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

Jonathan O'Brien: Informing victims may give rise to a cost to the Exchequer but we either inform them or we do not inform them. As an Opposition Deputy, I find it extremely frustrating that, having spent considerable time doing research and drafting amendments, they are ruled out of order because the word "shall" as opposed to "may" is used. The way we do our work in here is bonkers.

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

Jonathan O'Brien: I am willing to withdraw amendment No. 36 and support Deputy Daly's amendment No. 34. The Deputy is correct that "relevant" is stronger than "sufficient", the word used in my amendment.

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

Jonathan O'Brien: No, I am happy to hear the Minister.

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

Jonathan O'Brien: I withdraw amendments Nos. 108 and 115.

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

Jonathan O'Brien: I support the Minister's amendment No. 82 so I withdraw my amendment No. 84.

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. 103:In page 22, line 2, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. The amendment is also in the name of Deputy O'Callaghan. It refers to the age old argument about the difference between the words "may" and "shall". Our amendment seeks to delete the word may and substitute it with the word "shall".

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

Jonathan O'Brien: I am quite happy to come back to it on Report Stage. Special measures should obviously be implemented for certain victims but not in the case of all victims. I will come back to it on Report Stage.

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. 116:In page 23, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:"19.The Minister shall introduce regulations to be made under this legislation setting out procedure and best practice guidelines to be followed whenever an intermediary is proposed to be used in Court to mediate the responses of a victim or other witness." I will withdraw the amendment but I reserve the...

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. 117:In page 23, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“19.It shall be a criminal offence for the accused or his or her supporters to record by any electronic means whatsoever court proceedings.”. I intend to withdraw the amendment and consider it further prior to Report Stage.

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

Jonathan O'Brien: It is currently illegal to record court proceedings without authorisation.

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

Jonathan O'Brien: What are the consequences of doing so? The Minister can come back to me if necessary.

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. 146:In page 33, after line 35, to insert the following:“31. Within two years of the enactment of this Act, the Minister shall review the operation of this Act specifically with regard to non-compliance with the Act with a view to identifying any specific penalties that may need to be instituted.”. There is an automatic review with all new legislation so I...

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

Jonathan O'Brien: I understand that the Minister may not be able to come back to this on Report Stage but she might give a commitment to look at setting up an ombudsman's office during the 12-month statutory review.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Services for People with Disabilities (17 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of installing a changing place facility for adults with disabilities in Áras an Uachtaráin; his plans to construct more of these facilities; the proposed locations of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23513/17]

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will be brief in my contribution because we will also be supporting the legislation and look forward to its speedy passage through the Dáil. As Deputy Jim O'Callaghan outlined, this legislation stemmed from the recommendations of a working group on medical and periodic payments in 2010, under the leadership of Mr. Justice John Quirke who was then in the High Court. He had been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (10 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the first priority of the Migrant Integration Strategy is that the basic values of society are respected by all; and the details of these values. [22277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (10 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the issue of undocumented migrants here. [22278/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (10 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will refrain from imposing language tests as a criterion of citizenship. [22279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (9 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons applying for refugee status that have applied on the grounds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender status during each of the past five years; the number of those persons which were successful; the overall percentage success rate for refugee applications through the Irish Naturalisation and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (9 May 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of investigations by An Garda Síochána into alleged death threats made over the telephone against the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on 18 October 2006; the number of statements that were taken by An Garda Síochána relating to this case; the number of persons who...