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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: Senator Mullen was inferring motives into the minds of the Garda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: We may presume, because the Garda decided there was to be no follow-on. This is a nonsense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: Some research has been done on adoption. The biggest contributor to the fall in adoption rates was when the State introduced payments to women who were initially called unmarried mothers that became payments which allowed people to parent alone so that women did not have to continue with a pregnancy and then give their children up, but had the right to raise their own children and had the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. This Bill was well decimated by Digital Rights Ireland last week, which has teed us up nicely on the details, so I will look at the issues more broadly here. The ICCL recommendations are very clear, they very much follow on from what we discussed last week and can be built on so I will not repeat them. Deputy O'Callaghan referred to heads 8 and 9,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: Ms Farries made the point that heads 8 and 9 are much broader than the Tele2 judgment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: It requires a radical review. When the legislation was first mooted we suggested that reviewing data retention in isolation was a knee-jerk reaction and not helpful. Does the ICCL have a view on the other surveillance legislation in this State, such as the draconian powers given to the State by the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 and the telecommunications Acts, which allow for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: This is really important. Mr. Justice Murray spoke of the mass surveillance of virtually the entire population of the State. I note that the ICCL lodged an FOI request to the Department of Justice and Equality and the Defence Forces on precisely the point Mr. Herrick made about intelligence sharing with other countries. This is huge and there is obviously a bigger picture. What response...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: It puts the onus on us to look at the bigger picture. The Communications (Data Retention) Bill 2017 only deals with communications data and personal data are outside its scope, but do witnesses have a view on the personal data in vast databases which are shared by public bodies without any oversight? I refer to the mandatory, but not compulsory, public services cards and health identifiers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: The ICCL has teed this up very well. Mass surveillance is a very broad issue and Deputy Wallace and I have raised Garda oversight and surveillance in the context of the GSOC bugging scandal, as well as the limitations in our legislation in this respect. We do not agree with the State being empowered to get its hands on anyone's private information, whatever his or her profession. All...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: No one is arguing for State control of the media. I quoted Mr. Justice Murray's comments about the duties and obligations of journalists. I was asking the witness how he thought that duty and obligation to not invade people's privacy could be protected. He said that there is a code of conduct in the NUJ but not all journalists are members. Are there any other mechanisms that could be used?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I believe Mr. Herrick wanted to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: The witness is talking about circumstances where the State's use of that information, in terms of Garda information, was leaked. There is a certain irony in the fact that the appropriate attention being put on the State's surveillance mechanism arose out of the circumstances where GSOC attempted to bring to justice the garda or State agent who was responsible for that violation. That is how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I did not hear anybody saying that. I quoted from the statement by the former Chief Justice, Mr. Justice John Murray on precisely that point, on the need to weigh the public interest against the invasion of a citizen's privacy. I think people would cheer for many examples of crusading journalists bringing people in elevated positions who were engaged in wrongdoing to the public notice....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I am referring to a provision in data protection legislation. I am talking about giving the State the power to access somebody's information. What extra protection do journalists need that another citizen would not need? We know the Department's argument, albeit warts and all, and we know the Bill needs to be dramatically changed. What about bringing up the standard that would apply to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: This is the key point because of the particular status of journalists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: That is a perfect solution to me. That sounds exactly the way the legislation should look like.

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 57. To ask the Minister for Health the number of maternity cases involved in the State Claims Agency damages payouts in 2016; and the total damages paid in maternity cases in 2016. [48154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the perinatal mental health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the stance taken by Ireland in relation to an embargo on arms sales to Venezuela. [48382/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (15 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to findings by wildlife officers that confirm the presence of leverets at a number of hare coursing venues; if her Department will investigate those findings and revoke licences for those venues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48390/17]