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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Senator want to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a number of questions I want to pose, but at the outset I would like to address the Crowley report and the murder of Mr. Aidan McAnespie. I noted carefully the replies the Minister gave. He stated, and I welcome what he said, that progress can be made on this issue. The Minister went on to say that there was material in the report that it was not possible to release. I have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is the truth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister for his frank reply. Sitting through this meeting, perhaps my eyes are opening to the possibilities in respect of the Crowley report for the first time. I cannot speak for the McAnespie family but I have no interest in references to third parties of any description. What is crucially important is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Only because the Minister has just told me of their existence. I would not have been conscious of that but I hear what the Minister is saying. I cannot speak for the McAnespie family or their legal advisers, who, I have no doubt, would find this exchange very interesting. As one of those who presented, I think it is crucial to note that all of the relevant and salient information relates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That has always been my belief. I acknowledged earlier the point the Minister made. It was my very definite understanding that at the time of the report people would have been afraid. Why would they not have been afraid? A young man had just been shot dead going through a checkpoint that I have no doubt was part of daily life for many of them. That has all changed. Thankfully, there has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are into a slightly new area here in terms of what the Minister has indicated. I note it very carefully. I absolutely concur that a meeting with the family is important. Such a meeting is essential. I hope that it will still be possible to do as the Minister said at the outset in his first reply to Senator Ó Donnghaile and that progress can be made on this issue. That is what I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister come back to us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is no more than these former members deserve. I know the Minister has been in the dock on the case of Mr. Shane O'Farrell, both last evening and last week. I did not expect it back so quickly. It would, however, be remiss of this committee not to reflect on it. His mother has been one of the most regular correspondents with this committee. We do not, however, as a committee, deal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister. We will hope. I will address three items of legislation because they have not been flagged. There is delayed legislation on the family law courts. The Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 also comes before this committee. It was flagged initially as part of the reason that we had not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The capacity legislation-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----in respect of the decisions support service. It is an Act now but some elements have not been commenced. When the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 was first presented here it was the Equality-Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. We corresponded, initially, with the Minister's predecessor and the Department of Justice and Equality on that on a number of occasions....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I understand that and will accept that in respect of the latter two items but can the Minister give us an update on promised legislation in the area of the family law courts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Please do. It is an issue we have identified as part of our priority programme and we would welcome such an update. The last-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I made reference earlier to slow replies. Is the Minister himself or are his officials aware that there is a requirement on each Department to reply to a committee regarding recommendations contained in a report submitted for the Department's attention and address within a three-month period? This has only recently been confirmed by the Taoiseach himself. The matter came before a meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It only remains for me to thank Senator Black for holding course with me and again to thank the Minister and his officials for attending. If there is nothing further - and I am exhausted - then that is that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommendations of the National Council for Special Education in relation to supporting children with autism that remain outstanding; and the budget allocation necessary to implement these recommendations in full. [25785/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation for the low incidence proportion of the special needs budget to schools in 2018; the number of posts delivered using this allocation; and the additional services and resources provided from it. [25818/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of legislating to place the provision of home help hours and homecare packages for elderly citizens as per current HSE qualification criteria on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25824/18]