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Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Jun 2019)

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

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Election of Temporary Chairman (27 Jun 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I nominate Deputy Colm Brophy to be our Chairman for today.

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister of State is correct that no amendments were tabled on Report Stage. We have been supportive of this legislation since it was introduced in the House. It is important. As the Minister of State has said, the Court of Appeal is an extremely busy court. Since it was established, it has been very efficient in dealing with appeals from the High Court and in taking the pressure of...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I tabled amendments similar to those tabled by Deputy Ó Laoghaire on Committee Stage. I did not press them on that Stage. I recollect they did not proceed to a vote. I did not press the amendments because the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, very sensibly informed me that if we did, it would delay the progress of the legislation and mean it would not be enacted. I openly expressed my...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want to give some indication of my thinking on this issue. I will not say that we hold the balance of power but we have a significant influence regarding this amendment. I am in the same position now as I was before the committee. Regarding what the Minister of State just said, I do not think it is a good point to claim that we should oppose this amendment simply because people are going...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I reckon everyone here shares the same objective. What happens when a court comes to consider the new section 2A of the 2013 Act? The legislation, as drafted at present, seems fairly clear to me. The proposed section 2A(1) states: "This section applies to proceedings brought by a mortgagee seeking an order for possession of land to which the mortgage relates and which land is land to which...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Show the Minister, Deputy Ross, how to do it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (2 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to provide security to concert goers at a concert (details supplied); the cost of such security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27959/19]

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome this debate on the Parole Bill and I share the sentiment expressed by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on our joining together to enact it. I put down many amendments which got through on Committee Stage and I have not put down further amendments for this Stage. I support the amendments the Minister has referred to, namely, amendments Nos. 1 to 11, inclusive, which in effect expand and...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is our Bill.

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: These amendments amend the Part of the Bill that governs the Parole Board. Amendment No. 17 seeks to provide a more precise definition of the functions of the board than was outlined in section 7 of the Bill as originally drafted. I am happy to go along with that. The amendment is effective and beneficial. As the Minister stated, amendment No. 18 sets out specifically what the...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: These are probably the most significant amendments that have been tabled by the Government. They will change the Bill as originally drafted. Under the Bill as passed on Second Stage - it went through Committee Stage as well - there were to be panels and panel convenors. Under the legislation as originally drafted, there were to be reviews and hearings. Reviews would take place on the...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: These amendments seek to set out the statutory regime in respect of the staff and the chief executive of the board. I am sure neither the Minister, nor I or anyone else wants this to turn into a large quango. I do not believe that will be the case. The Parole Board currently operates efficiently on limited resources and I do not see any reason it should have to become much bigger as a...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister is correct when he said the essence of what was in Part 3 of my Bill has been retained in the amendments. Under Part 3 of the legislation, the parole process is set out. In the Bill, as originally drafted, we included sections dealing with guiding principles, criteria for parole, eligibility and consideration for parole. In many respects, the Minister's draft has it in a very...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I appreciate Deputy Connolly's interest in the legislation. When the Bill was originally drafted I put down the statutory provision that a prisoner could not apply for parole if he or she was serving a life sentence until he or she served 12 years. The effect of that, if it is enacted, will take a great deal of pressure off the Parole Board. At present, the Parole Board has to consider...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not purport to answer for the Minister. The difference, from the previous version of this Bill, is that now the applicant will have legal representation. That will enable the applicant to ensure that he or she is provided with all the relevant information before his or her application can be made or considered.

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: In the Bill as drafted and passed through Committee Stage, section 22 had a provision dealing with parole orders, section 24 dealt with variation of parole orders, and section 25 dealt with the revocation of parole orders. In many respects there is not much difference between that and the new sections the Minister is proposing, which deal with parole orders, refusal of application and...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Again, this replicates the provision that was in the original Act. We are talking about a revocation of a parole order. When a person is given parole it is legally quite complicated. The person has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment and he or she is being released from prison. That has to be effected. The proposed legislation will effect this through the issuing of a parole order....

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the advantages in not being the Minister is one does not have to respond on every amendment. I will take up what Deputy Sherlock said. Section 27 which is being inserted into the Bill by way of amendment No. 37 takes care of the Deputy's concern. It provides that the board, in deciding whether to grant parole, shall take into account the nature and gravity of the offence to which...

Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: These are all necessary consequential amendments and I support them.