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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to put one more quote from that meeting. Deputy Clare Daly asked:Ms West was told on 1 August by a member of Garda management that the Policing Authority was aware of her approaches and so on. Did Ms West find this strange? Ms West responded:That was in the context of a management meeting I was part of. It was raised with me as part of a wider management meeting. Obviously, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Surely there is a distinction between correspondence from the Garda analysis service directly to the Garda Commissioner being referred to the Policing Authority and direct contact between Ms West and Ms Galligan and the Policing Authority. Surely those are distinct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It seems there is something missing here or something, perhaps, I am not understanding. In the phone calls which Ms Feehily has described and has detailed to us, it sounds as though the sensitive details of this were not necessarily discussed. As I say, there is clearly a distinction between official correspondence to the Garda commission and then across to the Policing Authority and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Was it treated as fully confidential?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Was there no indication conveyed to the Garda of the fact that such correspondence had been received by the Policing Authority, whatever about the content of it and the correspondence being treated as fully confidential?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will finish on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am finishing on this. It seems Ms Galligan and Ms West felt let down. We can have differences of opinion on all of this. There is a clear distinction between those initial phone calls, which are information inquiries, etc., and the later correspondence. The later correspondence, which Ms Feehily stated is confidential, clearly was an escalation of a complaint and the detail of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for a helipad at Cork University Hospital; and when the project will be completed and operational. [13087/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a vacancy for a home help organiser in the south Lee area in County Cork; if so, the length of time the vacancy has existed; the way in which these responsibilities have been handled in the interim; and the plans that exist to fill this vacancy. [13208/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new applications for home help that were approved but not allocated due to financial constraints in the south and north Lee areas in County Cork in each of the past six months, in tabular form. [13209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home help that are awaiting allocation of home help in the south and north Lee areas of County Cork; and the way in which this compares to the same date in 2017. [13210/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours per week each home help worker works in the south and north Lee areas of County Cork. [13211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours per week each person in receipt of home help receives in the south and north Lee areas of County Cork. [13212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new applications for home help that have been made but are awaiting approval in the south and north Lee areas in County Cork in each of the past six months in tabular form. [13213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (21 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for tests at the Road Safety Authority test centre in Sarsfield Road, Cork; and the average waiting time. [13086/18]

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is a welcome, overdue and vitally important Bill. Above all else and regardless of how people will vote, it is right and proper that they have their say. No person affected by the eighth amendment and no pregnant woman or woman of childbearing age has had a vote on the article in the Constitution that has caused so much pain and suffering. It was heart-rending to listen on "Morning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, about the need for additional spaces, teachers and educational resources regarding the proposed direct provision centre in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and his plans to ensure the education needs of the residents will be met. [11801/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if RIA has a fit and proper persons' test for organisations or persons that run direct provision centres on behalf of RIA. [11803/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consultation process provided for local communities as a general policy regarding the development of direct provision centres. [11804/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (20 Mar 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has satisfied himself that the local community in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare was adequately consulted regarding the proposed direct provision centre to be located there. [11805/18]