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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 79:In page 18, to delete lines 6 to 10 and substitute the following:“(5) Where a victim of an alleged offence has been assessed under section 14 and the investigating authority has identified specific protection needs in relation to the victim, the presiding judge shall be provided with a copy of the report by the investigating authority. The investigating...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: In terms of my amendment No. 79, the Minister has made a strong argument. There was no way that we want this information being handed over to the defence or anything like that. The aim of the amendment is to tackle the re-traumatisation of victims, as a result of some of their experiences in some of our courts, because of the way in which the Judiciary run the courts. I know the matter...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: I will withdraw the amendment but I might resubmit it. Deputy O'Callaghan has withdrawn his amendment so I had better withdraw mine.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: I know. We will consider it on Report Stage. It may be covered.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: Yes, that is fine.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: Can we discuss it?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: Deputy O'Callaghan and I have tabled amendments with similar provisions. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has recommended the establishment of an ombudsman for the victims of crime and a complaints procedure and these are now urgent. The other amendment deals with the training of people working within the justice system. If we are not allowed to table these amendments, I...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 148:In page 33, after line 35, to insert the following: “Safeguards in the context of restorative justice31. (1) A court or other public body shall not invite a victim to participate in a restorative justice process unless satisfied that the victim would be reasonably safeguarded against secondary and repeat victimisation, intimidation and retaliation and would...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: These amendments are about restorative justice. The Minister said she would come back and look at the whole package.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: In fairness, the Minister convened a meeting with her officials last Thursday, which we attended. They expressed their intention to deal with this issue and expedite it before the summer. This is a big ask and a very tight schedule but we agreed to work together to try to deliver it and report back to the committee to seek its co-operation in that regard as well. In essence, the Minister...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Committee (17 May 2017)

Clare Daly: We may need to consider that. There is a real urgency to have the Bill passed before the summer recess. I believe the Tánaiste is committed to that but there is speculation that she may not be the Minister for Justice and Equality under the new Fine Gael leadership. We do not know what is happening in that regard. The point I am making is that we need to keep the pressure on the...

Other Questions: Tax Exemptions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.42 of 28 February 2017, if he will address a situation raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a local property tax exemption. [22893/17]

Other Questions: Tax Exemptions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance further to statements in Dáil Éireann on 4 April 2017 that the Revenue Commissioners operate an administrative solution to the pyrite local property tax problem, if he will review the pyrite local property tax exemption in view of the fact that home owners whose properties cannot be sold or renovated due to the presence of pyrite are unable to...

Other Questions: Tax Exemptions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: It is regrettable that we are back here again. In February, during questions to the Minister, I highlighted an anomaly in the LPT legislation which means that some property owners whose dwellings have pyrite are not able to avail of the pyrite exemption because of the manner in which the legislation has been constructed. The Minister agreed with me at that time and said that Revenue had...

Other Questions: Tax Exemptions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: It is wholly unacceptable, having posed a question about deficiencies in existing legislation, to get an answer, half of which is taken up with telling me what the legislation contains. I know what the legislation contains which is why we are here. The legislation is not fit for purpose and in fairness, the Minister agreed with me on that point previously. Under the legislation as it is...

Other Questions: Tax Exemptions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: I did not imply that the Minister had said he would change the legislation. He said the existing system was flexible enough to overcome the anomaly. When he said a homeowner could achieve a substantial reduction in his or her property tax liability, if not have it eliminated completely, the implication was that it could be eliminated completely under the current system. He has clarified...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stamp duty paid by a company (details supplied) for the 7,000 loans if bought from IBRC. [23623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: 180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consult with a group (details supplied) regarding the restoration of public sector pensions with particular reference to moving forward the 2021 timeline in the programme for Government. [23763/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: 181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will engage in a formal talks process with a group (details supplied) to discuss the way in which the date projected in the programme for Government for completion of the restoration of pensions 2021 could be brought forward. [23764/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 May 2017)

Clare Daly: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consult a group (details supplied) regarding the restoration of public sector pensions with a view to moving forward the 2021 timeline in the programme for government. [23925/17]