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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

James Lawless: ...from Deputy Pa Daly. Deputy Costello is currently in the Dáil Chamber but may join us later in the meeting. Today's meeting is to consider the Supplementary Estimates for Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána; Vote 21 - prisons; Vote 22 - the Courts Service; and Vote 24 - justice. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, and his officials and team for attending. I am also...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

James Lawless: .... A few members are not present but they may join us over the course of the meeting. I welcome the Minister and her team. Today's meeting has been convened to consider the Committee Stage of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022. The usual caveats apply. If any divisions are called, members must be physically present. I know Deputy Brophy and a few others are...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

James Lawless: ...down the track. It is regrettable that we ended up having to consider this legislation in a hurry in the dying weeks of the summer term. We cannot pretend that this Bill strengthens the hand of the Garda because it does the opposite. It weakens the hand of the Garda and does not do it any good whatsoever. We heard that from no less than the assistant Garda Commissioner when he came...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

James Lawless: ...and somebody does not feel that the notice on it adheres adequately to the current legislation, is there a section in SIPO that can investigate, police or sanction that? Does it go through the Garda and then the Director of Public Prosecutions? What is the channel? There seems to be confusion. Have there been any cases where SIPO has imposed sanctions in recent years or is there a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: ...in a moment. If members or witnesses have mobile phones they should turn them off or switch them to flight mode so as not to interfere with the signal. Today's meeting is an engagement with Garda Commissioner Harris about policing matters. This follows on from a recent meeting we held with various representative organisations and other interested parties, where similar topics were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: ...from Deputy Ward. Deputy O'Reilly will be joining as his substitute. Members should ensure their phones are on silent or airplane mode so as not to interfere with the sound system. I welcome Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. He is joined by Deputy Commissioner Anne Marie McMahon and Assistant Commissioner Cliona Richardson. They are all very welcome to the committee. The purpose of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

James Lawless: ...back to Deputy Costello. Deputies Pa Daly and Pringle are also on the call. Would either of the Deputies like to come in at this time? No. We will move on to the next head. Before we leave the Garda Vote - I know it is not strictly relevant although there may be a small class of an impact - I welcome the medals for gardaí, which the Minister announced recently, for the centenary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

James Lawless: .... It strikes me that one of the deficits in the arrangements we have had for the past 25 years, since the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board was created, is that it appears to act as a sort of Garda vetting mechanism rather than an actual selection vehicle. People have to go through the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board and get out the far side to be available for selection but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

James Lawless: ...agreed. I say that so people are aware of it. The purpose of our meeting today is to have an engagement with a number of stakeholders who made written submissions on the general scheme of the Garda Síochána (digital recording) Bill 2021. All witnesses are appearing virtually. We are continuing that approach for witnesses. They are, of course, all outside the precincts of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

James Lawless: I remind members and witnesses to please switch their mobile phones to silent or flight mode. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the general scheme of the Garda Síochána (recording devices) (amendment) Bill. We will have engagement with several stakeholders as part of our scrutiny of the general scheme. The scrutiny has been expedited as the matter was referred to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (17 Nov 2020)

James Lawless: This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimates for Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána, Vote 21 - Prisons, Vote 22 - Courts Service, and the Further Revised Estimate for Vote 24 - Justice. I thank the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and her officials for attending and assisting our consideration of the Estimates. I thank the Department for the provision of briefing...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

James Lawless: ...to a position where people may not know each other but content, images or video may come into the possession of somebody through his or her occupation, perhaps in law enforcement, such as a garda, or the medical profession, and there are different scenarios where there could be a trust issue and a breach of trust may ensue. That could be an aggravating factor. Again, I just put it out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

James Lawless: I thank Ms Woods. She came in well under time, which helps progress the meeting. To respond briefly, Mr. McAnely from the Garda Representative Association had a query about the general scheme of the policing, security and community safety Bill. That is not really an item for today. However, on 18 August an email was sent to the GRA's general secretary, which I think is Mr. McAnely,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: ...Ms McMahon, Ms Willis and Ms Cooke for their attention. This has been a very important session. There was focus on training today. The Commissioner may be aware that the committee will visit the Garda Training College in Templemore in the near future. I am not sure if we will see him on the day but we will certainly see some of his team. I understand that Chief Superintendent Pat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: ...the time because we have to move on from member to member swiftly. In my introductory remarks, I mentioned the suggestions made on last night's "Prime Time" programme by a representative of the Garda Representative Association, GRA. I have heard from many other sources as well, though, that individual gardaí were being called up not through a central command communication but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

James Lawless: ...was harassment. There was a quite menacing atmosphere. The witnesses might not be fully versed on the incident, which I appreciate, but it has been suggested that it took a long time to have gardaí present on the ground. I believe there was a single Garda car. I have been told that, for 36 hours preceding the incident, there were conversations online and protests being fanned up...