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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not think Mr. Purcell regards our work as important at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, I am not finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: According to the Guerin report, the first correspondence came from the Department of Justice and Equality on 11 May 2009, then led by the former Minister, Dermot Ahern. What was Mr. Purcell's role in the Department at that stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like Mr. Purcell to answer the question, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a question to be answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: May 2009.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That will do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee has had the opportunity to deliberate on the petitions before us today and I will read out our decisions. The first petition for consideration is P00009/13 from Mr. Hugh Rance, calling for an independent process of appeal in the Department of Education and Skills through which a teacher who is employed by a vocational education committee and has been refused qualified pay and...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Investigation (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My Topical Issue matter follows a second report in The Sunday Timesnewspaper about the challenges faced by the computer crime investigation unit of An Garda Síochána. The challenges, in terms of resources and the apparent poor level of modern technology to keep up with changes, has led to a significant backlog. It is reported that there is a backlog of 1,000 cases. I hope the...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Investigation (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for her statement and her efforts to address this. As I stated, what will be of profound concern to the public are reports that there is a possibility a person responsible for level 5 child pornography, which is the most heinous category, would not face the full rigours of the law due to an inordinate delay over a number of years in taking the case to prosecution. If...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 2:In page 9, between lines 18 and 19 to insert the following:"8. Pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement, an international agreement of which this Government is a co-guarantor, the Irish Government will take steps to further strengthen the protection of human rights in its jurisdiction. The Government will bring forward measures to strengthen and underpin the...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 5:In page 15, line 24, to delete “a criminal” and substitute “an indictable”.This is straightforward. There is a concern that somebody who was involved in a human rights protest could be caught up under the wording "criminal offence". I ask that it be reconsidered. With this amendment, such a person would not automatically be excluded...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A person who was convicted of a public order offence for protesting for the rights of the Palestinian people, for example, and went on to become a leading human rights advocate, would not be ruled out by virtue of such an offence. Is that the Minister's interpretation?

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is fair enough.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 7:In page 20, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“(7) The number of staff seconded to the Commission from the Department of Justice and Equality, or any other government department, should not exceed 25 per cent and never be more than 50 per cent of the total workforce of the National Human Rights Institutions. Senior level posts in the Irish Human...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, the Minister believes the amendment would contradict the stated objective.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 9:In page 21, line 15, after "sufficient" to insert "in the view of the commission".This concerns the budget allocation to the relevant body, which section 26 indicates "with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to be reasonably sufficient for the purposes of expenditure". We are asking that the commission should be "reasonably sufficient" by...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 12:In page 26, line 31, to delete “56 days” and substitute “42 days”.The Human Rights Commission has argued that this should remain at 42 days, as opposed to 56 days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can I make a suggestion? We need to deliberate after the meeting today because a number of actions arise from the annual report that we need to follow up with the Government and seek assurance on the five key points raised in the annual report. Perhaps it would be helpful if Mr. Tyndall were to send us a brief report after the meeting today outlining the outstanding issues that he remains...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will do that. Did Deputy Mulherin want to deal with the motorised transport question?