Results 1-20 of 860 for justice speaker:John McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (23 Jun 2016)

John McGuinness: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be consulted on the terms of reference of the proposed statutory inquiry in order to ensure that justice is seen to be done. [17780/16]

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

John McGuinness: The death of Shane O'Farrell uncovered a litany of failures within the Department of Justice and Equality and the justice system.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (8 Sep 2020)

John McGuinness: 913. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile antisocial behaviour orders issued in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 under Part 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2010. [21580/20]

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We should remind the Department that we want to get our business done. In the context of our agenda for next week, we will be meeting officials from the Department of Justice and Equality to discuss the 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Vote 24 - Justice and Equality - and Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project. Is that agreed?

Written Answers — Control of Firearms: Control of Firearms (20 Jul 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will accept that the hunting licence endorsement was omitted from firearms licences in the firearms provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, with the result that tens of thousands of sportsmen and women were unwittingly left hunting unlawfully in the 2009-10 hunting season; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Control of Firearms: Control of Firearms (20 Jul 2011)

John McGuinness: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if section 33 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 makes it an offence for a person to facilitate or engage in the use of a firearm for the purposes of practical or dynamic shooting; if there have been any prosecutions effected under this section to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21583/11]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: ...relation to the file and the Department and whatever information Ms Murdock has, can she check with Mr. Brett and give us a copy of the file? Can she include correspondence with the Department of Justice and Equality whether from 2012 or before it and right up to date so that we can have a complete picture? Rather than wondering about Mr. Brett, can she ask him to check the files from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

John McGuinness: We will commence our discussion on politically exposed persons with the Departments of Finance and Justice. Before we do so, I wish to acknowledge that we agreed the minutes of the joint committee meeting of Wednesday, 21 September 2022, at an earlier private meeting. The format for today's meeting will be that we will have a statement from the Department of Justice after which we can...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: ...In preparing for a debate such as this, one tends to Google. I read about the system in place in Canada and other countries. There are so many models of administration, appointment systems and justice systems that we could take from any one of them and apply it here and it would work, yet we do not want to do that. We want to mess around with the system, rush the legislation through...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Matters (26 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, for the period since the introduction of the new firearms licensing regime, the total forecast to the State of the High Court Judicial Review held before Mr. Justice Hedigan in early 2012, including both the State's own legal costs and the legal costs of all 168 applicants for which the State accepted liability; the total...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: ...are serious wrongdoings arising from decisions of the courts with very poor training that have resulted in that type of individual fighting for her family home and locked in prison. Where is the justice for that woman and her family? Will the Minister intervene in that case? The answer to that is probably "No" because they are on one side and we are on the other. However, there has to...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Maybe some day the Minister for Justice and Equality is having a conversation with the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, he might ask her about that. Will the Minister, Deputy Shatter, apologise to the family in Wicklow whose son took his own life? There are also implications there for the Garda. What about the granddaughter and daughter of a lady, who was killed in an accident, who reported...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: ...agreed earlier in private session. Apologies have been received from Senator Higgins. Today the committee is meeting with the assistant Garda Commissioner and officials from the Department of Justice on the topic of authorised push payment fraud. We are joined from An Garda Síochána by Assistant Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly and Detective Superintendent Michael Cryan; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission Report on Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences: Engagement (26 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: I welcome Ms Justice Mary Laffoy and her colleagues to the committee. The meeting will deal with the issue of accountability in banking. Before we go into the meeting proper, I advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. However, if directed by the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: ..., we could focus on the real meat in a Bill like this, that of proper radical reform of the judicial system, where the wrongs in that system are corrected and reformed. Lucia O'Farrell wants justice. Yvonne Walsh wants justice. She is languishing in jail this evening, after 21 days, and she cannot fulfil what the judge has asked her to do because it is not within her power to do it....

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (10 Feb 2004)

John McGuinness: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be given permission to remain here on medical grounds; and if an appeal in their case will be expedited. [3755/04]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (10 Feb 2004)

John McGuinness: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a visa for a person (details supplied); and if a decision will be expedited in their case. [3757/04]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (10 Feb 2004)

John McGuinness: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a decision in the case. [3951/04]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (4 May 2004)

John McGuinness: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 12 February 2004 if he will give a decision in the case in view of the length of time the file has been with his Department. [12460/04]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (4 May 2004)

John McGuinness: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an interview will be arranged for a person (details supplied) who is ten months in a hostel; and if he will expedite this application. [12576/04]