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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: May I speak?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This amendment is actually the same. I apologise for the misunderstanding and appreciate the Chairman's understanding. Mea culpa.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 12: In page 6, subsection (2), lines 19 and 20, to delete paragraph (e).The Chairman is very kind to allow me to speak. The Minister of State may be aware that the Irish Penal Reform Trust has raised this issue. The Bill states that the case of a person with more than two convictions will not be considered. The Minister of State will know that in some cases a number of...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Irish Penal Reform Trust, IRPT, put forward proposals in this regard that are fair. I will give the Minister a case study from the IPRT on this. Conor is now in his late 40s. When he was 18 years of age he was before the courts for failure to stop at the scene of a traffic accident, dangerous driving and no insurance. He was disqualified from driving for three months and had his...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 13: In page 9, before section 9, to insert the following new section:“9.—Convictions obtained outside of the State, that would for the purposes of the provisions of this legislation be considered “spent” were they obtained within the State shall be considered spent convictions.”.The intention of this amendment is to strengthen section 9...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 14: In page 10, before section 10, to insert the following new section:“10.—Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, all persons shall be precluded from making specific requests in order to secure information regarding spent convictions so as not to circumvent this legislation.”.When dealing with the National Vetting Bureau (Children And...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will withdraw it.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 15: In page 16, line 16, column 3, to delete “2 years” and substitute “1 year”.This relates to the matrix of columns at the back that are provided to outline periods of rehabilitation. What the amendments are trying to achieve is self-evident. We believe the periods of rehabilitation for more minor offences should be reduced, as set down in...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 16: In page 16, line 19, column 3, to delete “3 years” and substitute “2 years”.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is trying to throw down the gauntlet. That is the oldest trick in the book.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a dirty trick.

Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When will the Legal Services (Regulation) Bill move to the next Stage in the House? This has been delayed for some time. It is a major issue for those who face enormous costs to secure justice or pursue a case. The programme for Government also promised action on upward only rents. Will the Government consider a constitutional amendment later this year on the day of the referendum to...

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Recently we discussed the issue of a mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant at the joint committee, following which we had the abrupt announcement that it was to cease pending the outcome of the consultation process in the time ahead. Since then the centres for independent living have contacted the members of the joint committee and have addressed it outlining their profound...

Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Those of us who heard the Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Patrick Honohan, state he was tearing out his hair began to tear out our own hair as we pondered what might come next. While the Minister's plan sets targets for restructuring mortgage debt, it does not define what is a fair restructuring process. The question refers to County Donegal and Deputy Heydon referred to cases in...

Other Questions: Bank Debt Restructuring (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We accept that there needed to be some deleveraging in the banks' loan-to-deposit ratios, but the speed is impacting on the ability to get credit into the real economy. We know the State's unemployment figures. Of the €3.5 billion in lending that AIB committed to last year, €600 million was new while the rest was refinancing. We are facing a real challenge. Has the Minister...

Other Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the same issue, any local councillor around the country would tell the Minister that it is a real crisis and that councils are taking a step back because of the exposure to huge financial stress in cases where developers have walked away. It is remarkable that of 770 unfinished ghost estates across the State, only 421 are exempt. That is a big difference from the situation pertaining to...

Other Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Could the Minister raise the matter with Revenue?

Other Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There was a question about the reduction in the number of houses exempt from the tax.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Websites (21 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of website from the Revenue Commissioners designed to give indicative values for properties subject to the property tax; and his views on whether it is fit for purpose compared to others. [14066/13]