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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (19 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 88. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Dublin south east, south city and Dún Laoghaire LHO areas experienced a reduction of 36,236 home help hours in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17047/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (18 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of each political appointment to his Department since he was appointed; the pay grade, experience and qualification of each person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing sections 20 to 23 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; the timeframe for the commencement of the sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16923/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be granted eligibility in order to gain access to the immunotherapy drugs Nivolumab or Pembrolizumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16855/18]

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Deputy. It is welcome that the Minister has identified that something will be done for Members of this House and other elected representatives. Looking at the equivalent British legislation, we can see that they are going through a similar process with their Bill. Some regulations have been included in it, not for the purpose of exempting politicians but recognising the very...

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I would like to share time with Deputy James Lawless.

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this important Bill. As the Minister mentioned, the purpose of the legislation is twofold: first, to give effect to the general data protection regulation, GDPR; and second, to transpose into Irish law the accompanying directive in respect of law enforcement governing the area of data protection. Like the Minister, I am conscious that the regulation...

Other Questions: Criminal Law Review (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of his review into the legal protections offered to complainants in sexual assault cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16488/18]

Other Questions: Criminal Law Review (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality about victims of sexual assault and rape. What steps does the Minister believe can be taken to encourage victims of sexual assault and rape to make complaints if they have been the victims of those criminal acts? I imagine we can agree that one of the significant policy issues or problems that needs to be addressed is that significant...

Other Questions: Criminal Law Review (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: We need to try to identify why so many victims of sexual assault and rape do not report the crime. Part of the reason is that in many instances they know the perpetrators, but it is unquestionably the case as well that another part of the reason is that they are deterred by the process. Part of the reason they are deterred by the process is that they think it is an alien process and one...

Other Questions: Criminal Law Review (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister is correct in saying that Fianna Fáil will be introducing legislation seeking to give effect to what I outlined earlier, that is to say, providing legal aid to a victim of sexual assault or rape at an early stage at the time he or she makes the complaint. We should bear in mind that the accused gets legal aid from the time the complaint is made. There should be a similar...

Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: As my party's justice and equality spokesperson, I attend a number of meetings throughout the country on rural and urban crime. Very large crowds attend those meetings and they are not turning up to see me. They are attending because of significant concern among communities both rural and urban in respect of crime. An issue consistently raised at these meetings is the necessity to have...

Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The shortsighted decision to close rural Garda stations was very counter-productive and it has resulted in reduced confidence in rural communities in particular in respect of defence against criminal acts. One way by which they would be given greater confidence in local communities would be if the Government played a more proactive role in seeking to roll out a CCTV scheme for rural areas....

Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the level of investment by his Department in CCTV since a commitment was given in the confidence and supply agreement to invest in CCTV; and to make a statement on the matter. [16784/18]

Priority Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will recall that when our respective parties engaged in confidence and supply talks in Trinity College in 2016, we agreed that there would be greater investment by the Government in CCTV throughout the country. It is extremely important for the Government to be fully committed to this. Just as criminals use technology to advance their criminality, law-abiding people and the...

Priority Questions: Road Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken to address the concerns raised by the Road Safety Authority regarding the strength of the Garda traffic corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16490/18]

Priority Questions: Road Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will be aware that we have volumes of road traffic legislation on the Statute Book. We also have proposed amendments to legislation in this area going through the House at present. At the same time we have a situation whereby Garda statistics in respect of breath testing cannot be relied on by policymakers or the public. In the context of recent criticism by the Road Safety...

Priority Questions: Road Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: While I am fully aware that the allocation of resources is a matter for the Garda Commissioner, the Minister for Justice and Equality has a responsibility to ensure effective road safety in this country. I tabled this question because at the beginning of February this year The Irish Times reported that the chief executive of the Road Safety Authority had written to the acting Garda...

Priority Questions: Road Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Recent research by the RSA indicates that 29% of drivers involved in fatal collisions had alcohol in their system. That is a statistic that we must take extremely seriously. We must try to resolve this problem, and the method by which we can seek to deter people from driving with alcohol in their system is to conduct a large number of breath tests on our roads. That is something that was...

Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the measures being taken on foot of the recommendations of the State Ombudsman’s report on the Magdalen restorative justice scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16782/18]