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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Tá fáilte romhaibh go léir. Access to justice and legal costs is one of the most important topics. I am relatively new to this committee. I thank the Chair and the members for choosing this topic. I did have some input into the work and agenda. Forty years have elapsed since the Airey case and it is extraordinary that we are still talking about very basic factors concerning...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Sláinte), 2019: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Health) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Harty: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." At the outset I would like to thank my office and in particular my Institute of Public Administration intern, Mr. Manfred Lau, for his excellent research assistance in drafting this legislation and accompanying materials and Dr. Charles Larkin, my policy advisor. The purpose...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: There are dark clouds on the horizon, some of which I mentioned this morning. The United States has placed €6.8 billion worth of tariffs on European trade that will directly affect our exports. The United States is also engaged in a trade war with China that affects the global supply of components for manufacturing, with knock-on effects for manufacturing in Ireland. Most countries,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Health Sector: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Dr. Donal O'Hanlon: I thank the Chairman and members for the opportunity to address them on the association’s concerns regarding the consultant recruitment and retention crisis and the consequences for the delivery of patient care. The IHCA represents 95% of all hospital consultants working in Ireland’s public hospital and mental health services. Our members are calling on us...

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

Mick Wallace: Two years ago, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien called for a comprehensive review of this emergency legislation. He said such a review "should focus on how to modernise the criminal justice system to make it responsive to the needs of Ireland in 2017". No review was ever conducted. We have seen little serious reform of our criminal justice system in the lifetime of this Government. Instead, the...

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: When I saw this item listed for business, my mind was cast back to doing a module on property law and land law. My mind was cast back to some of the more obscure ends of that area, including turbary rights, resulting trusts and so on. I was not expecting as interesting a contribution as Deputy O'Callaghan's brief history lecture. It was quite fascinating in its way. This issue is grounded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2019)

Ms Eilis Barry: I thank the committee for inviting us to make a written submission, which we furnished in March 2019, and to address it today on the important issues raised by this Bill. We note the recent submissions and contributions made to the committee, in particular on 2 April, and the opinion furnished by the European Central Bank. We do not intend to reiterate our original...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank her for being here and appreciate her attendance at this very busy time. I am glad that she has come to take my Commencement matter. Let me outline what moved me to ask this question again. I have raised it consistently since I entered the House. I am sure the Minister of State and her officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019) See 2 other results from this debate

Dr. Carol Coulter: I am grateful to the joint committee for the opportunity to address it. My experience of the family courts is twofold. I ran a project for the Courts Service between 2007 and 2008, reporting on private family law cases. For the past six years I have been running the Child Care Law Reporting Project which reports on public family law cases. It is important to emphasise...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Income Inequality (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I understand that the Report on Cherishing all Equally 2019 was published on 20 February. The Report examines a number of issues in relation to inequality, including inequality in wealth, education, health and employment. In response to the Deputy's specific question regarding high incidence of low pay and weak labour protection, I would point out that the Government continues to work to...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Gino Kenny: We could not argue with any of the content of the Labour Party motion. In the 100 years since the Democratic Programme of the First Dáil child inequality is now, as it was then, compounded by social class. This is a "C" word we should use more often. Disadvantage is determined by political policy and postal address. Class or location should never define a person’s ability to...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2019)

James Browne: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill of 2017 concerns mental health discrimination. Every day, people with mental health difficulties face discrimination in accessing services, accommodation or getting jobs. This Bill is aimed at ending that mental health discrimination. Anyone can experience a mental health problem....

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Tomorrow and Friday, I will attend a meeting of the European Council in Brussels and a meeting of the euro summit. On Thursday afternoon, we will focus on the multi-annual financial framework and follow that work with a discussion on external relations in the evening. On Friday, the meeting will begin with a discussion of citizen consultation on the future of Europe followed by an exchange...

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, to the House and I thank him for his acknowledgement of my small part in one provision of the Bill, which I will come to in a moment. On behalf of the Labour Party Senators, I welcome the provisions of the Bill. As my colleague, Deputy Willie Penrose, has done in the Dáil, I welcome that the Bill gives legislative effect to...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: Over the years, we have made the usual arguments in here about how this legislation should be altered so the State would not be in violation of its human rights obligations under international law. Obviously, however, the main parties have a different idea. The refusal of succession of Ministers for Justice and Equality to pay any attention to this - despite all the statements from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Ms Leilani Farha and Ms Julieta Perucca for their presentations. I thank Mr. David Joyce, Ms Sinead Kerin and others from the Mercy Law Resource Centre for their great work, as well as for often looking at and assisting with the cases that flow through my door of people facing the consequences of the current housing crisis. I thank Ms Leilani Farha for her intervention over the past...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: If needs be, I am quite happy to come back and amend the Order of Business. I am quite happy to do that if it is okay with the House. I agree with Senator Ardagh and share the frustration of customers of AIB with the way they have been treated so badly. It is important that AIB is held to account for all of this. It has been accused of concocting a notional tracker rate of 7.9% which...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 29:In page 34, to delete lines 28 to 30, and substitute the following:“12 to 22 are restricted to the extent specified in subsection (3).”. I will speak to all the amendments together. Basically section 54 relates to the restriction of the exercise of the data subject rights. Data subject rights are the core reason we have the General Data Protection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Insurance (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Michael D'Arcy: I welcome the opportunity to brief the committee on the draft general scheme of the insurance (amendment) Bill. Its purpose is to implement the recommendations of the review of the framework for motor insurance compensation in Ireland, which was approved by the Government in July 2016. I wish to take a few moments to remind the committee of the background to this important matter. The...

Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Jack Chambers: I welcome the Bill introduced by my Sinn Féin colleagues and I am pleased to be able to speak on it. As has been mentioned, the Bill replicates many of the findings and recommendations from the 2005 Law Reform Commission report on multi-party litigation, known as class actions in other jurisdictions. The Minister and others have mentioned the current test case procedure that comes...