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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask members for agreement on the steps we can take, which I have outlined in summary.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We can. The steps the Deputy wishes to take might best be taken when the Bill on judicial appointments presents. I do not know when it is likely to present but the Deputy has signalled a course of action and this suggests it would have the same impact. I leave it to members to consider. In the intervening period, I remind members that we have the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yes, if members feel that is the most appropriate time to do it. Do we know if the Minister is coming in herself?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is where we are at. I will endeavour to take the other steps in the intervening period. Deputy Daly may have the opportunity over the same period to meet and engage with the Minister on what might be possible so that we have a better understanding of what she is suggesting. A telephone call never suffices in these cases. After the engagement there may be greater clarity and the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----for which we have a money message. We cannot allow the build-up of other work to take place. We cannot do this in select committee and I need to schedule a meeting of the joint committee. Would members be willing to have a short meeting of the joint committee at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow week, Thursday, 18 May?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have been duly warned. We could make it at 2 p.m. and finished by 3 p.m.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (10 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The record will show that I am rearranging the meeting in order to facilitate Fianna Fáil's Front Bench. To recap, the select committee will meet at 9 a.m. next Wednesday, 17 May, in committee room 2 to consider the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016. The following day, which is 18 May 2017, the joint committee will meet in private session at 2 p.m. in committee room 4. The...

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not the same issue.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can I have just one word from the Taoiseach? That is all it would require.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Go raibh míle maith agat.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The programme for Government refers, I believe, on 15 occasions, to commitments to women that claim to empower them and to tackle the inequalities experienced by them in our society and internationally. Last week, the Government refused to reveal how it voted in the election of Saudi Arabia to the UN Commission on the Status of Women-----

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and I am asking the Taoiseach did he vote - Yes or No - to allow Saudi Arabia take a seat on the Commission on the Status of Women.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is merely a "Yes" or "No".

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Precedence.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Precedence is no excuse.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It will be a great comfort to the women of Ireland, and internationally, that Saudi Arabia is there.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is time to break the precedent.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is almost like a figure for breathalyser tests.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (4 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 201. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason medications (details supplied) are no longer available under the medical card scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this is having on persons that suffer from macular degeneration and that now pay in excess of €17 per month to access this drug; his plans to reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Maternity care in Ireland has been in a state of crisis for many years. Underfunding has led to a severe shortage of staff in hospitals, thus resulting in us lagging behind international standards. Maternity services lack both midwives and obstetricians. Ireland has the lowest number of consultant obstetricians per 100,000 women in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...