Results 3,021-3,040 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: That is the clarification I seek.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister might tell us how long it takes to sober up.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: What if somebody is still dangerously intoxicated after six hours?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I support amendment No. 6, taking into account what Deputy Jim O'Callaghan and the Minister of State said, that the courts should already be taking all of the issues mentioned into consideration. We should ensure there is no doubt that they will take them into consideration by placing the provision on a statutory footing. I imagine most courts do take into account issues such as the mental...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is my understanding that every piece of legislation enacted has a statutory review after two years. The Act will be reviewed within 24 months and it would not be beyond the scope of the Minister to look at the provision of bail supports for adults as part of the review. I know the supports do not currently exist but we will be looking at the Act as a whole, which concerns the provision...
- Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Instruction to Committee (Resumed) (4 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I also express our dissatisfaction at the way this has been handled. We are not talking about minor technical amendments but amendments which will change the very nature and Title of the Bill. While I recognise the fact the Minister did flag on Second Stage her intention to bring forward these amendments, it is unfortunate that less than 12 hours before the committee meeting, we are dealing...
- Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Instruction to Committee (4 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: On a point of order-----
- Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Instruction to Committee (4 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: If the motion is opposed, is it correct that the division will be taken on conclusion of the debate?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Administration (4 Apr 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason rural areas have been removed from the current revised list of DEIS schools. [16014/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: 2. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she was first informed of the serious discrepancies in the way in which the Garda recorded roadside alcohol tests and the reasons 14,700 persons convicted in the courts were prosecuted without fixed-charge notices first being issued; her plans to address these very serious matters; and if her attention has been drawn to any additional...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The southern audit had been.
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Can we believe those figures?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I asked whether we can believe those figures.
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste just said that the complaint was referred to An Garda Síochána by the Minister for Justice and Equality, yet in her statement she said it was referred to An Garda Síochána by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Which is it?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: No. I am asking who referred it to the Garda?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste might clarify that and correct the record.
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste also said in June of last year that her Department became aware that some discrepancies had been identified in the mandatory alcohol testing and that the Garda was commencing a national audit, yet we know that national audit started in November 2016 but the review into the discrepancies had begun in 2015. The Tánaiste also said that in that letter An Garda...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Given that the Tánaiste was made aware in June 2016 by An Garda Síochána that no issues stemmed from the audit, given that we have now discovered that nearly 1 million breath tests were falsified, given that the Tánaiste was not informed of that as the person responsible for oversight of our policing services, and given that the Commissioner who is accountable to the...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: When they expressed that concern in the letter in 2016 and said there were discrepancies in the southern region, did they tell the Tánaiste how many discrepancies there were?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Did the Tánaiste not ask?