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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: -----or otherwise. I remind him that Part 8 represents good practice. Of course there will be an acknowledgement of the process of application. If somebody makes an application, that will be acknowledged in due course. The person in question will be updated and duly informed-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: -----of the process. The final point I would like to make relates to the process of public consultation. This arises from Senator McDowell's assertions that serving judges will be excluded from the need to continue to notify the Government. There was a process of consultation prior to the introduction of this Bill. It was long before my time in this portfolio. It happened under the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: That was not subject to criticism from any source as far as I can possibly see.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: That paragraph refers to standards of communication.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: In reporting of progress I note that Senators do not intend to sit next week. In the interests of efficiency and moving matters on, I will be available all day on any day next week to progress them. I suggest the Seanad sit on Wednesday. We could start at 10 a.m. and sit until midnight to assist Senators.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I ask that my views be recorded in the Official Report.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: No.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It was an attempt to be helpful to Senators in the conduct of their work.

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: This has been a most useful exchange of views on the third interim report of the disclosures tribunal. I was very interested to hear what Deputies had to say about it and its conclusions, particularly in light of the clamour in this House that preceded its establishment and the unedifying and unjustified pursuit of my colleague, Deputy Fitzgerald, last November by those here who accused her...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 7 September 2018, following the refusal of the international protection claim made by the person concerned.  That Order remains valid and in place. Representations have been received requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked in this case, and these representations will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Section 8 of the International Protection Act 2015, commenced on 31 December, 2016, sets out the applicable reasons for persecution when considering an application for international protection on the grounds referred to by he Deputy. Applications are processed by the International Protection Office (IPO). The Chief International Protection Officer and the International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Garda authorities that it is not an offence for individuals to not wear high visibility clothing when walking in the dark. As the Deputy may be aware, S.I. 182/1997 Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997, as substituted by Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 include Rules for Pedestrians (Article 46). These rules...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The following table outlines the breakdown of staff in my Department by grade as of 15/10/2018.  These figures include staff in a range of agencies under the Department's aegis, including the Probation Service, Forensic Science Ireland, certain staff of the Irish Prison Service, Insolvency Service Ireland, and the Data Protection Commission. Grade Total  Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As indicated in response to a previous Parliamentary Question by the Deputy, I am aware of the case referred to. I would again point out that I was not a party to these legal proceedings.  However, I have had further enquires made with the Chief State Solicitor's Office and I understand that that office has been in recent contact with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As part of the recent Estimates process some €20 million of the capital allocation for the Justice sector in 2019 per the National Development Plan has been reprofiled to 2020. This reprofiling is to more accurately reflect when it is envisaged expenditure will fall due in relation to the multi-year project for the provision of a new Forensic Science Laboratory in Backweston, Co....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal addresses matters at the heart of policing in Ireland. Its findings and conclusions are, as I have already said in the House, stark. Mr. Justice Charleton does not mince words and is very clear about where serious failings took place, how they were allowed to happen and who allowed them to happen.  It is clear...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Cost of Insurance Working Group proposed exploring the possibility that a specific unit, funded by the insurance industry, be established within the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) to tackle insurance fraud. I understand that the GNECB has engaged with Insurance Ireland in relation to this matter and submitted a mechanism for establishing an insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injuries Commission (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy is aware, the Second and Final Report of the Personal Injuries Commission made recommendations aimed at positively impacting the overall Irish personal injury claims environment. One of these recommendation refers to the Judicial Council, on establishment, compiling guidelines for appropriate general damages for various types of personal injury and further recommends that, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy notes, the Judicial Council Bill is currently awaiting Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann, having completed Second Stage on 22 November 2017.  The Bill provides for the establishment of a Judicial Council, the function of which will be to promote and maintain excellence in the exercise by judges of their judicial functions.It will also provide a formal mechanism for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injuries Commission (25 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The matter raised by the Deputy is also the subject of Recommendation 5 of the Cost of Insurance Working Group made in its Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance published in January of this year. As the Deputy will be aware, the Cost of Insurance Working Group, chaired by Minister of State Michael D'Arcy TD, brings together the relevant Departments and Offices involved...