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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My first question relates to digital audio recordings. I welcome the confirmation in the opening statement that this service has been extended to every single court in the country, as I understand it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is very welcome. Will Mr. Ryan clarify an issue for me? I am aware of a number of cases where digital audio recordings had to be reverted to because there was a conflict around the ruling by the judge. The recordings were very important and had they not been available, justice would not have been served. Is it the practice of registrars to revert to the digital audio recording system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With the Chairman's permission, I will ask a supplementary question. If the registrar has a digital audio recording, which is unquestionably the account of what actually happened and what the judge ruled on, why would a registrar, rather than relying on the digital audio recording, rely on the opinion of the solicitors acting on behalf of the parties? Is it Mr. Ryan's opinion that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My second question is on oversight. Our committee produced a report on the issue of policing and touched on the administration of justice. One of the practices in the North of Ireland is a criminal justice inspectorate that oversees a range of aspects of the criminal justice system and has a big picture or a helicopter view of the system as it works. The opinion of our committee is that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Would Mr. Ryan be resistant in any way to the introduction of a criminal justice inspectorate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My final question is on the family courts. The development in Dublin is very welcome. The Government confirmed yesterday that there is no constitutional bar to rolling out a family court system and it was reported in the media today. Hopefully, in the next Government term, there will be a roll-out of dedicated family courts. I am sure Mr. Ryan is concerned, as all of us are, about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Management and Administration of the Courts: Courts Service of Ireland (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I agree 100% with Mr. Ryan about the family mediation issue. In terms of the court buildings, Mr. Ryan mentioned buildings from a certain period and moving forward. What are his criteria in terms of client-solicitor spaces? Is there a basic design that has been agreed in co-operation with consumer or legal organisations?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the application from a respected community development organisation based in Inishowen to utilise the old Garda station at St. Oran's Road, Buncrana, County Donegal as an amenity for the local community in Inishowen; if he will give this matter his full consideration. [41978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal convictions for cyber crime, under the Criminal Damage Act 1991, the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001, and the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, for the years 2000 to 2015 to date. [41403/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics in the Dundrum Garda Síochána station area, including separate figures for the former Stepaside Garda Síochána station area, in Dublin, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date. [41540/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will renew and extend the previous Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme established 14 March 2014. [41635/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Syrian national who entered Ireland under the Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme in 2015 is eligible to sponsor a visa application for immediate family members who remain in Syria; given the humanitarian crisis, her plans to award visa applications to vulnerable Syrian family members of Syrians who are Irish citizens and who live...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons registered and issued with immigration stamps under the last Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme. [41652/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas issued to date to those granted residence permission under the Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme. [41653/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 335. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship processed in 2015 to date; and the percentage of these that were processed within six months. [41650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a clear and unambiguous deadline for ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities beyond the general outline in the roadmap to ratification of the convention she has provided. [41789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the reservation to Article 27(a) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; the legal arguments that led to that decision. [41790/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the confirmation from her Department that the proposed three-school campus at Buncrana in County Donegal, incorporating new schools for schools (details supplied) in County Donegal, is not scheduled to proceed to construction until between 2019 and 2021; if she is aware the boards of management and parents' committees of...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is a cop-out.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Government backs us.