Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality

9:30 am

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. We will hope. I will address three items of legislation because they have not been flagged. There is delayed legislation on the family law courts. The Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 also comes before this committee. It was flagged initially as part of the reason that we had not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, and perhaps also why we have not now ratified the optional protocol. Elements of the capacity legislation in respect of the decision support service have also not been commenced. That is also relevant to-----

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