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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Google engages in multijurisdictional business. Its businesses operate in various countries irrespective of boundaries. This can create difficulties for the company when it comes to the application of laws. Is it in agreement with the president-elect of the European Commission, who has indicated she wants to introduce a digital services Bill that would apply throughout the European Union...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: We are looking, in part, at harmful publications and communications. It is a very vague term. As I said last week, people should be allowed to be critical of politicians. That could be categorised as harmful and is not what we are talking about here. An example which we will all agree is harmful, illegal and should not be facilitated is child pornography, an issue raised by Ms Niculescu....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am sorry to interrupt. Mr. Ó Broin gave a figure in his opening statement, that in the first three months of this year, Facebook removed 5.4 million items of child sexual abuse. Does Google have any figures that it can give?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Do Ms White and Mr. Costello think that social media companies should have any specific liability or penalties imposed on them for the unknowing facilitation of child pornography?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: We all agree that we want to ensure that there is no child pornography on the Internet. We had a witness here last week, Mr. Joe McCarthy from UCD. He suggested that before a person is able to open an account with Facebook, Google or Twitter, he or she would have to provide details about his or her identity. If such a rule were in place, would that not have a significant deterrent effect on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: How does Facebook check that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want to let my colleagues in and so will finish here. If it were the case that there was criminal liability or penal sanction such as a fine for social media companies that happened to facilitate, unwittingly or otherwise, the publication of child sexual abuse material, would that not have a deterrent effect in reducing it and changing the companies' actions?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (8 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis upon which a person (details supplied) was granted temporary release from prison in circumstances in which the person had only served six years of a life sentence for murder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40647/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána working group has published its national strategy to deal with assaults against the person; if not, when the strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the establishment of a statutory cross-Border multidisciplinary agency to tackle crime in the Border regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39986/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The recent savage attack on Mr. Kevin Lunney shocked everyone in the country. Unfortunately, it did not come as a complete surprise to the people of the Border region because the company for which the man works, including its executives, has been subjected to a campaign of violence and harassment for years. I regret to say that in the Border region, it seems a certain degree of lawlessness...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is fair to say that wherever there is a border between two separate jurisdictions, there will be increased levels of criminal activity. That has been the case historically on this island since the placement of the Border there in the 1920s. Fortunately, as a result of our membership of the European Union and customs union, and in recent years the Single Market, we have been able to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome that. Previously, when there have been issues in places such as County Longford or Drogheda, there has been a concentration of policing attention in the areas. Much of that has to do with the fact there is a great deal of media attention on the difficulties the areas experience. My concern is there is a lot of action in respect of the savage attack on Mr. Lunney, to which the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers being housed in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40230/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am sure the Minister of State will agree that the asylum system is under considerable pressure and that has been added to by events of this week. When people come into the country looking for international protection, we obviously have an obligation to provide them with shelter. We do that through the direct provision system in centres. It appears now that we also need to avail of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am concerned that 1,389 people are staying in hotels and guest houses while their applications for international protection are being processed. We have a problem in the direct provision centres with people who have been granted international protection not moving on because of the shortage in the housing system. What is the Government's plan to provide further accommodation for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: We need to look at other options because the system is creaking at the edges. We need to look at using State-owned accommodation. We have a considerable number of State properties that could be converted into a centre where people could be housed. We should also look at a system of fostering. Many well-intentioned people want to help those who are seeking asylum. If we had a system in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: We need to do more in respect of robbery and burglary in particular to try to deter repeat offenders. In this regard, will the Minister reflect on the proposals put forward by Fianna Fáil in our Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017? In terms of the broader picture, all of us in the House need to recognise that if a young boy is incarcerated in a juvenile detention centre before he is 18 the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the findings of the recent study by the CSO on prison recidivism which found that almost half of prisoners here went on to commit another offence within three years of their release will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40229/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will be aware that last week the Central Statistics Office published a report on recidivism in the Irish prison sector. It details the number of repeat offences committed by people after their discharge from prison. The results are alarming. What proposals do the Minister and the Government have to address our problem with repeat offenders?