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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: Can the Minister inform me, to the best of his knowledge, whether Thornton Hall is owned by his Department?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: Does his Department own it rather than the OPW?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: We will now discuss Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised).

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I agree with Deputy Daly. Is there a benchmark that the Department uses for judicial numbers? Deputy Daly referenced some comparisons with our European partners. Are those taken into consideration? I wish to focus on the €2.5 million for future-proofing judicial supports that the Minister mentioned in his contribution. Notwithstanding future recruitment plans, is this funding...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: Deputy Smyth firmly opened up the door on local issues and Deputy Daly has run through it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: We shall now move on to Vote 24 - Justice.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Deputy. As to my own thoughts on the justice Vote, obviously, I am very pleased to see not only the funding but the emphasis put on the domestic violence sector and the gender-based violence strategy. Does the Department envisage legislation to enable the creation of an agency and when is that expected? I am aware of the funding is there. I very much welcome the Minister of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: They were working in the criminal area in the Criminal Courts of Justice, CCJ. I got talking to one particular barrister who was awaiting a case for mention. It would have been a matter of asking what was being done next in the case and it would have taken two or three minutes. The rate for that for this barrister, who I did not know, was €29 but that person was there for the entire...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister. We will move on to Vote 41, which deals with the Policing Authority. As no members are indicating, we will proceed to Vote 44, concerning the Data Protection Commission.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank Deputy Kenny very much. He must have been reading my notes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I wanted to raise the very issue he has raised about the decision of the Commission against the Data Protection Commission decisions. Some quite concerning remarks were made in the judgment on which the committee probably needs a little bit more discussion. I am a member of the committee since September and I do not recall it being discussed, although I might be incorrect on that. As a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister very much. I appreciate the time he has taken to go through the various Votes with the committee. I also thank the Minister's officials for their attendance this afternoon. We will suspend proceedings and move into private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2023: Votes 20, 21, 22, 24, 41 and 44 - Department of Justice.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: Wind Energy Ireland issued its report this morning highlighting that 41% of the electricity required in January 2023 was driven by wind. It is the best January on record and is a 9% jump on this time last year. Predominantly offshore wind energy generated 1,479 GW of electricity which is equivalent to the consumption of 320,000 Irish homes. The wind energy potential of Ireland provides us...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the work to implement the Defence Forces Pay Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on efforts to improve gender diversity and equality within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of digital funding for special education in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ongoing efforts her Department is making to recruit SNAs and the number of SNAs gaining qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4094/23]

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate, in what is another component of the programme for Government and the adoption of the report on the Commission on the Future of Policing In Ireland, which called for the deployment of body cameras for members of An Garda Síochána. As many speakers have said, this is not just for the purposes of rooting out criminality but it is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Political Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the quarterly payments to each political party under the Exchequer funding heading under the Electoral Act 1992, since January 2015; and the dates on which each was paid. [4976/23]