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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Are we getting a list?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is clear as mud.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: On the last point, the Attorney General called the Bill a dog's dinner but I do not think he even read the contents of the debate in the Select Committee on Justice and Equality. We would argue that we got a dog's dinner, that we tried to fix it and that it was not easy.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I do not totally understand the powers of the Seanad but am I right in thinking that, right now, there cannot be more than 13 members on this commission because of how we voted last night? Can that be overturned? That is my first question. If the Minister was honest about it he would have to admit that we are now dealing with poor legislation in an incredibly important area. Does he not...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Am I allowed to speak on it again?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 20:In page 11, to delete lines 23 to 29.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Deputies Clare Daly and Jim O'Callaghan have gone through the individual amendments. My name is attached to some of them. At the heart of this is the so-called "lay versus law" dimension about which we seem so perplexed. I am totally in favour of a more broadly representative section having a say in how judges are appointed. However, there is considerable capacity for political influence...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We would like to think any attempt to reform how we select judges would actually be a reform and not more of the same. I am against the notion that we will legislate to encourage the Public Appointments Service to pick lay members from the section of society whose members are part of the status quoand do not challenge the powers that be. We were looking for fresh thinking and to come up...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Bill Nowlan lobbied the Department of Finance 67 times in two years. Are these the sort of people we want to put on a board to select judges in the future? Give me a break.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 26:In page 12, line 29, to delete “either subsection (2)or” and substitute “subsection”.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider re-evaluating the restrictions in place on the right to work of asylum seekers with regard to specific occupations in view of a Supreme Court decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the system of direct provision here is in compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that the recent Supreme Court ruling (details supplied) that the State should take account of a person's private life in certain immigration cases will be adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Regulations (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that all bodies under his Department's remit are receiving value for money; his views on the 182 breaches amounting to €45 million of public procurement guidelines in 2016; the steps he is taking to ensure this matter is resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the complaint made on 8 May 2014 about Garda involvement in the heroin trade in Athlone; the status of the investigation into same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22697/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 79. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the number of contracts his Department and State agencies under his aegis hold with a company (details supplied) in view of its recent announcement regarding the need to raise an emergency €700 million; and if contingency plans are in place if the company were to collapse. [21666/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been tendered for; if his attention has been drawn to contracts awarded to the company that have not been tendered for; and if his attention has been further drawn to contracts awarded to the company that have rolled over. [21667/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been tendered for; if his attention has been drawn to contracts awarded to the company that have not been tendered for; if his attention has been further drawn to contracts awarded to the company...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Inspectorate (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for attending. It has been informative. We have been monitoring the inspectorate's work for a number of years and have always been impressed by what it does. We are also probably as frustrated as the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Inspectorate (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I hope the Chairman does not find me overly critical but part of our job is to hold people to account.