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Other Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is appropriate for consideration to be given to the reallocation of responsibility for certain areas for which the Department of Justice and Equality is now responsible. This should not be done to reduce the workload - that is the wrong expression - but to ensure all areas within the Department are given thorough and full consideration. I note what the Minister said about his "active and...

Other Questions: Departmental Bodies Establishment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I still do not know the answer to my question. I still do not know when the Legal Services Regulatory Authority will be operational. I note that there are very important provisions in the Act. Part 6 will set out the new regulatory regime and the basis on which complaints can be made by members of the public. I do not know when it is going to be up and running, but members of the public...

Other Questions: Departmental Bodies Establishment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he expects the Legal Services Regulatory Authority to be fully operational; and when it will be regulating the legal profession. [44211/17]

Other Questions: Departmental Bodies Establishment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: In July 2016 the Minister's predecessor, now Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, signed the commencement order to begin the operation of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority and a chairperson and a board were put in place. Some 15 months later, the authority is not operational to hear complaints from the public about members of...

Other Questions: Departmental Bodies Establishment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I fully appreciate the fact that the Legal Services Regulatory Authority is an independent statutory body, but that does not mean that questions cannot be asked of the Minister and that he cannot provide the answers for the House. It is difficult for Deputies to get answers unless we table questions to the Minister, being the appropriate Minister. In the case of An Garda Síochána...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: The reason I tabled the question is because I was recently contacted by a mother in my constituency who told me that her 15-year old son was out one Saturday afternoon on his bicycle, he was stopped by a group of other teenage boys who took his bicycle and as if that was not enough they then proceeded to punch him. As a result he required significant dental reconstructive work but, worse, it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister is correct in stating there are robust provisions but they apply in respect of an assault being committed by an adult. If I am assaulted or the Minister is assaulted there will be issues in respect to that but it appears to be different when the assault is perpetrated on young teenage boys by young teenage boys. I read a report recently in The Sunday Timeswhich said there had...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward new measures to deter criminal assaults on young persons under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44322/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Throughout this city and country, teenage boys are frequently being subjected to gratuitous criminal assaults. Sometimes those criminal assaults are by other teenage boys. These issues do not receive any recognition in newspapers or the national media, but the events have a very significant and negative impact on young teenage boys. Are there measures Deputy Charles Flanagan, as Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Commissioner Appointment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a new Garda Commissioner will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44295/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Commissioner Appointment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is almost six weeks since the former Garda Commissioner retired. When will the Government appoint a new Garda Commissioner?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Commissioner Appointment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: As I said, it is six weeks since the former Commissioner stepped down and there have been conflicting signals coming from the various entities responsible for either nominating or appointing the next Commissioner. In the immediate aftermath of the retirement of the former Commissioner, the chairperson of the commission on the future of policing stated she believed it would be appropriate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Commissioner Appointment (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister's comment that there should not be an undue delay. I also agree with him when he says the selection process should be designed in such a way that it will result in the best possible candidate being selected. However, when we look at the legislation, it gives some cause for concern. The legislation introduced by the former Government in 2015 provides that there must,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda College (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take regarding the findings and recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts report on Templemore, specifically those that relate to his Department. [44215/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority Reports (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Policing Authority’s third quarterly report on progress by An Garda Síochána in implementing the recommendations of the Garda Inspectorate report Changing Policing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44214/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (19 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent call by the Chief Justice for reform of the civil justice system in order to allow access to justice for all citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44212/17]

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I join the Minister of State in welcoming the passing of this important legislation. For too long victims have been the poor relations in the criminal justice system and the State and the criminal justice system have looked on the process in the courts as being about the determination of the guilt or innocence of an accused. While that is the primary function of the system, we have to...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I apologise to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister for not being in the House but we were at a committee meeting on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. I had put my name to this amendment but, since doing so, I have been contacted by a helpful official in the Department of Justice and Equality, who made a number of points which I found compelling. The proposed...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Just to agree with that.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman. He communicated that to me by way of a letter and has just stated the ruling again. In fairness to him, it is an instruction that he has received from the Bills Office, so I do not hold him in any way responsible for ruling amendment No. 25 out of order. The basis for it being ruled out of order is that it incurs a potential charge on revenue, but I find that...