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Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 19:In page 12, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Penalties 11.A person who commits an offence under this Act is liable—(a) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both, (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I do not need to speak on amendment No. 19.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 20:In page 12, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Proceedings for offences 11.(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act, or for the offence of perjury or subornation of perjury provided otherwise than under this Act, may only be brought and prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10(4)...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 21In page 12, to delete lines 20 and 21 and substitute the following: “(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of Part III of the Children Act 1997 that relate to a statement made in civil proceedings without oath by a child (within the meaning of that Part), nothing in this Act applies to a statement so made.”.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: No.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The penalties are a very important part of the proposed legislation. The maximum sentence of seven years is actually taken from a recommendation of the Law Reform Commission and also in line with the legislation on perjury in Northern Ireland. The research and background work done on the section are related to it. We have also had numerous discussions with officials in the Department. The...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 22:In page 12, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“(2) The Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2018, this subsection and, in so far as they relate to the amendment to the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893, section 15(2) and Schedule 2 may be cited together as the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2019 and shall be...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 23: In page 18, to delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute the following: “ 22 & 23 Vict. c.17 Vexatious Indictments Act 1859 Section 1 Delete “Perjury,” where it first occurs, “Subornation of Perjury,” and “or (in the Case of an Indictment for Perjury) by the Direction of any Court,...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 24: In page 20, to delete lines 17 to 29 and substitute the following: “ “No. 37 of 1938 Statutory Declarations Act 1938 Section 6 Substitute for section: “Penalty for false declaration 6. Every person who makes a statutory declaration which to his or her knowledge is false in any material respect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That has been gone through before a number of years ago and is an issue with the federation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht isteach inniu. Cuirfidh mé na ceisteanna i mBéarla. I am not going to be long. My questions are quite general. I cannot be specific because all we have here are the heads of the draft legislation. Is it not the case that at the moment, the overarching purpose of the CAR is totally focused around the passenger? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: In 2015.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Absolutely. I thank Mr. Gallagher for that reply. I have a couple of questions. It appears to me that the Department is moving some of its responsibilities to the CAR. I think Mr. Gallagher referred to that in his statement. I do not know whether this transfer is a good thing or a bad thing. I think it needs to be discussed and debated. Having said that, from my own experience outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: They do, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Consideration should given to having some sort of an appeal process in terms of the CAR before a case, as sometimes happens, would go to the High Court. There are quite a number of small airlines. The two larger airlines carry in the region of 80% of all passengers in and out of Dublin Airport. I would be supportive of the CAR. It has done a brilliant job. Also, the airport charges at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: If this goes through and is in legislation to whom will the CAR be accountable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: It is accountable to the Minister and to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: It will continue to be accountable to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Aviation Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (15 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Thank you.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Tá díreach cúpla pointe agam. I strongly support my colleague, Senator Craughwell, on his points in regard to the members of Óglaigh na hÉireann and the work they do in protecting our people and our country, which, unfortunately, is very undervalued. We are having a huge issue because, with unemployment at just above 5.2%, it is very difficult to keep them and we...