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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Law Cases (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: This matter is one of many reforms being carried out by the Government, not least in the context of family law at the Circuit Court. There will be a family circuit court to deal with those special circumstances in proceedings that might make them more appropriate to be dealt with separately, and we will certainly aim to ensure that, in those circumstances where there might be a reduced...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. Community policing is at the heart of An Garda Síochána and all gardaí have a role to play in community policing in the course of carrying out their duties. Community policing is also fundamental to the new Garda operating model that is being rolled out throughout the country and has been fully commenced in 13 Garda...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I do not have the 2019 figure.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I apologise to the Deputy and I will certainly undertake to get those figures for him because it was a straight question and the figure has not been provided. I agree community gardaí are essential. In terms of understanding local communities, while all gardaí are community gardaí, having dedicated community gardaí is essential to building up those relationships and a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Law Cases (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is leading a programme of family justice reform set out in the first family justice strategy, published in November 2022. The Minister, Deputy McEntee, and I have set out an ambitious vision for a family justice system of the future, a system that will focus on the needs and rights of children and which will assist their parents in making decisions that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: There are many complex and interlinked reasons for the use of knives in the commission of offences. When some young people feel unsafe or under threat there can be a temptation to carry knives. Incidents involving knives tend to increase this trend and there are certainly no quick-fix solutions to tackling this type of behaviour, which is long-standing over many generations. Long-term,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: We have had a number of conversations about a knife amnesty. The evidence, from the UK in particular, shows that it can have a short-term and not extensive effect because knives are so readily replaceable. In terms of it being an awareness issue, we would have to be very careful about how to manage it, if it were to happen. We would need to ensure it did not engender fear in young people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: The difficulty with it just being an awareness campaign is that it could terrify more young people and they may end up carrying knives, which is the last thing we want to happen. There has been an increase, albeit not very significant, in knife carrying in the country. There was an amnesty here in 2006, but it was only to hand in knives that were about to become illegal. The evidence from...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I thank the Deputy, first for raising the tangential issues of the Law Society, the concerns about power of attorney, and the issue of the Tralee courthouse. I will bring those issues to the attention of the senior Minister. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, this debate relates to two Commission proposals on Council decisions which authorise the signing and a conclusion of an...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

James Browne: I move the following motions: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application...

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: Amendments Nos 27 to 32, inclusive, amend section 11 of the Bill, which inserts a new section 16A into the 2003 Act. The new section 16A provides that where the prescribed time limits are not met, that failure does not constitute a ground to refuse surrender, does not prejudice the requirement for the court to make a decision as to whether to endorse an arrest warrant for execution and does...

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: Amendment No. 33 addresses a limitation of the provisions in respect of outward temporary surrender in section 19 of the 2003 Act. This arises where a person has been sentenced in the State for a separate offence, but their surrender is sought by the issuing state. The court has a discretion to allow their temporary surrender for the purpose of being tried in the other state, and determines...

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: Amendment No. 34 relates to section 15 of the Bill. Where a person has been surrendered to an issuing state, and the issuing state wishes to prosecute the person for other offences, the consent of the High Court is required. If the conditions of the EAW framework decision are met and no grounds for non-execution apply, the High Court is obliged to give its consent. Section 15(a) of the...

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: This amendment transposes a provision of Schengen information system regulation in the field of police co-operation and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, which requires that prior authorisation to make an alert temporarily unavailable be granted by "the competent judicial authority". The amendment sets out a procedure to do this.

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: This amendment relates to section 6 and provides that where a person is arrested on foot of a Trade and Cooperation Agreement arrest warrant issued by the United Kingdom, they are to be advised of their right to legal advice in the United Kingdom for the purpose of assisting their legal representatives here.

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: Amendment No. 7 transposes Articles 18 and 19 of the European arrest warrant framework decision, and the comparable provisions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. It provides a mechanism whereby a person who is to be heard by a judicial authority in the issuing state may either be temporarily transferred to that state or heard in Ireland by a court assisted by a person nominated by that...

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: Amendments Nos. 11, 12, 23 and 24 deal with situations where surrender does not take place due to force majeure. These amendments provide for amendment to section 9, which amends section 15(5)(b) of the 2003 Act, and for amendment to section 10, which amends section 16(5)(b) of the 2003 Act. The amendments address a technical issue and clarify that it is the court rather than the central...

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 13: To insert after “finalised and,”, “on conclusion of those proceedings and”.

European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (6 Mar 2024)

James Browne: This group covers a number of amendments dealing with administrative, technical and typographical matters. Amendment No. 2 is a grammatical correction amending the word "who" to "whom". Amendment No. 5 deletes the words "in that state" in section 10(d) of the 2003 Act. This amendment arises from a decision of the High Court in the case of the Minister for Justice and Equality v. Gustas...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

James Browne: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak to Members of the House today. This is a very serious issue and one that I am glad to be discussing today. I echo what my Department colleague, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has said. The recent incidents of arson that we have seen are categorically not a legitimate form of protest. These are criminal acts by a small group of people who want...