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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My next question is somewhat linked. On the provision of office facilities for Garda staff, co-location in Garda stations is not always required. Even in my area, there is an opportunity to develop an office building for Garda staff. Is that part of the programme for capital expenditure? There are pressures on some Garda stations because of their size. On Templemore, recruitment is to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does the Minister envisage a greater concentration of professional administrative functions? Will there be more distinct separation?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: From a cyber security perspective?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No problem.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In regard to domestic, sexual and gender based violence, as Deputy Daly said, we anticipate an increase in enforcement so it is important that funding is available to support that. Significant work is being done on the new strategy and the link with how services have been covered with Tusla. On a related point in respect of the youth justice strategy and the Garda youth diversion office,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is it. While it is not at the level of the Minister, to take the example of the efficiency of the service level agreements, if they are not being resolved until November of the calendar year, by whatever agency is involved, that makes delivery very difficult. Similarly, multi-annual funding as opposed to year-on-year funding is among the important structural changes on the ground that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We have an identical problem in Dún Laoghaire. It is a large constituency but it has no refuge service. We have gone through the process exactly as described by the Minister. The difficulty we have reached is to find suitable accommodation that is available. As Deputy Smyth said, it is a subtle and nuanced task because not all accommodation is suitable. One needs accommodation that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I too acknowledge the extraordinary work of the Prison Service in protecting everybody, particularly from the more virulent or dangerous strains of Covid-19 at an early stage. Clearly, the Omicron variant got us all in one way or another. The Prison Service did exceptional work in an enclosed environment. I want to question the remaining Covid restrictions, insofar as they are in place. I...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is understandable. Family visits are so important, for obvious reasons, but so is the taking of legal instructions. It is understandable in the context of the broader modernisation programme that it is not necessary for people to attend every court appearance. That may particularly be the case on the criminal side of things. On the family law side of things, though, cases involving...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That will be a major bonus for the prison structure generally. It is a great achievement to have it completed after all this time. It has been a long time coming.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Oireachtas penal reform group will look forward to visiting the newly redeveloped prison. Deputy Bacik and I have written to the new director general to ensure that the members of the committee can visit the prisons. I am sure there will be no difficulty in that regard from the perspective of the Minister or Department in enabling that to happen as soon as is possible, once Covid-19...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to ask the Minister for an update on the family court complex. Based on current projections, construction is due to commence in 2023. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is something that has come up again and again in committee hearings and it will be very welcome.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (3 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 16. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the progress on introducing the auto-enrolment pension programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the changes to the domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance payments in respect of children in hospital will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5014/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vulnerability assessments of international protection applicants undertaken in 2021; the way this compares to previous years; the most common vulnerabilities identified; the steps that are being taken to address and support those identified as vulnerable; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons coming from Afghanistan to date that have been granted visa waivers to enter the Irish Refugee Protection Programme; if there are plans to issue more visa waivers for vulnerable groups and persons that do not qualify for the Afghan Admission Programme; and if he will make a statement on...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I, too, am thankful for the opportunity to contribute to these important statements today. They come at a moment of huge sensitivity for the island as we solemnly remember the victims of Bloody Sunday in Derry. It is also a sensitive time for the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and, it should be said, for the conduct of our co-guarantor of that agreement in relation to legacy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage increase and monetary increase in the funding for special education per annum over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (1 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a site for public services for adults with ADHD in CHO6; the timeline for the same; if a consultant psychiatrist was appointed in quarter 4 of 2021 with service provision commencing at the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4265/22]