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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: Will additional courtrooms be built around the country?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projects that will benefit from funding allotted under the public private partnership line item in her Department’s planned capital expenditure for 2022. [36290/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: I want to ask the Minister which projects will benefit from the funding allotted under the public private partnership, PPP, line item in the Department's planned capital expenditure for 2022.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: It is interesting that the Minister mentioned the Criminal Courts of Justice because the repayments on that have probably been going on for 15 years and it will cost the State a sum of over €600 million for a piece of ground it already owned. There was only one real winner in that, namely the original funder, Babcock & Brown, which has received huge amounts of money from it....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for her response. The reforms to GSOC contained in the policing, security and community safety Bill were dealt with extensively during pre-legislative scrutiny. The proposed reforms were criticised by many stakeholders in the committee. Some criticised the reforms for giving GSOC too many powers, and others criticised them for not giving it enough powers. I ask the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: We can see the importance of dealing with workforce planning in other Departments, such as the Department of Health. The Minister has hit the nail on the head in the question of where GSOC is going to find all the investigators it needs. Are plans in place to source them from other Commonwealth countries around the world that have similar investigative procedures? We do not want to go back...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: Will the Minister provide me with a date on which members of An Garda Síochána will no longer be investigating other members of the organisation?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will detail the supports her Department gives to Free Legal Advice Centres; if her Department has received its 2021 annual report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35898/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: Will the Minister detail the supports her Department gives to Free Legal Advice Centres? Will she confirm if her Department has received the 2021 annual report, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the planned reforms to GSOC, including whether she envisages an increase in funding for any new body to replace it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35896/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: I ask for the Minister's views on the planned reforms to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. She will have seen the 2021 report it released, which mentions the sustained increase in caseload and its preparations for the expanded mandate. Does she envisage any increase in funding for any new body to replace GSOC? Will she make a statement on the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans to increase the allowances paid to Tusla foster carers. [35290/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if HIQA inspections will apply to all providers of accommodation to IPAS; and the details of any exceptions. [35470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation enabling HIQA inspections of IPAS-contracted properties will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [35471/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he, his Department or IPAS were aware of a matter before awarding a contract for accommodation services to a vendor (details supplied). [36242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she envisages having to directly provide domestic violence refuge centres through her Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of counties or areas of the country in which these services are currently absent. [35970/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 857. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make an extraordinary payment to University Hospital Kerry staff to ensure that the pandemic bonus payment is made urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the pandemic bonus payment was not paid to University Hospital Kerry staff on 30 June 2022 as expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36202/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 859. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a 24/7 paediatric oncology consultant to be available in Crumlin for care questions that may arise for outpatients receiving services in or near their home hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36203/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Jul 2022)

Pa Daly: 860. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on-site accommodation for those parents and children who must travel more than 50 km to Crumlin for care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36204/22]