Results 21-40 of 190 for going forward speaker:Charles Flanagan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...and to identify the approach that will work best in Ireland. When this work has concluded, which I expect to happen within the coming weeks, I plan to incorporate the learning from the research and then bring forward proposals for new hate crime legislation in the new year. These proposals will be published for discussion and an opportunity will be given to experts, communities and the...

Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...to be locked up, that they are prisoners and they are creating fear. We must be careful about our language because such language is not correct. Such language is false. It is wrong. I would go further and say that language is dangerous. Some Members of this House will remember the context of the introduction of direct provision 20 years ago this month. The then Government opted to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I agree fully with and welcome the Deputy's comments in this regard and I trust that they are reflective of the views of all elected Members of this House but what are we going to do about it? In respect of the justice sector, in addition to the steps taken by the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, I acknowledge the importance of the process of establishing a new anti-racism committee that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (13 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. The Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 has been the subject of ongoing Departmental review. As set out in my response to Parliamentary Question 317 of 5 November 2019, an external review of the 1989 Act was carried out in 2008. The review, entitled "Combating Racism and Xenophobia through the Criminal Law", was conducted by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statute of Limitations (16 Oct 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...for Health, Simon Harris, T.D., who holds primary policy responsibility for this area.  In responding to the Deputy, I am also conscious of the fact that this is an area which is the subject of ongoing proceedings before the High Court to which Minister Harris is a party. The Minister for Health has confirmed the Government’s intention to bring forward Heads of a Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statute of Limitations (15 Oct 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ..., the Minister for Health, who holds primary policy responsibility for this area.  In responding to the Deputy, I am also conscious of the fact that this is an area which is the subject of ongoing proceedings before the High Court to which Minister Harris is a party. The Minister for Health has confirmed the Government’s intention to bring forward Heads of a Bill to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (3 Oct 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...the most disconcerting aspects of this report which causes me considerable concern is the fact that it states that women said that they did not feel justice was carried out and that they would not go through the justice system again. That militates against the reporting of often serious crime. In the earlier part of my reply I set out the wide range of legislative steps. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (1 Oct 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...with their local community Garda, who will be able to discuss issues of local concern and offer practical crime prevention advice. It is not currently envisaged that the Forum will incur significant costs going forward; however, should this change, my Department will re-examine funding of the Forum as the situation calls for it. The National Rural Safety Forum is an initiative...

Seanad: Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Jul 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...across both Houses. It is my hope that, subject to today's proceedings and the conduct of the relevant Stages as now scheduled, the Bill can be completed for enactment before Senators go on their summer vacation, which I understand will be at the earliest possible date to facilitate the Seanad. The purpose of today's Bill is to provide for an increase in the maximum number of ordinary...

Seanad: Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Jul 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...65 to 70 years for administrative purposes. At the same time, it is important that we do not lose sight of the cross-cutting role being played by the Court of Appeal since it was set up five years ago. The new court inherited the civil jurisdiction previously exercisable by the Supreme Court in appeals from orders of the High Court, and the criminal appeal jurisdiction of the Court of...

Judicial Council Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Jul 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...particular. I express my appreciation to officials in my Department on the manner in which new sections of the Bill, especially those dealing with personal injury matters, have been included. I look forward to going back to the Seanad with these amendments to the Bill. I hope that can be done next week and that we will see its early implementation.

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...and hearings, as well as for drafting reasons, it was necessary to replace this Part in its entirety. However, I am keen to ensure that I have retained the essence of what Deputy O'Callaghan intended in bringing forward this Bill. Amendment No. 34 inserts a new section relating to eligibility for parole. The Bill in its current form increases the length of time which must be served by a...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...deaths. It will also provide for mandatory post-mortem examinations and inquests into all maternal or late maternal deaths and deaths in State custody or detention. It will clarify and expand the categories of persons who have a duty to report such deaths and it will be an offence for such a person not to do so. This will ensure proper and transparent scrutiny of deaths. The Bill will...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...member state, perhaps on holidays or working or studying abroad for a short period. The benefits of the measure may best be illustrated by some practical examples. If a person living in Ireland goes on holiday to another member state and commits an offence for which the court in that member state imposes a community service order, that person would have to stay in that state, potentially...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...provisions are in some way redundant or unnecessary because the usage of the different sections can and does vary from year to year. While I have no doubt that every one of us in this House looks forward to a time when these provisions will no longer be required, as Minister for Justice and Equality I must at all times take into account the reality of the current situation. In that...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (12 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...the provisions in question over the past 12 months and a table setting out reported usage figures for each of the years since the Act came into operation. I will not take up the limited time available by going through in detail each of the relevant sections of the Act. The report I have provided to the House gives details of the various sections and the offences and other arrangements...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Crime (9 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...ána and the national family support network have concluded separate evaluations of the drug related intimidation reporting programme and jointly agreed a number of actions in regard to the programme going forward. These include actions relating to training existing members and new recruits from An Garda Síochána, organising a conference for designated inspectors to share...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...Personal Injuries Assessment Board and my Department in the formulation of guidelines as to quantum in the case of claims for damages for soft tissue/whiplash injuries. These are matters on which I am in on-going discussion with the Chief Justice and the Attorney General while I will also be bringing forward appropriate amendments to the Judicial Council Bill, which has just completed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The need to tackle insurance fraud and its costly impact on enterprise and business, in both employer liability and public liability terms, goes to the core of the Government’s on-going drive to reduce the burden on our economy of insurance costs. As the Deputy will be aware, the focal point of this reform is the Cost of Insurance Working Group which was established by the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (8 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...Service for the Future’, which sets out the approach to implementation of the Commission's recommendations. In that regard the development of the local policing model is one of the priority projects being taken forward under A Policing Service for the Future in 2019. A pilot design has already been implemented in four pilot divisions; Cork City, Dublin South Central, Galway and...