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Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: I understand the DPP has to bring a charge if there is a reasonable-----

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: Okay. That is the first scenario. The Minister of State is saying it is possible that a fishing boat would be charged but it will depend on the circumstances. I had a more specific point. If people are being smuggled, they cannot be charged with smuggling themselves, clearly, because they are victims and they are being smuggled by these people who smuggle people in, subject them to...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: No one can enter the country if they drown.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: They do not enter the territory of Ireland if they drown. It is like Stalin’s "no person, no problem".

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: I am slightly confused by the Minister of State's contention that borders are irrelevant to the purpose of the Bill, if that is how I am to understand it. We are talking about the Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021, section 6 of which states: "A person is guilty of an offence if he or she intentionally assists the entry into, transit across or presence in the State". The...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Connolly for tabling this amendment and bringing the focus of the House to bear on this issue. I listened closely to the Minister of State's explanation. I do not think anybody is arguing that we do not need to prosecute people smugglers. However, I find it hard to be convinced by the Minister of State's argument that if somebody from Lybia, for example, claims to be part of...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: I am glad that that is not what the Minister of State implied.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: Okay. My question is how-----

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: I am not being disingenuous. How does such a person prove he or she is a member of such an organisation? Many people in this House will have spent some time in the Middle East and countries across other parts of the world. NGOs are small, diffuse, badly organised and badly funded. They are not like the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, where you can go online and verify who its...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment at the National Driver Licencing Service centre in Ennis to renew their driving licence given its expiry date is early December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59310/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59259/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport is likely to issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58510/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58688/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of nursing graduates in 2020 and 2021, respectively, who are currently working in the health care system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58262/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan in relation to the cohort of recovered persons and the extensions on their EU Digital COVID Certificates as a result of antibody testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if negative antigen testing will be considered for the EU Digital COVID Certificates to allow for attendance in bars, restaurants and so on as per the UK method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58429/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients' diabetes clinic in the University of Limerick Hospitals group who are aged 18-24, 25-34 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 and over 65 years of age in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58481/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients' diabetes clinic in the University of Limerick Hospitals group for 24 months or more who are aged 18-24, 25-34 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 and over 65 years of age in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58482/21]