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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: We have received apologies from Senator Vincent P. Martin and Deputy Mark Ward. Senator Robbie Gallagher is hoping to join us but has another engagement. I will begin with the usual housekeeping to remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode so they do not interfere with the recording. The purpose of the meeting today is to consider a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: This is not PLS. This is pre-Committee Stage scrutiny. This Bill has gone through Second Stage and has been referred to us to see whether it would pass. It is the tollgate stage to decide whether we allow the Bill to progress through to the next Stage. I think it will come back around for PLS after that. Am I right in saying there is a full PLS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: Okay. It is in keeping with the memorandum of understanding at the start of the Oireachtas term, which we also followed for Deputy Gino Kenny's Bill. On that Bill we took a different approach because it was a wider subject matter and we had multiple submissions on that, over 1,000 actually. That was a little bit unusual. Normally, we are governed by the memorandum of understanding the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: We might just go into private session for a moment to discuss that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, the sponsor of the Bill, is with us. I will invite the Deputy to set out the rationale behind the Bill and give us an overview of it. There is no particular hurry today because normally we would have a number of witnesses and we would need to divide the time. The Deputy can take five or ten minutes - whatever he needs. He is our only witness. When the Deputy has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: I thank Deputy O'Callaghan for all of that. We are now going to go around the table and hear from members. First up is Deputy Pa Daly, who had his hand up. He has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: I am sorry to interrupt Deputy Daly, but what we might do is take it in two parts. We will have an engagement with Mr. O'Neill separately in private session. Members can thank him and so forth, but we will not get into the nitty-gritty of his advice until the second part of the meeting, which will happen in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: I thank both Deputies. I call Deputy Pringle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: Of those 2,146 people, how many of them were prosecuted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: Some of them presumably were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: We do not know whether some, all or none were prosecuted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputies. I am going to move on to Senator Ruane, who will be followed by Senator Ward. Senator Ruane has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: We will move on to our online members. Senator Barry Ward is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: Unless any members wish to come in for a second round, I will invite our legal adviser to speak. However, in order to do that, I need to conclude the public session. Are we content with that engagement? Yes. In that case, I thank Deputy O'Callaghan for engaging the members on that. We will now go into private session.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to address medical card renewals and medical card assessments for those with lifelong/permanent mental disabilities, unable to independently apply for/renew their applications; if a process is available for these cases.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: 444. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23715/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

James Lawless: 102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Kildare, Wicklow, Meath and Louth, respectively that registered for the increased cost of business grant before 1 May 2024; how many more in each county have registered since the application process reopened on 15 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23056/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (23 May 2024)

James Lawless: 105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the major gathering of EU Digital Ministers hosted in Dublin recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23055/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2024)

James Lawless: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for deductions to pensions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23329/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 May 2024)

James Lawless: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the fees for citizenship applications for persons (details supplied); and the process and path to citizenship in each case. [23481/24]