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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: 287. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25886/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue regarding apprenticeships (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26319/22]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: Deputy Smyth has a commitment and she might join us a little bit later in the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the Committee Stage of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022. I welcome the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, to our meeting. This is an example of the system working well, in the sense that this is a Bill we took in at the start of the term. We...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: Deputy Howlin is not here to move amendment No. 1.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 2, 15, 25 and 26 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: That all seems to make sense.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 3, 4 and 9 are related and may be taken together. The amendments are in the names of Deputies Pringle, Daly, Martin Kenny, and Ó Snodaigh. The first three Deputies are members of this committee while Deputy Ó Snodaigh is not. As such, he can put forward an amendment but he cannot vote on it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: These amendments may be of interest to Conradh na Gaeilge as well.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: How stands amendment No. 3?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

James Lawless: I believe there is a logic to that. A bilingual approach makes sense but I am not convinced about taking a monolingual approach. In any event, it does not arise as the member wishes to withdraw the amendment.