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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: Apologies have been received from Deputy Martin Kenny. I remind all members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones or place them in flight mode. They can interfere with the sound recording, even though it may not be apparent at the time. The purpose of our meeting today is to have an engagement with a number of stakeholders, all of whom made written submissions to the committee on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: We have Ms Daly's written submission. There will be many opportunities for her to come back in and we look forward to hearing more from her as the meeting goes on. I now call Mr. Sunderland on behalf of the Data Protection Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: We have lost the connection to Mr. Sunderland. He is just under three minutes so we leave him suspended, as it were, and move on to the next speaker. He can come back in later. Is Mr. Collins with us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: Unfortunately, Mr, Sunderland seems to have been suspended mid-sentence, but his time was up, so perhaps I will pretend that I cut him off with my powers as Chair. In any event, Mr. Collins is next. He has three minutes to make his points. I welcome him back to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I thank Mr. Collins. That was very concise. I just want to make sure Mr. Sunderland can hear us. His connection dropped earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I was going to compliment Mr. Sunderland on his brevity, which may have been accidental; we will pretend that it was not. The main thing is that he is back in the meeting. We have the written statement and we got the gist of his oral submission so we are all good. Before calling individual members, I wish to record another apology. Senator Ruane had hoped to join us this evening but is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: The Deputy will be pleased to see the inclusion of DPP v. JC in the submission of Ms Clare Daly. I also smiled when I saw that and I was glad to see it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: Let us go back to the witnesses for some feedback.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I am going to move on to the next member because the time allocated to Senator Ward has elapsed, but there will be opportunities to come back in over the course of the discussion. Perhaps those witnesses who did not get to respond will do so in the next round or subsequent rounds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: Mr. Collins said a moment ago that there were many good things in this Bill. We have not heard much about them from the submission so far. Will he comment on what they might be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I appreciate that. I call Deputy Carroll MacNeill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I am sorry but I will have to cut off the Deputy because she is over time. In addition, a vote has been called in the Seanad so the Senators may wish to make their way there. They may be excused for a few moments. I thank Ms Woods for that. By the sound of it, from what I have seen and heard already of the submissions from all around the House, there will need to be significant changes....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: The Senator can make his submission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I thank the Senator for those insightful comments, as always. We will now move on to the second round of questioning. Deputy Daly wants to come in again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I will take the answer and then I am afraid we will have to move on because we are out of time on that point. I call Mr. Sunderland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I thank Mr. Sunderland. As I do not see any other members offering, I will give the last word to Ms Clare Daly. In light of her long service here, she can close out for the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: We are out of time. We have had a good discussion but I need to bring it to a close at this point. There will be further opportunities. This is the start rather than the end of the discussion on this matter. There is a lot of rope left in this yet and we will certainly be revisiting this topic. On behalf of the committee, I thank all of the witnesses for their participation and thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: I will move on to the next member. The Deputy has made very strong points but he has taken up a little more than seven minutes. We might come back to him in the second round. To add to his litany of points, I also suggest there is a degree of postcode lottery in terms of special sittings. Some districts can convene a special sitting within hours, while others can take until Monday...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (7 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review eligibility for the community monument fund to include historical monuments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) who has not received a ticket for a school bus will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59793/21]