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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: What if there are no children? That becomes his asset.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: He gets the benefit of his wrongful act. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I would have thought he had an interest in a joint tenancy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Now he has a full interest in that joint tenancy, or rather there is no longer a joint tenancy and his interest is full.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: What about on the other side?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: What if there are no children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Sorry, I know Mr. Byrne was trying to get in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Doyle for that intervention. She has articulated the matter far better than I have. Professor Mee made several points. I will take them on board but I do not think it means the legislation is condemned. Professor Mee made the point that it does not apply to any person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of an offence. I am conscious of the discussion within...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is from the date the offence was committed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is in section 46C(1)(a). I do not think that is problematic. I do not think it is an issue that there is a severance and it is identified as being severed from the date of the offence. It does not really alter it. Obviously, there is a process for a court to determine whether it should stand severed, but if the court, based on the evidence, reaches a conclusion that the provision...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is for the benefit of people, primarily the families, to bring an application. There may be situations where people do not bring an application.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: It remains as was identified by Professor Mee, that the joint tenant ultimately assumes their own interest and the interest of the other joint tenant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is that there would be a roadmap for people to bring an application.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Ms Doyle believe the legislation should only be amended to include situations such as joint tenancies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Concluding remarks, as the Chairman would say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 (27 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Helen Doyle, Mr. Noel Byrne, and Professor John Mee for coming in, for their detailed consideration of the legislation and for the written reports they have prepared in respect of it. I am not in any way proprietorial or sensitive about it. The most important thing is that if we are introducing legislation, we get it right. We will take on board everything that has been said...

Criminal Justice (Conspiracy to Murder) Bill 2019: First Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice Act 2006 to increase the sentence for persons convicted of conspiring or soliciting to commit murder. The purpose of the Bill is to amend section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which deals with the offence of conspiracy. Specifically the Bill proposes to increase the maximum sentence for...

Criminal Justice (Conspiracy to Murder) Bill 2019: First Stage (28 Mar 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (28 Mar 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a fund will be set up to assist owners of apartments to deal with serious fire safety issues and building defects; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that problems have emerged in respect of a number of apartment schemes on the south fringe of the Dublin City Council administrative area; the measures that have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (2 Apr 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the elections observation briefing roster has been capped at approximately 200 when there are many qualified candidates interested in filling these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14790/19]