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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 521. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50742/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I wish to raise the case of Mark Noonan and Glen Murphy, two young men, two cousins, who were not involved in any type of criminality and who were gunned down at Clearwater in Finglas 13 years ago this month. To date, nobody has been charged in connection with the double murder. While the family has received good contact from Finglas Garda station, they are frustrated at the seeming lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: In which subgroup is the overlap greatest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: What are the differences between males and females among older people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Professor Arensman mentioned ambivalence. Will she elaborate on that a little bit more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I am going to cut Professor Arensman short because I need to ask Dr. Kelleher a question. He mentioned psychosocial supports from mental health and social services when there is a diagnosis of cancer requiring palliative care. I presume that, because of how he spells "Kelleher", he is Cork-based. There are different spellings. When people receive a serious cancer diagnosis, what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Is that where the deficiencies exist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I do not have any more questions. I thank all of the witnesses for bringing us further along on the journey. We all know there may be unintended consequences but we can hardly say the consequences are unforeseeable. A lot of clarity has been provided on that and on the level of services. That is important. In my community, while there is excellent palliative care in Kerry, some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I thank everyone who has provided opening statements and given evidence today. I will ask one or two questions of Dr. Griffin. She said "Those who die by assisted dying are generally older and are more likely to be female." A number of weeks ago, we heard evidence from a psychiatrist in Cork who said that older women have a much higher rate of depression than the general population. What...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Time Zones (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any plans to reform the policy on daylight savings time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 610. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in her senior years can expect to receive an appointment for cataract eye surgery (both eyes) as she is visually impaired and the issue is impacting on her quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50024/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 611. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in her senior years who has been waiting over 12 months for hearing aids replacement can expect to receive an appointment for same as she is hearing impaired and the issue is impacting on her quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50025/23]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: It is just complying with the Supreme Court judgment.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 12: In page 20, line 9, to delete “application is credible” and substitute “applicant has been trafficked”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: It clearly gets rid of a requirement for trafficked persons to enter direct provision and that is why we are pressing the amendment. As regards amendment No. 16, which is in the name of Deputy Pringle, it allows access for an immigration permission for trafficked person because people who are trafficked are less likely to come forward as they fear deportation. We support that. I am sorry...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 15: In page 24, to delete lines 2 to 5 and substitute the following: “(b) assistance with accommodation”..

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I thank the Department for everything and thank the Minister for her own good work on the legislation. Obviously, when she took on the role as Minister for Justice she recognised, as we all recognise, the lacuna in services in this regard and she is trying to do something about it. Credit is due to the Minister and her team for the work that they are putting into it. It is not really...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: On Committee Stage, we moved an amendment to section 41 after concerns were raised with us regarding the safeguarding of personal data of victims and survivors in the context of any information request made by the agency to a service provider under that section. In fairness to the Minister, she said she would check out the point. She contacted us to say she had received advice from the...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Briefly, to follow on from what Deputy Ó Ríordáin said, NGOs within the sector wanted the agency to have some more autonomy. We need accountability within the agency, so the Minister being directly responsible is not necessarily negative but we feel that this provides a good balance. We wish to support Deputy Ó Ríordáin's amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 137. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to get an urgent date for a surgical procedure in any hospital to remove kidney stones as the person is experiencing chronic pain which is impacting negatively on their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49067/23]