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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied) submitted in June 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11197/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (3 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (3 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: 625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include graduate entry medicine in the SUSI reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the reimbursement of Covid-19 testing in relation to the treatment abroad scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (3 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: 768. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine regulation for AEDs in respect of both registration and maintenance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: 961. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a homecare package for a person (details supplied) was reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11942/21]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: I welcome the Minister for Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee, to our meeting. I will allow her to contribute as amendments arise but if she wants to make concluding remarks at the end, she is welcome to do so.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: Does the co-proposer, Deputy Daly, want to make any remarks?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: As no other members are offering, I will make an observation. With regard to the pretrial hearings that are proposed, normally directions would be given by a judge at a call-over of cases prior to the sessions commencing and legal applications would be made before a jury is empanelled. Is it envisaged that the pretrial hearings will replace the current procedure?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: It may be an additional process introduced to streamline matters.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: Is the amendment being pressed?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy and the Minister for a good discussion on the amendment.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: There is a body of evidence in case law that would support those decisions.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: It is useful to be aware of Standing Order 197. Does such a review occur with all legislation or just with criminal justice legislation?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: That is good to know.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: A note could be circulated to the committee on foot of this discussion. That would be really useful for our own information. Deputy Howlin will take this to the reform committee.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: That would be helpful.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: An argument could also be advanced that three years is not enough. Some legislation comes before the House every year for review. I do not want to put extra work on the public service, but there are other ways to do it as well. One could argue it up and down. That concludes the discussion on the amendment. It has been a useful discussion. We have taken a few views on it, apart from...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: At the outset, I invited the Minister to make some concluding remarks. Before calling her, Deputy Martin Kenny wants to make a comment. If anybody wishes to comment, this is the time to do so.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

James Lawless: We have concluded our deliberation, but as the Deputy has raised it we will note that. We have it on the record. Does the Minister wish to make some concluding remarks?