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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Professor Doherty said that older women have higher rates of depression. Is that compared to men or younger women? In general, are older women at the top of the scale? That is what she is saying, okay. She also said that there is an increase in older women seeking assisted dying. She mentioned a number of places including Oregon and Switzerland. It also tallies with something said by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Do the witnesses believe that the 6% that mental health services are getting in the budget compared with the 12% or 13% they get in other countries should be increased significantly before we legislate on this matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Professor Doherty is talking about suicidal ideation

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I saw Dr. Dalton nodding her head. Does she wish to comment on this point?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has the results of the 2023 salmon survey for the Feale/Cashen fishery; and if he is in a position to indicate if that fishery will be opened in 2024. [47681/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has any plans to purchase the Abhainn Mhór/Owenmore fishery near An Leithtruigh, Corca Dhuibhne. [48229/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 824. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to make a statement in relation to the establishment of the Penal Consultative Council, as set out in the Review of Policy Options for Prison and Penal Reform last year. [47904/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 1133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider rolling out minor injury clinics across the country, especially in County Kerry. [47474/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 1143. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment with Cork University Hospital orthodontics department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 1164. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive surgery in Cork University Hospital; if it would be possible to receive the surgery in either University Hospital Kerry or the Bons Secours Hospital, Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47683/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 1217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Kerry who currently accept medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48090/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I have a number of quick questions. The first is for Assistant Commissioner Willis. Would she agree that within the north inner city, there is a difficulty, and has been a difficulty for years, with a large number of vulnerable people congregating or being housed in temporary accommodation in the city centre? Drug clinics, such as the one in Blanchardstown, have closed. People with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Is there a reason the numbers have been allowed to reduce?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for coming in. Over the last year, there has been a lot of talk about the reduction in numbers. The Minister would accept that the numbers have dropped from a high of 14,500-odd to under 14,000 now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: At the same time, the resignations have also been an issue. There were 72 in 2019, 69 in 2020 and 109 in 2022. To the end of September this year, that figure has increased to 114. The Minister will accept that this figure is going in the other direction and that resignations are on the increase.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: In addition, many gardaí I know are buying back their pension and leaving early. This means that, in addition to the resignations, retirements are accelerated because people are leaving early. That seems to be the case. I am not necessarily referring to the Minister herself but a succession of Ministers came before the Dáil in the early to middle part of this year to tell us that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Even at the end of July, the Taoiseach was saying the figure would be hard to meet. Would it not have inspired more confidence and been more credible if he had said, at that stage, we were not going to make it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: On Garda presence, many senior gardaí were asking about the Garda Reserve regulations earlier on, also in the middle of the summer. I see from the Minister's opening statement that we will now not be ready to recruit until next year. Does the Minister accept that her Department was slow to get those regulations out and that it would have helped us have a bigger presence on the streets...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister know what quarter of next year those regulations will be ready and we will be ready to recruit?