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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: When does the assistant commissioner believe the Garda will be able to produce a final report into the homicide review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the assistant commissioner. I have one further question. It is not on the homicide review and I do not know if any of the witnesses will be able to answer it but I have been contacted by individuals from Bruff who are concerned about the fact that they were told they were getting a superintendent. They have not yet got a superintendent. Do the witnesses know when a superintendent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Their concern is that they had been informed that a superintendent had been appointed. It is not like some areas where they are waiting on that. There had been an appointment that had not proceeded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Nugent.

Topical Issue Debate: Cycling Facilities Provision (1 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Two weeks ago, on 18 April, a 19 year old man, Mr. Harry Boland, was knocked down and killed while cycling on the Stillorgan dual carriageway. His death was a terrible tragedy for his family. I offer my condolences to his parents, brother, extended family and all of his friends. I bring forward this Topical Issue and mention the death of Mr. Harry Boland because, unfortunately, his tragic...

Topical Issue Debate: Cycling Facilities Provision (1 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his response and I agree that cyclists are particularly vulnerable road users. However, what I have not heard from the Minister is a commitment that he and the Government will take steps to improve road safety for cyclists. The Minister mentioned some figures in his answer. Unfortunately, he cannot get away from the fact that infrastructure spend in 2017, which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (1 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in each division within the Dublin metropolitan region in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19017/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (1 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason priority patients on the orthodontic waiting list are not being seen within one year; if the waiting list initiative for orthodontic treatment will be revised in order that priority patients are afforded treatment within one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18657/18]

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the amendment put forward by the Minister. We will support it. As the Minister indicated, this is a proposal that we put forward on Committee Stage. I am now on a very technical reading of the Bill as it was drafted. When one looks at Schedule 1, under "Irish Public Bodies", in paragraph (j), there is a reference to "a local authority". However, I think because of history and...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: An raibh an t-Aire ag éisteacht ar maidin?

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will support the amendments. If a person receives a gift, a consideration or an advantage in return for an act of corruption, one of the penalties should be that that gift, consideration or advantage be seized. However, the way the legislation was drafted initially indicated that the gift could be seized if it had been offered or there had been an agreement to give it. In that situation,...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I support this interesting and innovative amendment by the Minister. It is innovative because it seeks to amend our money laundering legislation to include in its definition of criminal conduct acts of corruption which we have established under this legislation have been carried out by foreign officials. In particular, it seeks to identify criminal conduct as including the criminal offence...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Let us pass it first.

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Bill has been passed.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Taking sections 39 and 40, if we are to define scientific research purposes, we should also define historical research purposes, statistical purposes, academic, artistic or literary expression. One cannot have just one definition of one type of exemption. A court which looks at it will know what scientific or historical research is. If it is the data commissioner, they should be aware of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: We will look at it. I cannot give a guarantee.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important to remember that when a Minister makes a regulation, he is making law. We refer to it as being secondary legislation, but in effect any Minister when signing a statutory instrument is changing the law. It is common in every Act that a Minister may make regulations pursuant to the purposes of the Act. Deputy Daly's amendment is not enormously controversial. The first part...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 11:In page 16, to delete lines 14 to 16, and substitute the following:"(5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7)*, the Public Appointments Service shall recommend a person for appointment as Commissioner following an open selection competition held by the Service for that purpose.". There are two amendments in my name in the grouping, namely amendments Nos. 11 and 14, both...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: We are discussing the appointment of three people to be commissioners on the data protection commission. It goes without saying that they have to have expertise and to be people who are suitably qualified and understand the whole area of data protection. I know in certain areas of life and indeed government, there is a tendency to try to get away from expertise but expertise is required in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have one amendment in this grouping and it is amendment is No. 27. Similarly to Deputy Shortall, my amendment seeks to change the age of digital consent from 13 years of age to 16 years of age. As we are all aware, under the GDPR each country is given leeway as to what age it wishes to set the digital age of consent. Let us remember that it can be between 13 years and 16 years. There...