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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I direct this question to Dr. Thornhill. The education of people entering the legal profession is extremely important not only for the purpose of having well qualified lawyers who are important in any society but also because, as in every other country, one can only become a judge if one is a lawyer. We have had a discussion for many years about the judiciary Bill. One of the objectives of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Has the Bar Council nominated anyone yet to replace Mr. Justice Barniville?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Thank you.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Conventions (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the optional protocol to the convention against torture which was signed up to on 2 October 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29922/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Conventions (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will try to keep within the time limits the Acting Chairman has prescribed. The question to the Minister for Justice and Equality concerns the optional protocol to the convention against torture. The Minister will be aware Ireland signed up to the optional protocol nearly 11 years ago, on 2 October 2007. However, we still have not ratified it. Why has Ireland not done so? When does the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Conventions (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: This week we launched our campaign to have Ireland elected as a member of the Security Council a number of years from now. I very much support that campaign. For the purposes of the campaign, we have gone about informing our colleagues in the international community that Ireland is a country that complies with the highest standards of human rights and general international standards as set...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Conventions (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is welcome that the Minister and the Government have emphasised the importance of Ireland's standing on the international stage. I hope he will also bring these principles to bear when he is considering the GRECO report which the Cabinet will consider today in the context of the Government's other proposals. On the ratification of OPCAT, it is worth pointing out that last year the United...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the fact that Central Statistics Office figures show an increase in sexual offences of almost 15% in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29826/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Last week the Central Statistics Office published its recorded crime figures for the first quarter of 2018. Those figures reveal that in respect of sexual offences there was a 14.7% increase of recorded crime. When we consider this in light of the figures from the previous quarter, that is the last quarter of 2017, there appears to be a significant increase. The figures for the fourth...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The continuing increases are very worrying. The reason for them may be twofold. It could be because there is greater public confidence and people, particularly women, are coming forward to make complaints. However, there is an alternative explanation for it, which is that, regrettably, the incidence of sexual offences, including rape, is on the increase. We need to identify what is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: When victims of sexual offences and rape are interviewed after the trial process has completed they state they find the whole process very harrowing and a very surprising experience. I introduced legislation last week to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act to provide a complainant at the earliest stage with advice and information in respect of what the process would involve....

Other Questions: Garda Resources (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement he has had with the Garda Commissioner on the funding and provision of additional resources for An Garda Síochána to prepare for a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29637/18]

Other Questions: Garda Resources (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is less than nine months to the date when the United Kingdom is to depart from the European Union on 29 March next year. The June summit has been held. We were told that the deadline was that summit and that a deal would be organised at that time, but it did not happen. As there is, unfortunately, the prospect of a hard border and the United Kingdom simply falling out of the European...

Other Questions: Garda Resources (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Fianna Fáil also wishes for the same Border arrangements to apply after Brexit, but there is unquestionably a risk that that may not be the case. If there is no deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom, the island of Ireland could become the meat in that dangerous sandwich. It would not be the first time the interests of this island had been subordinated by the interests...

Other Questions: Garda Resources (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The British Prime Minister has made many positive statements about keeping the Irish Border fully open. However, her statements cannot be relied upon for the purpose of us believing there will be no hard border. The situation within the British Government at the moment is such that it does not know what its own negotiating policy will be with the European Union and we are less nine months...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to seek approval to take the necessary measures to seek approval from Dáil Éireann to opt into EU Directive COM/2018/226 and regulation COM/2018/225 relating to e-evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if criticism relating to judicial independence levelled against the State in the recent report by the Group of States against Corruption will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29634/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Code of Ethics (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the fact that only 50% of gardaí who have received training in the new code of ethics have signed a declaration form to testify they subscribe to same will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29638/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (5 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the CSO figures which show increases of almost 15% in 2017 in sexual offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Data (10 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda division as of 1 July 2018; the number of community gardaí in each division; the number of Garda Reserve in each division; the number of civilian staff in each division in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31041/18]