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Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 381. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 20 November 2018, the training being made in this regard; the number of staff members being trained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 382. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 20 November 2018, the full list of agencies that provide health-related services to persons in direct provision in tabular form; the amount of funding each agency receives; the type of service they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53876/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Remit (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, has the legislative authority to do site visits, monitor, assess and report on service delivery within direct provision centres; the amount of reports HIQA has produced on conditions within direct provision centres from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (19 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement procedure for primary care service delivery for residents of direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53878/18]

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I would like to share time with Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I think the last time we had a large-scale debate on rural crime was last summer. That debate took place in the context of some particularly horrific and violent attacks. I know that for many people, those attacks have left psychological scars in the communities where they happened. People in many communities remain deeply concerned about their safety in their own homes. This issue has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (15 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new Garda station is being considered within an area (details supplied) in County Dublin by the Garda Accommodation Board. [54177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (15 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 663. To ask the Minister for Health if the application for reimbursement of Ocrevus for persons with relapsing MS and primary progressive MS has been discussed by the HSE drugs group; if so, the decisions that were made; if these drugs will be on the agenda for the next meeting of the HSE leadership team; when persons with MS who are eligible candidates for Ocrevus can expect to have access...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ní thógfadh aon altra an cinneadh seo go héadrom. Tuigeann siad go bhfuil siad tar éis deireadh an bhóthar a shroichint leis an bpróiseas faoi mar atá agus go bhfuil gá le stailc le ráiteas suntasach a dhéanamh agus chun an Rialtas a thógáil go dtí an bord cainte. Nurses and midwives feel they have been taken for granted....

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There are a number of elements to this. First, I wish to draw a distinction between mandatory and presumptive minimum sentences. Sinn Féin is opposed to mandatory minimum sentences. They are an extremely blunt instrument and in many instances have increased incarceration rates enormously , particularly those relating to members of the African-American community. They were used by...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: While I will vote in a different way from the proposers of the amendments, it is unfortunate there is almost an implication that their motivations are not fair or high-minded or that they are not people with a very strong track record of raising issues of sexual violence and fairness in our courts. It is the case and they are entirely entitled to bring forward amendments. Their motivations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for being here. I will be brief as I have leave to attend another meeting. I echo and support the points made by FLAC and the Bar Council in regard to access to justice and resourcing of the Courts Service. It is an issue of which Sinn Féin is very conscious. In our pre-budget submissions in recent years we have advocated additional resources for the Courts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: These would be matters for the assessor rather than the courts. Is there much ECHR jurisprudence on what constitutes an unreasonable delay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Are the Bar Council and FLAC stating it is not clear whether there will be hearings in public or whether it will be largely a paper exercise? This being the case and if it is not currently provided for, is there a need for some form of hearing or opportunity for the aggrieved parties to put their cases in person, or is it best that this remains a paper exercise as it is the most effective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I may be wrong but I presume that FLAC would consider this an area for which one could get legal aid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to make several more points before I conclude. Obviously delays can be caused by a number of factors. A delay can be caused by a simple complexity and it may not be unreasonable. A delay can be caused by the resourcing issues we touched upon. In some instances, delays can be caused by a judge not discharging his or her responsibilities adequately or quickly enough. This question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have two related points, both concerning head 8 pertaining to the quantum of compensation. The first relates to FLAC's submission but the Bar Council of Ireland might wish to comment also. FLAC identified an inconsistency in the approach. It identified inconsistency regarding the European Court of Human Rights Act 2003. I understand it is related to the fact that compensation in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could the delegates address the other point? It would apply to the model proposed by the Bar Council of Ireland also. A court, particularly the High Court, might have to adjudicate on its own delay.

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh agus feicfimid cá bhfuilimid ina dhiadh sin. I will probably not use all the ten minutes. I will probably use about five minutes. If that is enough for Deputy Brady, he can carry on. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na Teachtaí as ucht an Bhille seo a thógaint chun cinn. Beimid ag tacú...

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom a rá go mbeimid ag tacú leis an mBille seo. Is Bille praiticiúil agus luachmhar é. B'fhéidir go bhfuil sé beagáinín déanach ach tá sé úsáideach agus beimid ag tacú leis. I welcome the opportunity to discuss this Bill today. It certainly has been a long time in coming. It...