Results 841-860 of 9,252 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 895. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which appointments to the Court of Appeal have been filled since the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board was set up under the 1995 Act; if the most recent appointments differed from previous appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29006/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 896. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the most recent appointment to the Court of Appeal illustrates best practice; if it follows Government policy on State appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29007/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 897. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his Department were concerned when the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board informed them that they were not in a positron to recommend a person for the vacancy to the Court of Appeal; if it was discussed; the actions which were taken to try to address these concerns within the process outlined under the Courts and...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 892. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are minutes of meetings at which the vacancy in the Court of Appeal were discussed in the past three months; if he will release these minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29003/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 894. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he, his predecessor or his Department's officials sought legal advice regarding filling the most recent Court of Appeal vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29005/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 899. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) recused themself from the selection process for the vacancy on the Court of Appeal caused by the retirement of a person. [29013/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 900. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for the vacancy on the Court of Appeal. [29014/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications from serving High Court judges received by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for the vacancy on the Court of Appeal. [29015/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 902. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications from serving District Court judges received by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for the vacancy on the Court of Appeal. [29016/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 903. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications from serving Circuit Court judges received by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for the vacancy on the Court of Appeal. [29017/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Planning (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 914. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the claim that gardaí will not be able to respond to a London bridge type incident in the way that British police did and that An Garda Síochána is not trained to do so. [28203/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 1118. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a public health programme on Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26950/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Health and Safety Inspections (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 1726. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions being taken in the wake of the recent incident at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29023/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Health and Safety Inspections (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 1727. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a health and safety report is being carried out in the wake of the recent incident at a location (details supplied); when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29024/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (20 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 1797. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review waste management regulations in the wake of the recent incident at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29025/17]
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, and the Tánaiste have been Members of this House for a long time. In fact, they both were Members in 1994 when there was considerable political controversy about the appointment of an Attorney General to judicial office. On that occasion Fine Gael, then in opposition, demanded a debate into the appointment of the person to the presidency of the High...
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Third, did the then Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality discuss the vacancy on the Court of Appeal with the former Attorney General prior to the Government meeting on 23 May? Fourth, did the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board tell the then Minister for Justice and Equality that it wanted a judge of the High Court to fill the position on the Court of Appeal? We know that...
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: The Government is answerable to the Dáil. I set out a series of questions. I want to repeat the first two and ask the Government to answer them. Were letters expressing an interest in the Court of Appeal vacancy sent by members of the High Court? If so, who received them and when?
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: I will just do it my way. On 23 May, the Government nominated seven people to fill vacancies in the courts. We know from what the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, has said that JAAB reported on the Court of the Appeal vacancy on 16 May. Why was the Court of Appeal vacancy not filled on 23 May?
- Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Did any judges express an interest in this vacancy?