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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister of State (12 Nov 2015)

Dara Murphy: It will be held early in the spring. Does the Chairman not watch RTE news?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister of State (12 Nov 2015)

Dara Murphy: The Senator is absolutely correct; it is the essential way of doing things. Much stronger supports are available for countries of origin. Countries of transit outside the European Union must also receive the support they need. At the most recent meetings of the General Affairs Council, commitments were given and agreements made. At this point, the discussions are focused on delivering on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister of State (12 Nov 2015)

Dara Murphy: It has been frequently pointed out that, as a small country, Ireland has made a major humanitarian and financial contribution to addressing the crisis, including saving more than 8,000 lives. While we could have availed of an opt-out mechanism, Ireland instead chose to opt into the measures for relocation and resettlement of refugees. This reflects the humanitarian spirit of Irish people...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I apologise for the absence of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, who is participating in a debate in the Seanad. It is important to note that burglary is an indictable defence which is triable summarily. While the vast majority of burglary trials ultimately take place in the District Court on a summary basis, trial on indictment is the default position in...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I again thank Deputy Niall Collins for this amendment. Section 27 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 already provides for ancillary disqualification orders to be made where a person is convicted of an offence in the commission of which a mechanically-propelled vehicle is used. As the Deputy will appreciate, road traffic legislation contains its own technicalities and I am advised by officials...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: Summary prosecution for burglary in the District Court would allow for a sentence of up to 12 months for any one offence and up to an aggregate maximum of two years for consecutive sentences under the terms of the Bill as initiated. Prosecution on indictment before the Circuit Court would allow for a maximum sentence of 14 years for any one offence of burglary and up to life imprisonment for...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: This is a large group of amendments. It concerns a range of corrections to wording, spelling, cross-references, section numbers and updates to legislative references and collective citations. While I accept that there is an extent to which these types of amendment must be taken in good faith as a group, that will not prevent or disrupt us from discussing them and those substantial matters...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: The publication of a regulatory impact analysis is part of the preparatory process for a Bill being put before the Houses. A 52-page regulatory impact analysis of the Legal Services Regulation Bill was published in November 2013. This document, which ranks among the more substantial regulatory impact analyses prepared on the Bill, sets out the costs, benefits and impacts of three policy...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: These amendments relate to the issue of the powers of the authority to inspect legal practices. Sections 30 and 31 have been remodelled into a new Part to better specify the inspection powers of the legal services regulatory authority. The grouping also includes the safeguard protections in relation to legal privilege, which is an essential and long-standing legal right which must be...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: Parts 5 and 6 as passed by the Dáil have been remodelled into a new single Part 6. The amendments in the grouping represent a core policy change since the Bill's inception whereby the Law Society, under the oversight of the new legal services regulatory authority, will retain its existing investigative, protective and disciplinary powers regarding the financial regulation of solicitors...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 61:In subsection (5) of section 42 proposed to be inserted by Seanad Amendment no. 61 to delete “subsection (7)” and substitute “subsection (6)”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 2 to Seanad amendment No. 61:In subsection (6) of section 42 proposed to be inserted by Seanad Amendment no. 61 to delete “subsection (6)” and substitute “subsection (5)”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 76:To delete the section 56 proposed to be inserted by Seanad amendment number 76 and substitute the following:“56. An agreement by a legal practitioner, who is the subject of a complaint, to attempt to resolve the complaint in the manner referred to in section 5, 52or 54shall not be taken as an admission--(a) of any allegation contained...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 89:To delete subsection (2) of the section 69 proposed to be inserted by Seanad amendment number 89 and substitute the following:“(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may make provision for--(a) the procedures to be followed in relation to the matters referred to in subsection (1), and (b) the parties, other than the Authority, the...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 90:In subsection (4) of the section 70 proposed to be inserted by Seanad amendment number 90, in the third line of that subsection, after “Authority” to insert “or the legal practitioner concerned”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 95:In subsection (4)(b) of section 75 proposed to be inserted by Seanad Amendment no. 95 to delete “subsection (6)” and substitute “subsection (7)”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 98:In subsection (1) of section 78 proposed to be inserted by Seanad Amendment no. 98, in the second last line to delete “and”.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: These amendments deal with the levy that will be imposed on all legal practitioners in order to fund the annual operating costs and administrative expenses of the new legal services regulatory authority and the new legal practitioners disciplinary tribunal. The process is very well advanced so these amendments today are only minor tidying-up amendments in order to perfect the relevant Part...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: The calculation ratio is that 10% of the expenses incurred by the authority and the tribunal in their disciplinary-related functions will be apportioned to the Law Society and 10% to all practising barristers, whether or not they are members of the Law Library, while the remaining 80% will be apportioned in proportion to the expenses incurred in the consideration and investigation of...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 193:In the text proposed to be inserted by Seanad Amendment no. 193 to delete "cause" and substitute "caused".