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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I agree with amendment No. 26 tabled by Deputy Clare Daly. Perhaps we might delete "3 or" and leave it at "5". I understand what Deputy Mick Wallace is seeking to achieve in his amendment, but, in legislative terms, what is reasonable to me may not be reasonable to someone else. Therefore, I do not know how one could legally define "a reasonable timeframe". Perhaps we need to consider the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I can see where Deputies Daly and Wallace are coming from with their amendments. All of the guiding principles, such as the stated reasons and recommendations made by the sentencing judge, the information from the trial and the sentencing process, go to the very nature and gravity of the offence. The nature and gravity of the original offence will form part of the decision-making process...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (24 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Before the Chairman adjourns the meeting-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (24 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is okay because I want to flag a matter to the Chairman.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (24 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is it possible to go into private session?

Other Questions: Surveillance Operations (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is a conspiracy. It interferes with the bugging devices.

Other Questions: Compensation Schemes (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Has the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality's attention been drawn to the fact that the Justice for the Forgotten group has tried to secure funding for a small number of victims of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings who were referred by a general practitioner and that this request has been denied by the Victims of Crime Office?

Other Questions: Compensation Schemes (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: As the Minister is aware, I am taking this on behalf of Deputy Crowe and I do not have the level of detail that he would have. The information which has been passed onto me is that there has been ongoing funding for physical injuries, including access to funding for hearing aids. However, the issue he has raised with me concerns cases where people have been referred for counselling and...

Other Questions: Compensation Schemes (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I appreciate that the Minister is giving the information as she has it, as I am doing. I will revert to Deputy Crowe and relay to him the Minister's response. If he knows of individual cases that have been denied counselling services, I will ask him to take it up directly with her office.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Inquiries into Garda Activities (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inquiries and tribunals into An Garda Síochána that have concluded or are still ongoing from 2012; if she will provide a summary of their interim findings and conclusions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24776/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Inquiries into Garda Activities (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Even in the Minister's response, we only got as far as 2014 in terms of the number of inquiries and tribunals. We have had recent scandals and internal investigations into Garda mismanagement and internal activities, including on breath tests, fixed charge notice penalties and Templemore. The commission has been established and Sinn Féin also welcomes it. It is proper that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Inquiries into Garda Activities (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: One advantage of the commission is that we do not have to wait 18 months for recommendations. While not wishing to interfere with the work of the commission, it is quite obvious that a number of immediate concerns need to be addressed by the commission and I hope they will be addressed in a timely fashion. If we are to restore public confidence in our policing services, then it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used by her officials to determine whether a person is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning when the person is applying for asylum in circumstances in which that is a factor in the person's application. [23555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she has taken regarding the errors in Garda breath testing and reports provided on same. [23557/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a case in which a member of An Garda Síochána filmed the arrest of a vulnerable person with mental health problems in Dublin city centre; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this footage was subsequently circulated online to the distress of the person's family; if her...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (23 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to hold a referendum to repeal the constitutional provision concerning blasphemy. [23559/17]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move amendment No. 14:In page 9, to delete line 27 and substitute the following:“(a) services providing for victims, including where relevant, medical support, appropriate specialist services including psychological support services and services providing alternative accommodation;”. This is a straightforward amendment.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I disagree with the Minister's analysis of the amendment. He is suggesting that by specifying medical support, appropriate specialist services, including psychological support services and alternative accommodation, we could be leaving out other services. However, that is not the intention and nor would it be the outcome of the amendment. It refers to "services providing for victims,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: Article 8.3 of the directive also refers to this, establishing the right to specialist support services, "in addition to, or as an integrated part of, general victim support services... shall have access to such services... in accordance with their specific needs and the degree of harm suffered as a result of the criminal offence". I agree with Deputy Daly that by including the reference to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I would be happy to withdraw the amendment if the Minister supports the amendment of Deputy Daly.