Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman

9:00 am

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One side of the Department of Justice and Equality says that this would be extremely ambitious and another is saying that it is relying on the progression of a particular part for which the Department has overall responsibility. Who in the Department is driving this? Who is making this a priority? One side of the Department was hoping that the enactment would occur quickly in 2015 and another side is saying that this year is an ambitious target. What communication is happening? Cross-departmental communication was mentioned. What communication is happening within the Department? There is clearly a dysfunction there. One part of the Department is saying that it hopes to see speedy enactment of something it is responsible for, and another side of the Department is telling the committee that it is ambitious that we would see it this year. We are now looking at 2019 at the earliest. Perhaps there is an explanation for that. I would like to hear it.

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