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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry for the curt manner in which the question must be posed but can the witnesses indicate a Yes or No answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am afraid you are going to have to finish, Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Senator, I am not responsible for the clock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not in the Chair's hands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Senator, you told me you only needed two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: You fail to understand, Senator. It is not the Chair that is insisting on the clock; it is the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would ask you to be as brief as you can, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am very sorry, Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you, deputy commissioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Senator, another committee has to start in this room at 1.15 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you very much. We will bring the session to conclusion. I apologise to the other committee. There has to be a 15-minute break and the next committee is scheduled for 1.15 p.m. They are losing the time; we are not making a gain. It is important to say that there is a general view in respect of the breath test situation. It was not a rash reaction. Unquestionably, there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (12 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of financial support under the nursing homes support scheme as of December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52768/17]

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is an historic day which has been a long time coming for the deaf community in Ireland. Míle comhghairdeas to all of those who campaigned for decades to achieve recognition for Irish Sign Language. A special word of thanks must go to Senator Mark Daly for his great work on this issue. I take the opportunity, too, to commend the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, on his...

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the amendments as tabled. As the Minister of State indicated, they are technical. They do not in any way divert the propositions at the core of the Bill from their intended course so I accept them.

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Could we hear the Minister of State's response first?

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I note the Minister's reference to superfluous language in drafting legislation. In all my years here, I have noted quite a lot of superfluous language. That aside, Deputy Daly's amendment makes an important point. It is primarily a statement of fact. I want to acknowledge that. I am disappointed there was any pressure on Deputy Daly in terms of presenting here today. I acknowledge her...

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I remember very well the then Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, declaring trolley numbers a national emergency - a crisis to be faced with all the resources and resolve possible. That was in 2006, when trolley numbers reached a record 469 and I was here, as my party's Dáil leader and spokesperson on health, shadowing Ms Harney. On 2 January of this year, two weeks ago...

Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The subjects of concern at the heart of this Private Members' motion are not the entities referred to as section 39 agencies but the employees of these bodies, the thousands of ordinary, decent workers who provide essential services and supports that focus on the needs of people with intellectual and learning difficulties and an ever growing number of senior citizens. They are people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As we have a quorum, we shall commence in public session. I remind members - and myself - to please switch off mobile phones as they interfere with recording equipment. I have received no apologies. The purpose of this meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality is to consider a Government motion to exercise the right to opt in, pursuant to Protocol 21 of the Treaty on the...