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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant cuts to pharmacy funding proposed from 1 January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49185/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask questions but I did not necessarily want to go first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming in and giving us very detailed submissions that we will find very helpful. I acknowledge the role that solicitors, barristers, FLAC and the Legal Aid Board play in facilitating people to gain access to justice in this country. At this time, almost 11 a.m., throughout this country in District Courts, Circuit Courts and High Courts, people find themselves...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I beg Mr. O hUallacháin's pardon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Murphy want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: What the witnesses are both saying is that the failure to adequately fund the criminal legal aid system will have an impact on access to justice for individuals. Forget about lawyers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: On the other side - I know there is no one here from the DPP's office - but is anyone aware of whether funding of the DPP's office is preventing the prosecution of offences? That obviously is an issue that would be important for victims of crime. Maybe it is something we have to pick up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. Is anyone aware of whether the DPP's office is deciding not to prosecute offences because of a concern about costs? That would affect a victim's access to justice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Can we now move to the area of civil law? Obviously, the State does not have as much involvement in the whole area of civil law, because it does not fund it the same way as the State funds the prosecution of all criminal offences and it funds to a large extent the defence of criminal cases. In civil cases, it is different, although the State plays a big part in civil litigation. I do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I would have thought a major barrier to access to justice, before one even gets to speak to a lawyer, is just trying to have knowledge or awareness that a law may have been breached.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not know what level of awareness Mr. McDaid, Mr. O'Leary or Ms Ryan believe there is of the availability of civil legal aid among the public in general. Are most people who come to the Legal Aid Board well informed, having met solicitors first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The following comment is directed at Ms O'Boyle and Mr. Murphy. The vast majority of people who gain access to the justice system do so through going to solicitors who are prepared to evaluate whether they have a claim, and that if they do and the solicitors believe in it, they take the claim on the basis of a no foal, no fee arrangement. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The following question is directed at Mr. Dignam. When a client goes to a solicitors' firm, the solicitor takes the case on a no foal, no fee basis. Can a financially weak litigant get access to a good barrister to present his or her case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: My assessment of the matter is that the public is entitled to an efficient justice system that provides them with prompt access to that system and gives them a fair hearing and a reasoned decision that is not too costly. People recognise that if there are lawyers representing people in court, they will be paid. However, we need to look at making the system more efficient. There is too much...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (26 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Aire. Tá a lán ceisteanna fós le freagairt. I thank the Minister for his answer. He is correct when he states that the different Departments are responsible but there does not appear to be anyone who has taken charge of it. That is what happened in respect of this Topical Issue matter. The Department of Children and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (26 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will be aware that, in 2018, regulations were introduced in respect of reception standards for people applying for direct provision. Regulation 17 expressly deals with the right of children who are in direct provision to have access to educational services in the exact same way as though they were Irish citizens. I would be extremely concerned if I was the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (26 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 61. To ask the Minister for Health the reason to date in 2019 more than 1,100 persons over 75 years of age have endured emergency department wait times of more than 24 hours at St. Vincent's University Hospital. [48774/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (26 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles available in each Garda division in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48580/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (26 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons killed as a result of gangland violence in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48696/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (26 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide statistics for the delays in family law proceedings in each of the District and Circuit Courts and in the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48791/19]