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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Cathaoirleach very much. I do not believe that I will take up the four minutes as I have just two quick questions. Could the witnesses explain what the idea of removing such a service from the healthcare field means to them? Second, I believe Professor White referred to the access difficulties in Australia and to institutions which had some difficulty in the provision of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I am sorry to cut across Professor MacLeod but I did ask a particular question but I do not want to diminish his point. To be fair, however, I did ask two questions. I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: My apologies, of course, and I thank Professor MacLeod.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: What about the institutions Professor White mentioned?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: 45. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the World Economic Forum. [2788/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: 52. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. [2789/24]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: Apologies have been received from Deputy Daly, who will be substituted by Deputy Martin Kenny. The Chairman has been unavoidably delayed and has asked me to chair the meeting in his stead, which I hope is agreeable to members. This meeting has been convened to consider the Revised Estimates for Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána, Vote 21 - Prisons, Vote 22 - Courts Service, Vote 24 -...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for her opening remarks. We will now commence our consideration of Vote 20 and then move through the rest of the Votes one by one. Since no member desires to contribute on Vote 20, I will do so myself. The increased budget for overtime within An Garda Síochána is an important component of the flexibility enshrined within the organisation and its ability to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: Members of all parties and none welcome the increase in the allocation specifically for Garda recruitment. Related to this is the question of diversity within An Garda. There have been efforts to ensure gender diversity in An Garda through recruitment but there is also the question of other forms of diversity, including those related to ethnicity and race. I wonder whether the Minister has...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: And older.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for that response. The committee will probably be interested in returning to the matter at some point.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank Deputy Pringle. I promise the members I will not do this on any of the other Votes but I have just two follow-up questions. Is there a correlation between the number of Garda staff recruited and the potential for a lessening, if you will, of the workload of individual members of An Garda Síochána? Would that perhaps be a better question for the Commissioner? In regard...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for that, and the members for their forbearance. That concludes our discussion on Vote 20. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will move on to Vote 21 - Prisons.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I see a small increase of 7.45% in the allocation for buildings and equipment. One of the matters I have become quite aware of in the past year or two is that a number of prisoners in various facilities throughout the country are doubling up, which is not ideal. Is there a plan in that regard, notwithstanding the new wings that have been added to at least two prisons, Limerick and Cork, in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister. I have no doubt that is a subject we will revisit. We will move on to Vote 22 - the Courts Service.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister. We will now move on to Vote 24 - Justice.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: It would be inappropriate of the committee not to note the €452.7 million increase in this particular Vote. Within that is a 975%, a 681% and a 788.9% increase in three headings, which are domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, DSGBV, for non-agency and the actual establishment of the agency itself, and the Irish passenger information unit, the IPIU. Obviously the first two are...