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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reserve Defence Force Reorganisation: RDFRA (12 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Mr. Gilbey should ensure that his comments are very brief because we are really up against it from the point of view of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reserve Defence Force Reorganisation: RDFRA (12 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: That is interesting. Does Mr. Richardson wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reserve Defence Force Reorganisation: RDFRA (12 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: I think we are done. I thank our guests for their submission and ask them to continue to engage with us. A number of questions were posed and perhaps they will reflect on these and come back to us with detailed replies. I wish to acknowledge the presence of other Oireachtas Members who attended this meeting and those in the Visitors Gallery who have shown an interest in proceedings. We...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (13 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the membership of the civilian panel of the Garda promotion interview board; the dates when each of the civilian members of the panel were appointed and the length of time each of these members will remain on the panel; the details of the civilian panel members who have been appointed by her to serve on the Garda promotion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Committee (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: The meeting is in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Anne Ferris and Senators Tony Mulcahy and Martin Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: The purpose of the meeting is to have an engagement with representatives of the National Off-Licence Association and the Vintners' Federation of Ireland. Briefings have been circulated to members. I welcome Ms Evelyn Jones, Mr. Kevin O'Brien and Mr. Martin Moran from the National Off-Licence Association and Ms Noreen O'Sullivan, and Mr. Padraig Cribben from the Vintners' Federation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Does the Senator wish to ask another question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: This is an important engagement and that is the reason we have had the meeting today. We must be careful that we do not stray too much into the enterprise or health areas, because we are focusing on public order and justice issues. I ask the witnesses to comment on public order and the issues I dealt with initially.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Thank you Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: As nobody is offering, I have a number of questions. There is the question of delivering alcohol off-site and receiving payment electronically or at the point of delivery. I believe one can telephone Drink Link and have the alcohol delivered to one's address. Do the witnesses from the National Off-Licence Association wish to comment on this, its prevalence and the checks and balances in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: The customer will give his or her credit card number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Can I tease this out further? If somebody telephones the off-licence with an order and gives the credit card number and asks that the alcohol be delivered, how does one check the age of the customer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Is it up to the person who is driving the van to make a decision at the door as to whether the person is of age? Are the delivery drivers trained to do that? Once the transaction has been completed electronically, what authority do they have to go back on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Will Mr. O'Brien talk us through the training, how long it lasts and if it is certified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: I have a further question which I will put to both groups. It has been said to us time and again that part of our culture is to drink but the culture seems to be heading in the direction of binge drinking. Young people, the young adults over 18 years seem to think that binge drinking is the way to go. It is very serious from the point of view of their health but it has very serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: I have one final question. This joint committee has done a considerable amount of work on community courts in Ireland. I am unsure whether the witnesses are familiar with that concept, whereby somebody who is involved in low-level public order or crime will appear before a court on that same day or the day following and not always but usually is given a community-based sanction, such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: I think we are finished. I thank the witnesses for their attendance. This is the start of an item of work the joint committee is undertaking on this issue. Some people will appear before us in a few weeks' time to deal with the issue of aggressive begging, which also is linked to public order and so on. We will suspend the meeting until 11.30 a.m., when the Minister will appear before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

David Stanton: In this part of the meeting we will consider a motion regarding the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of a regulation of the European Parliament repealing and replacing the Council decision establishing CEPOL. It reads as follows: That Dáil Éireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position...