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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I see that Deputy Cairns is eager to come back in with a follow-up question. However, I want to check if there are any questions from anyone who has not had a chance to stick their hand up yet. There does not seem to be, so Deputy Cairns may ask a question.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: Would Mr. Killoran like to respond on that?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I do not see any other hands up or any other follow-up questions, so I will offer our guests a brief one-minute chance to make any final points.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I propose to publish the opening statements on the Oireachtas website. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee today. We look forward to further engagement with your organisations regarding the matters discussed and any other relevant matters. The meeting is adjourned until Wednesday, 8 December, when the committee will meet in private session.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I ask our guests to be very brief in response to this matter and we can come to some other matters. One Deputy is waiting to contribute after which we will have reached the end of the speaker rotation. We can come back and explore this issue more at that point.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: We will definitely come back to this issue. I also have questions on it.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: We have almost reached the end of the time allotted to this subject. I shall ask a few questions and then we will have another round starting with the issue of bureaucracy. We have a lot of time after that so we can be a bit more flexible. One of the opening statements mentioned a diploma in public service interpretation that would be similar to that used in the UK. How are...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: Deputy Cairns has indicated that she would like to come in with another question.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: Thank you very much. Mr. Killoran, is there anything else you want to come back to or cover before we wrap up?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Services Staff (2 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be provided with a sensory area, gross motor area, behavioural therapist, occupational therapist and a speech and language therapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59540/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I join others in condemning this command paper and the idea that we would simply draw a line under the legacy of the Troubles and think that this would be okay. I joined others, some of whom are members of the committee, in standing with families in Belfast to condemn this. The point has been made several times that there is cross-party all-island unanimity that these proposals are a bad...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: The proposed independent commission for information retrieval, which was in the Stormont House Agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: There was detailed agreements between Dublin and London on how that would look and function. For that to function it needed legislation in Dublin and London. Any time that I asked about progress I was told that there was ongoing contact with officials in London. Even if we do not go as far as passing the Bill, we can publish the heads of the Bill and begin pre-legislative scrutiny. That...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (1 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made during this parliamentary term on the commitment in the Good Friday Agreement to establish a bill of rights for citizens in Northern Ireland. [59309/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (1 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of overall asylum spaces that have been granted to refugees in Ireland in each of the years from 2015 to date; the average length of time the asylum application takes; and the breakdown of country of origin for successful applications on a yearly basis for the time period specified. [59170/21]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: On this section, I would like to hear the concerns of the Minister of State on criminal legal aid. The system is under strain and ultimately people will lose out in terms of access to justice.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: The Chair cut me off in the middle of waxing lyrical about concerns around criminal legal aid and access to justice. I will leave that where it was. I refer to subhead A7 and the Probation Service. What is behind the drop? Are we losing Probation Service staff? Subhead A7 refers to Probation Service salaries, wages and allowances and the Supplementary Estimate is down by...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I hope my sound is working because I want to get up on my soapbox again to endorse what Deputy Daly said about the number of judges and the capacity of the system. Yes, there has been a backlog arising from Covid but there is also a problem with the number of judges. There is a problem with investment in access to justice both through civil legal aid and criminal legal aid, but also in the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: I will make a quick point. I thank the Minister of State for his clear answer and I am glad the money is being kept for the inquiry. Regarding the Judiciary, it is not just an issue of judges. A judge cannot sit without a registrar. We need more registrars as well. There is an expensive judges' pay bill but there is also the added expense of at least two registrars per judge.