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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: No, it is not. We will come back to it on Report Stage. As it concerns the procedures committee as opposed to other committees, I will not be pressing it or amendments Nos. 163 to 165, inclusive.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: No, for the same reason I mentioned.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes, it does.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 174:In page 37, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(f) the need for each Court to have members of the judiciary who are proficient in the Irish language,”. Every person in the country is entitled to have his or her case heard through Irish if he or she so wishes. That means that there has to be proficiency in the Irish language within each...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: No.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: We will not push our opposition because section 56 concerns the procedures committee. I know this committee has adopted a different position from other committees as regards the procedures committee.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 185:In page 40, line 29, to delete “A relevant committee (within the meaning of the Act of 2017) of the” and substitute “The”. We will press this as it is consistent with all the other amendments about relevant committees.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 188:In page 42, line 8, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will have to look at the Long Title again because the committee's removal from it means it will have to be changed. I am sure he will do so prior to Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regrettably it is not being pressed. The committee has already voted to establish the judicial appointments commission so I will not press the amendment since the committee has decided to hold onto the commission.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is probably another record. I do not think a Government has suffered so many five-three defeats at one meeting of a committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. I echo the Chairman's words in offering his condolences on the death of detective superintendent Colm Fox. I will begin with some questions to Dr. Singh regarding the homicide review. Is it correct that Dr.Singh is head of the analysis service in An Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: On 27 April 2017, Dr. Singh was part of a group of senior garda management that attended a meeting of the Policing Authority. Does Dr. Singh recall that meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: At that meeting, members of the Policing Authority raised questions about the homicide review and answers were given by senior members of An Garda Síochána. Does Dr. Singh have any concerns about the accuracy of the answers that were given by members of An Garda Síochána to the Policing Authority in respect of the homicide review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I take it that Dr. Singh did have concerns about some of the answers at that meeting from Garda senior management to the Policing Authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I know, but that is part of the reason Dr. Singh had concerns?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I had a look at the report yesterday because it was available on the Internet. Does Dr. Singh agree that the representation conveyed to the Policing Authority was that the analysis and investigation sections had completed their analysis and the report and all that remained was the implementation of a couple of recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Dr. Singh agree that at the end of that meeting the Policing Authority was left with the impression that it was a report that had been approved by the Garda in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Dr. Singh did that subsequently.