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Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I thank the House for giving of its time to consider this relatively short but significant legislation. As explained on Second Stage, its primary purpose is to give effect to provisions of Directive 2013/40/EU on attacks against information systems. The Bill will also give effect to many of the key provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, the Budapest convention. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (21 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 to 119, inclusive, together. Following publication of the Programme for a Partnership Government, which outlined the Government's commitment to improving the accommodation environment for protection applicants, in particular for children and families, the Reception and Integration Agency of my Department began the process of examining ways in which this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (21 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: The position is that the UNHCR has identified and proposed to Ireland sufficient cases to fill the balance (261 refugees) of the 2017 refugee resettlement quota (520 refugees). These cases are under consideration at present by the resettlement unit in the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration in this Department.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Legal Costs (21 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: The Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 provides for independent regulation of the legal profession to improve access and competition, make legal costs more transparent and ensure adequate procedures for addressing consumer complaints. The 2015 Act makes extensive provision in Part 10 for a new and enhanced legal costs regime which will bring greater transparency to how legal costs are...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Legal Costs (21 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I do not have the exact dates requested by the Senator. I will ask that they be communicated to him as soon as possible. I assure him again that the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality and her Department are fully apprised of the current issues concerning the Office of the Taxing Master and working to achieve a very early solution in that regard.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (21 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I am here on behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, who sends her apologies as she cannot be present. I thank the Senator for raising this issue and for his thoughtful and well-researched presentation. As the Senator will be aware, the programme for Government gives a commitment to the preparation and fast-tracking of new bail legislation. The...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (21 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I again thank the Senator for his input. The working group intends to make its recommendation as soon as possible in line with the progress of the legislation going through the Oireachtas.It has been established, it will continue its important work in this area and it will report its findings very soon. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality will then be in a position to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: Since the committee report was produced many changes in the technology around gambling have taken place. We commissioned a report on that, which has been published on the website and which I am sure Deputy Howlin has seen. That has led to changes being required to the Bill, on which we are working very hard. In the meantime, we have identified a number of areas which will be included in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I hope to publish the main Bill before the end of the year.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Eacnamaíochta, Sóisialacha agus Cultúir), 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I thank Deputies for the wide range of arguments and analyses put forward in this debate. This is an important debate which addresses our common desire to see the economic, social and cultural well-being of all our citizens looked after. There is no doubt that this is a priority for all parties represented in the House. The advancement of human rights is at the centre of Ireland's...

Mediation Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: Is Deputy Micheál Martin leaving?

Mediation Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: 8 o’clock I thank Deputies for their constructive comments on this important Bill. As mentioned at the outset, its general objective is to promote mediation as a viable, effective and efficient alternative to court proceedings. Its enactment will help to reduce legal costs, speed up the resolution of disputes and reduce stress levels for all the parties. The Bill is also part...

Mediation Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee (22 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (22 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: Whilst I have no ministerial responsibility in relation to the issue raised by the Deputy, I do have ministerial responsibility for the coordination of Ireland's United Nations Human Rights reporting, in the course of which issues in relation to the relationship between church and state are frequently raised and I am answering the Question on that basis. I refer the Deputy to Article...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (23 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter yet again. I am here on behalf of the Tánaiste who cannot be here this evening. She sends her apologies. In its Programme for a Partnership Government, the Government has recognised community policing as the embodiment of An Garda Síochána, providing a means of recognising that every community, both urban and rural, has...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (23 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: The Garda Inspectorate, at the request of the Policing Authority, is carrying out a wider review into the operation of the Garda Síochána. The key structural change to the operation of the Garda will be the replacement of the current district model of policing with a divisional model where responsibility will be allocated on a functional rather than a geographical basis subject to...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I thank Deputy Kelly for publishing this Bill. At the outset, and on behalf of the Tánaiste, let me state clearly that the Government will not oppose the Bill. I am personally quite supportive of it. However, in order to address certain shortcomings, the Government will propose appropriate amendments to the Bill in due course on Committee Stage. It goes without saying that the...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: The Deputy would be surprised.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: I have listened carefully to all the points made by Deputy Kelly and others during this debate and as I sat here I was thinking about the town of Cobh in my own constituency, to be parochial, which is to be visited by 67 cruise liners this year. There were 136,000 visitors to the Jameson Experience in Midleton last year. That number will increase again in the current year. The whole...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Mar 2017)

David Stanton: As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) was established by Government Decision on 10 September 2015 as a direct response to the humanitarian crisis that developed in Southern Europe as a consequence of mass migration from areas of conflict in the Middle East and Africa. Under this programme, the Government has pledged to accept a total of 4,000 persons into...