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- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The policing authority is not self-financing.
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Perhaps the Minister of State will tell us why it is the best fit. She has not told us thus far why the Mental Health Commission is the best fit.
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State said in the Seanad that the ideal would be a stand-alone agency.
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: She also said that unfortunately the Government is committed to not create any new agencies.
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State is agreed that the ideal would be a stand-alone agency. As such, she is in agreement with the NGOs, civic society experts and so on. As I understand it the Minister of State has deferred that she would share their point of view.
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The only reason the Minister of State has given for the non-establishment of a stand-alone agency is that the Government is committed to not creating new agencies. As I said the Charities Regulatory Authority and proposed legal services regulatory authority-----
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The policing authority is not self-financing, so that excuse is out the window. The other bodies I mentioned are subsidised by central government. Although they raise additional revenue through levies from the charities and legal services sectors,.they do receive public money also. The Minister of State's excuse for why the DSS is not being established as a stand-alone agency is that the...
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: An issue has been brought to my attention by some of the stakeholders on facilitating the move of the decision support service to the Mental Health Commission. A number of NGOs advocate that a DSS should be set up as an independent statutory body with reporting responsibilities to the Department of Justice and Equality. Stakeholders have advised me they were not consulted about this move...
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The organisations that have concerns about this are Tallaght Trialogue and Recovery Experts by Experience. I understand that the Centre for Disability, Law and Policy in NUI Galway, the National Disability Service and Inclusion Ireland have advocated for an independent statutory body. I listened to what the Minister of State said and I understand this Government's policy of amalgamation of...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a carer's allowance and a domiciliary carer's allowance will be taken into consideration for the purposes of calculating a sponsor's income for an application for a visa pursuant to the policy document on non-European Economic Area family reunification. [46376/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male prisoner-on-prisoner assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46377/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of female prisoner-on-prisoner assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46378/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by male prisoners aged 18 to 20 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46379/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by female prisoners aged 18 to 20 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46380/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by male prisoners aged 21 to 25 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46381/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 379. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by female prisoners aged 21 to 25 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46382/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by male prisoners aged 25 years plus on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46383/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by female prisoners aged 25 years plus on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46384/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male prisoner-on-staff assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46385/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (17 Dec 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of female prisoner-on-staff assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46386/15]