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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Appointment of Members of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Apologies have been received from Senator Tony Mulcahy. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the motions regarding the appointment of members of the Irish human rights and equality commission. A briefing has been circulated to members. I welcome the Minister and her officials to the meeting to assist the committee in its consideration of the motions. I ask everyone to turn off their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Appointment of Members of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: My colleagues and I in the joint committee wish the new commission well. We thank the members of the former Human Rights Commission and Equality Authority for their work in the past. Regarding the staff of both bodies, we acknowledge that it has been a challenging time for them. The committee had an involvement in the endorsement of the selection panel. There was an issue at the time, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Appointment of Members of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Congratulations, Senator. You have managed to raise a very important issue. It does not pertain to the motion, but it is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Appointment of Members of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: We are all very impressed with those being appointed to serve on the commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Appointment of Members of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: The Deputy is straying a small bit from the subject matter of the motion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Appointment of Members of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: I will get the clerk to circulate that note to members in order that everyone will be aware of the position. I thank the Minister and her officials for attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence has completed its consideration of the following motion:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on the 14th October, 2014 nominated Emily Logan, Teresa Blake, Frank Conaty, Heydi Foster, Liam Herrick, David Joyce,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an engagement with representatives of Mixed Race Irish on the experience of its members in State institutions. On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome Ms Carole Brennan, Ms Evon Brennan and Ms Rosemary Adaser. The format of the meeting is that I will invite our guests to make an opening statement, which will be followed by a questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Thank you very much, Ms Brennan. I also thank Deputy Anne Ferris for bringing these issues to the attention of the committee and the Oireachtas. I have read through all of the documentation the delegates submitted and the testimony it contains is extremely moving. I can see why Ms Brennan had to pause at one point. The stories she has related are very disturbing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: I invite Deputy Anne Ferris to comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Thank you, Evon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Adaser. On behalf of members, I also welcome the people in the Visitors Gallery who have joined us today. Their presence is appreciated and they are very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: As I have said, we have read some of the research and I concur with Ms Evon Brennan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: This is perhaps a beginning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: May I ask if there has been engagement with any other State agency, body or group on these issues before the group members came here today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Not at formal, Government or State level as such.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Ms Brennan started her contribution by thanking us. I think it should be the other way around: we should thank her and her colleagues for coming here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: I note from the submissions the delegation made a number of requests concerning support for travel costs, a specialist tracing service, appropriate reparation to enable the community to seek relief from poverty and so on. Reference was made to post-traumatic slave syndrome. I could not believe the phrase when I read it. Would the delegation like to comment on that? Maybe it could inform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

David Stanton: Do any members wish to speak?