Results 3,681-3,700 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will take these contributions together and invite the Minister of State to respond. I call Deputy Brophy.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy O'Brien should not put his colleagues on the spot.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will ask the Minister to respond. He might take the questions together, please.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He does not at all.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is there a particular point the Minister has made that anyone would like to further explore? No.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Amendment No. 3 has already been discussed with amendment No. 1. We will not take any further contributions. This amendment also introduces a new section.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is a helpful addendum.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy will have that opportunity.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy may withdraw the amendment or she can press it.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Amendment put and declared lost.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My understanding is that I am obliged to indicate that the amendment is lost. Tá sé caillte. At that point, the Deputy has the entitlement to call a vote but she does not have to do so. That was what I indicated at the outset. The Deputy has the opportunity to re-table the amendment on Report Stage.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Under Standing Orders, we are obliged to wait eight minutes or until full membership is present before proceeding to take the division. Deputy Farrell has sent a written apology since the commencement of the meeting indicating he is not in a position to attend. That would leave six members and we are all present. Given the non-attendance of one member, are we in a position to proceed? ...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does any other member wish to contribute? Does Deputy Clare Daly wish to offer any further comment?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Amendment No. 5 is being withdrawn. As the Deputy has rightly indicated, she can of course reintroduce it on Report Stage if that is her decision.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are grouped. We will take them together. They are both in the name of Deputy Clare Daly and they both involve the insertion of new sections. In invite the Deputy to speak to the amendments.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Minister of State wish to add a comment before I go back to Deputy Clare Daly?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are preparing a report on penal reform. Perhaps, as the Minister of State suggested, this could be reflected in the final draft of same. It is something to consider.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Deputy withdrawing the amendment?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy has made a very clear point.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Amendments Nos. 9 to 11, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.