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- Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I sold it because it was driven into the ground.
- Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I drove a Prius before many people did.
- Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I do not have a Government car full stop.
- Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I do not at the moment. I would be happy to drive one.
- Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I am in the market for a new car. If an electric vehicle manufacturer wants to-----
- Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: Perhaps Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and I will do business after the debate.
- Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I am open to the idea. I test-drove a hybrid petrol-EV model recently. I drove a Prius for many years before many people did and I found it extremely useful. I live in a rural area in Kildare. The only reason I got rid of it was that it practically fell apart after one election campaign too many. It had a good boot for posters. I can recommend it on that basis. Moving on to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: We have received apologies from Senator Vincent P. Martin. I ask everyone to turn off their mobile phones or put them on flight mode so as not to interfere with the sound. We are all familiar with the procedures around that. Today's meeting is to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence agency Bill. A number of stakeholders...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: Good afternoon. Everybody is welcome. We have a number of guests. Members are joining us both in person in the committee room and online too, so people will pop up on video screens at various stages. The purpose of our meeting today is to engage with the stakeholders in the room on the scrutiny of the general scheme of the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence agency Bill. This is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I am sorry to interrupt, but I am just conscious of time. Perhaps Ms Youtchak might close that point and we will take the next speaker. She can come in again later; her time is up. Does Ms Youtchak want to finish that point she is making?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I thank Ms Youtchak, and I want to hear from her plenty more over the course of the meeting. Mr. Seán Cooke from the Men's Development Network is up next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I thank Mr. Kelly Ryan. Next up is Daire Dempsey from Transgender Equality Network Ireland, TENI. They are very welcome to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I thank Mx. Dempsey. Next we have Dr. Salome Mbugua Henry from AkiDwA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I thank Dr. Mbugua Henry. We will now move on to the next speaker. We can hear more from her as we move on. I would like to hear the rest of the example she gave of a lady in distress because I think it would be very useful. We will take that in the next part of the meeting. The time slot is over for those particular opening remarks. I call Ms McDermott from Safe Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I thank Ms McDermott. I call Dr. Saidléar from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I thank all of the witnesses. That concludes the opening remarks from the organisations represented today. We will now move to a round of questions and answers. I invite members in the order in which they have indicated to engage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)
James Lawless: I thank the witnesses for the contributions.