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (16 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests made to the HSE in each of the past five years and to date in 2017 for funding for automated external defibrillators by families with inherited heart conditions; the number of approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (16 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which action 3.2 of A Healthy Weight for Ireland is being advanced; the position regarding the development, implementation and evaluation of a code of practice for food and beverages promotion, marketing and sponsorship; if his Department will work with other relevant Departments to develop a system of data collection regarding food marketing and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23486/17]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The committee is in public session. As we are in public session, all mobile phones should be switched off as they cause interference even in silent mode. The meeting has been convened to consider Committee Stage of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy David Stanton, and his officials to the meeting.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy's criticism is valid. As Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality, I only had sight of the list of disallowed amendments in the five minutes preceding the commencement of today's meeting. I echo Deputy Daly's appeal to the Bills Office to ensure that decisions regarding amendments are distributed as early as possible. Perhaps even the grouping list could be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It needs to change.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Bad practice precedent does not mean it is acceptable. It is not. I accept that it affects the Minister of State as much as it affects members. We will proceed in the hope that these so-called working - at times, unworkable - arrangements change.