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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I was not going to press amendment No. 40 in light of the fact that it seems to have been overtaken by previous amendments, but I will contribute on this one. Someone who has been appointed for three years has been vetted by the PAS, which believes he or she is good enough. Unless something remarkable happens to that person during the three years served on the commission, it is probably...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Deputy should speak for himself.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: And some of the others.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will not move amendment No. 40. I may revisit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important to recall that one can only become a judge in Ireland if one is a practising barrister or solicitor. There is very good reason for that. One has to have, I think, 12 years experience for the superior courts in order to be appointed as a judge. It is a job of expertise that requires legal knowledge and experience of the courts. Around the world now, there are jobs that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 44:In page 14, line 21, to delete “or the functions of any of its committees”. This amendment is about the committees which we have removed. Amendments Nos. 44 to 48, inclusive, are essentially about the same matter and I will be pressing each of them.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 45:In page 14, lines 25 and 26, to delete ", for the purpose of a relevant committee performing the function referred to in section 11(2),".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 46:In page 14, line 27, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 47:In page 14, line 30, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 48:In page 14, line 33, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the opportunity to have legislative scrutiny performed on this legislation, which Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin and I introduced last year. I also welcome the representatives from the Equality and Rights Alliance and IBEC. It is very important to get perspectives from outside the Houses on the legislation, which has gone through Second Stage, before we bring forward amendments on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: My colleagues have already spoken to me on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the representatives of the Equality and Rights Alliance and IBEC for coming in and making their contributions. I will certainly reflect on everything that has been said and I know that other committee members will also reflect on it before it reaches Committee Stage before the select committee. I want to emphasise that we cannot just be satisfied with equality legislation that is...

Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this Bill, which Fianna Fáil will support. I commend the Independent Senators who initiated this legislation, particularly Senator Lawless, who the Minister of State mentioned was instrumental in it being put before the Seanad. It is important to recall that the law in this area was set down in 1927 and the Intoxicating Liquor Act of that year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (30 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the interim right to work for asylum seekers that he proposes to introduce prior to the State's opt-in to the EU reception directive is consistent with the decision of the Supreme Court delivered in May 2017 on the constitutional right of asylum seekers to seek asylum. [4195/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (30 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the use of the Employment Permits Act 2003 (as amended) to facilitate asylum seekers in seeking work prior to Ireland opting into the EU reception directive is consistent with the decision of the Supreme Court in May 2017 that asylum seekers have a freedom to seek employment under the Constitution...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Data (30 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff employed in An Garda Síochána at the end of each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; the proportion of total personnel numbers in An Garda Síochána that this represented at each year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (30 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members as at the end of 2017; the percentage that completed the minimum of 208 annual hours per annum duty obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4607/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Ombudsman for coming in and for the report he has produced. I am sorry to hear that he was dissatisfied with the level of engagement on the report from the Department. What would the Ombudsman expect from a Department when the Ombudsman produces a report that makes recommendations? The Ombudsman cited previous examples from other reports. What should happen? Based on Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Tyndall believe the fact that the scheme is not established on a statutory basis has reduced the level of engagement one would expect from a Department?