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Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (28 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (28 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 52. To ask the Minister for Health his views on figures from an organisation (details supplied) which indicate that the number of patients on trolleys in St. Vincent's Hospital in May 2018 was higher than in November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28303/18]

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all Members who contributed to the debate on the legislation. Many Members spoke in support of it. I will not deal directly with the comments they have made in my response but I appreciate their support. I fully recognise that this is not some simple solution to the problem we have in this country in respect of crime. I fully recognise and agree that to resolve or cut down on...

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will be sharing time with Deputies Lawless, Michael Moynihan and Breathnach. I will outline the context for saying we need to strengthen our bail laws. We can only understand the need for strengthening our bail laws by looking at recorded crime statistics. It is appropriate that this debate commences on the day when the Central...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister, his advisers and our guests. The last time the Minister was here, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities had not been ratified so I commend him on the fact that it was done in 2018. I am sure he recognises that there is further work to be done, however. When does the Minister think the optional protocol will be ratified and fully in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I agree it is important that we concentrate on the abilities of people as opposed to their disabilities. This is particularly important in respect of employment and improving access to employment for people with disabilities, which one may also call "abilities". What can Government do to encourage people in the private sector to recognise the abilities of people with disabilities, and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is a great untapped resource for the Irish economy of which we are not availing. We are nearly at full employment but there is a whole section of society where levels of unemployment are too high. The objective should be to get incentives and awareness in the private sector up to the levels in the public sector. The Minister said the Disability Bill 2016 had gone through Second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: When will the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 be commenced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Update on Disability Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Next year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (27 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be seen by a public orthodontist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28087/18]

Commission of Investigation: Motion (26 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to share time with Deputy Mary Butler.

Commission of Investigation: Motion (26 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Fianna Fáil will support the motion put before the House by the Minister. We believe it appropriate that there should be a commission of investigation into the matters outlined in the terms of reference laid before the House. Since I became justice spokesperson for Fianna Fáil over two years ago, many groups have come to ask for the support of Fianna Fáil in seeking...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Eligibility (26 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision with regard to an application (details supplied); if an exception can be made to allow the applicant to continue working in their job with a change of status to a stamp 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27482/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (26 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 309. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2, 3 and 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the reason for the delay in commencing these Parts of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27416/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if standard cost efficiency guidelines have been issued for the procurement of emergency accommodation in privately operated hotels, hostels and bed and breakfasts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27461/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (21 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults perpetrated against members of An Garda Síochána in the course of their duties in each of the past ten years; the number of successful prosecutions for such assaults in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27296/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (21 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sexual assault treatment units here; the location of each unit; the opening hours of each unit; the location to which complainants are brought if the closest unit is not open at the time a complaint is made; if consideration has been given to opening each unit on a 24 hour basis seven days a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Protocol 21 of the Treaty of Lisbon: Minister for Justice and Equality (20 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming here. I, too, will be similarly brief. The function of this committee is to give consideration to the directive. Having read the document that was circulated, I suppose by the Council of European Union, but it was given to us, I would be supportive of us opting in, in respect of this proposal. Financial crimes have become more complex...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Protocol 21 of the Treaty of Lisbon: Minister for Justice and Equality (20 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister.

Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The criminalisation of homosexual activity has had a long and cruel history. The Taoiseach referred to Victorian statutes but it went back further than that. In 1533, Henry VIII first made homosexual activity an offence, punishable by death. It was first made a criminal offence in Ireland during the reign of Charles I and was punishable by death on conviction. It was not until 1828 that...