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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 23: In page 11, lines 12 to 14, to delete all words from and including “ (1) Proceedings” in line 12 down to and including line 14 and substitute the following: “(1) No proceedings for an offence under this Act, or for an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury under any other enactment or law, shall be brought except by, or with the consent...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 24: In page 11, line 16, to delete “offence under this section” and substitute the following: “offence under this Act or an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury under any other enactment or law”. This amendment amends the reference to summary proceedings in section 14(2) of the Bill so that it reads "summary proceedings in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 25: In page 11, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(1) Where the making of a false statement is— (a) an offence under section 5 or 6 of this Act, and (b) an offence that is punishable on summary conviction only under another enactment that came into operation before the coming into operation of this Act, a person shall be liable to be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 26: In page 11, to delete lines 31 to 39, and in page 12, to delete line 1.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 27: In page 12, line 8, to delete “Perjury and Related Offences Act 2019” and substitute “Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021”. Amendment No. 27 amends the short title of the Bill in accordance with the usual formulation used for Government Bills, which provides for criminal offences by renaming it the Criminal Justice...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 28: In page 12, line 20, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Minister for Justice”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 29: In page 13, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “SCHEDULE 1 Section 4(1) 1. Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856, section 3 2. Public Works Loans Act 1875, section 44 3. General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877, section 11 4. Dundalk Harbour and Port Act 1925, section 73(8) 5. Arterial Drainage Act...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 30: In page 16, to delete lines 24 and 25.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 31: In page 20, to delete lines 11 to 22 and substitute the following: “ 9 Edw. 7 c. 49 Assurance Companies Act 1909 Section 24 Substitute for section: “Penalty for falsifying statements etc. 24.If any account balance sheet, abstract, statement, or other document required by this Act is false in any particular to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 32: In page 20, to delete lines 23 to 35 and substitute the following: " 9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 51 Checkweighing in Various Industries Act 1919 Section 3 In subsection (4) substitute “that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of an offence...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 33: In page 20, to delete lines 36 to 45 and substitute the following: " No. 37 of 1938 Statutory Declarations Act 1938 Section 6 Substitute for section: “Penalty for false declaration 6. Every person who makes a statutory declaration which to his or her knowledge is false in any material respect shall be guilty of an...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 34: In page 21, to delete lines 1 to 11.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 35: In page 21, after line 11, to insert the following: " No. 16 of 1997 Bail Act 1997 Schedule Insert the following paragraph after paragraph 42: “Offences under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 43. Any offence under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.”. "

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 36: In page 7, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: “An Act to provide for offences relating to perjury, subornation of perjury, the making of certain false statements, the fabrication of evidence and other related matters; for those purposes to amend certain enactments; and to provide for related matters.”. This amendment arises on...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I again thank the committee for helping the passage of this very important Bill. I would like to be associated with the Chairman's comments about former Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh and his team, who brought this Bill to the Seanad in the first place and helped bring this about. Perjury is an offence but is very rarely prosecuted. Putting perjury on the Statute Book will help...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 May 2021)

James Browne: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021 in this House, and I look forward to our discussion of its provisions here today. The principal objective of this Bill is to include a new category of "enforcement guard" in the list of private security services licensed by the Private Security Authority under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 May 2021)

James Browne: At the outset, I want to be absolutely clear that the State does not operate any citizenship by investment scheme. However, I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP). An investment under the IIP does not confer any preferential entitlement to citizenship or an Irish passport. Successful applicants under the IIP and their nominated family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 May 2021)

James Browne: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 23 September 2020. This application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. If any further documentation is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 May 2021)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 and 462 together. The current target is that it should take around 12 months for a standard application for a certificate of naturalisation to be processed from the date it is received to the date a decision is made. However, for a broad range of reasons, some cases will take longer than others to process. The average processing time for applications in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 May 2021)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 468 and 469 together. The table below sets out the number of citizenship applications that have reached a decision stage - where a decision has been made on the application by the Minister for Justice - in each month from January 2020, as requested by the Deputy. Month 2020 2021 January 3928 40 ...