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Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Bill involves a simple but practical concept. Every community in Ireland has been affected adversely by the significant rate of theft of property, in particular valuable property. That theft can have enormous consequences, including for people's livelihoods. The theft of farm equipment has increased by 40% in recent times and almost €8 million worth of tools and equipment were...

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is important that Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan has moved this amendment. It is right that this jurisdiction is moving forward with legislation, which is overdue, but there must be accompanying action from Britain. On the text of the amendment, it is not necessarily the case that we should avoid legislating because of the absence of legislation in Britain. However, the lack of action is...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 10 o’clock I am supporting this legislation but, like Deputy O'Callaghan, I regret we are dealing with the legislation in this way. This agreement was reached in excess of four years ago but this legislation will have progressed from publication to being passed in 13 days. The timeline from publication to the first deadline for the submission of amendments was four days. The...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I support the amendment but will await the Minister of State's response on community not-for-profit education. It is reasonable to exempt that sector but it may be the case that it is already accepted under the cover of the ETBs. In any event, it is a reasonable proposition and a good amendment which is supported by Aontas, which is one of the organisations that has been vocal on the issue....

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: From the Seanad (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to take the opportunity to acknowledge members of the Elephant Collective who are in the Gallery. They have campaigned for this legislation and I wish to acknowledge their contribution to this debate.

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: From the Seanad (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This seems a sensible amendment to valuable and comprehensive legislation. Sinn Féin will support it. I thank the Minister for his remarks and express my appreciation for his engagement and co-operation on a number of issues and across various debates. I also thank his officials in the Department of Justice and Equality who regularly made themselves available.

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We will be supporting this legislation although we have some reservations about elements of it. The State has a desperate legacy in respect of the women in the Magdalen laundries. It is not an item that can be considered in isolation. It is part of a wider network and system of institutionalisation that extended to mother and baby homes, county homes and other institutions. It really is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will try to pop in occasionally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome the Bill. It is good legislation. Like Deputy O'Callaghan, I find people come into my clinic occasionally to ask about their situation and whether the spent convictions legislation would apply to them. Even before the facts of their cases are out of their mouths, I am thinking it probably would not apply to them. When the facts have been put before me, I have found the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Has there been much change in that rate over the years? Have we made progress or fallen back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I imagine people who have convictions or who have spent time in prison experience a disproportionately higher rate of unemployment. Does Ms Ní Chinnéide know what rate that is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very often, one could have a number of offences related to a single incident. Is there any scope to consolidate that particular incident for the purposes of spent convictions? There might be more than two convictions and, in fact, more than two serious convictions, but those might have been applied in respect of the same act or incident.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To an extent, this is about information. It is about how it exists and who has access to that information on spent convictions, albeit there are wider implications. The witnesses might have reflections on other regimes as well as ours. While access to the information is restricted, is it deleted entirely or simply held in a secure manner by An Garda Síochána? How does that work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Are the witnesses satisfied that the manner in which the information is currently managed and stored is secure and kosher?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mr. Walsh works with many people. Part of his discussions with them is about how they reintegrate into society and gain employment. Does he find that people are discouraged and feel there is not much prospect of them getting employment and that this then affects how they apply themselves with regard to education and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ms Ní Chinnéide mentioned that point and a campaign in Britain to eliminate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have no more questions. That was very helpful.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “ ‘Private Members Club’ means a voluntary and unincorporated association of persons over the age of eighteen years, not being a public body, formed for the purpose of gaming in premises to which the public does not access as of right, the affairs and management of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State should consider tabling amendments on Report Stage, although I take the point he has made. There are well-run clubs and there are fly-by-night clubs. There are people who come along and join on the night and so on. There are major issues with some of the casinos. Some are better run and manage their members well and would be bona fides private members' clubs. ...