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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not have a problem with changing it so it is symbolic.

National Lottery (Protection Of Central Fund) Bill 2018: First Stage (27 Sep 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to protect the Central Fund of the National Lottery established under section 8 of the National Lottery Act 1986 and section 44 of the National Lottery Act 2013 by amending the Betting Acts 1931 to 2015 by introducing a condition on certain licences granted under the Betting Acts 1931 to 2015. Members of the House will be aware...

National Lottery (Protection Of Central Fund) Bill 2018: First Stage (27 Sep 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Regulation establishing Internal Security Fund: Motion (27 Sep 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Lisbon treaty was a lengthy and complicated process, particularly in this country. The treaty is a lengthy document with a series of protocols attached to it. One is Protocol No. 21 which deals specifically with entitlements that Ireland and the United Kingdom have with respect to certain issues concerning justice and home affairs. It shows how on matters of justice and home affairs in...

Regulation establishing Internal Security Fund: Motion (27 Sep 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am supportive of it, but we need further information on it. Some €1.5 billion will be distributed to member states. I hope we will get a significant amount of that. The Minister has said that the distribution of this part of the fund will not be determined until 2020. I expect, on the basis of the information that was given to us yesterday, that we will receive a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (2 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 12 June 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39662/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Visa Applications (2 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39671/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Rape Crisis Network Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to each rape crisis centre in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39875/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all of the witnesses for their attendance. I have read the opening statements and I know that the committee will them very helpful in producing our final report. I will share some of my own experiences with everyone. In my role as justice spokesperson for the Fianna Fáil Party, many of my colleagues ask me to attend meetings in their constituencies. I have found these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Postal codes could be used for that. Everyone has a distinctive postal code that is not being used for much. Property could be marked with an individual's postal code.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is a fair point.

Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill we are debating on Second Stage this evening seeks to amend the Civil Liability Act 1961 by putting a new Part into that Act. The new Part would set out a statutory mechanism that would have the effect of prohibiting people from inheriting assets from the estate of persons whom they have killed. In the law at present there is a...

Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State and Deputies Mitchell and Butler for their contributions. Listening to Deputies Mitchell and Butler reminded me that, to a large extent, the main victims of the types of issues we are discussing are women. Unfortunately, in the vast majority of cases of death caused by spousal violence, it is men who end up killing women. If the family of a woman find...

Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (4 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141 relative to Public Business.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (9 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to the Courts Service in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40747/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (9 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to the Circuit Court in 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40748/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (9 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been reports commissioned in relation to court efficiency and sitting times; if these reports have been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (9 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report from the scoping group chaired by a person (details supplied) was presented to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41040/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Union Regulations: Motion (10 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is good to see the Minister of State back here. We do not see enough of him. Regulation 1393/2007 is a statutory instrument that provides for a transmitting agent, which is either the county registrar or the master to whom one applies. The intention of this proposal is to have one, centralised email address to which people apply. Is that its purpose?