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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I will not press amendment No. 21 now, but I reserve the right to re-enter it. I am not sure I have the wording exactly right at this stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: In some ways, we are probably trying to do the same thing by reconfiguring the lay membership and striking a better, more representative balance as part of that. Amendments in the preceding group - they could not be moved because Deputy Sherlock was not present - overlapped with this in some respects. I am not sure what the final configuration will be and so we probably will not be able to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: Amendment No. 33 must be viewed in conjunction with amendment No. 34 under which one would have the addition of the nominees from Free Legal Advice Centres Limited and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. The total number would be the same, but the composition of lay members would be different.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I know that it has been ruled out of order, but the idea was to have six lay representatives. It was really peculiar to rule it out of order on the basis that it involved a potential charge on the Exchequer, whereas if I had used a different word, it would not have been. We all accept that the Bill will be reconfigured on Report Stage. The aim of the discussion it is to have a balance with...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 39:In page 14, to delete lines 4 to 10. We are proposing to remove the provision where members appointed by the PAS or nominated by the Bar Council or Law Society do not have to go through that process again to be reappointed after three years but can simply be reappointed by the Minister. It is self-evident. Why have a three-year term if we are going to then ignore...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: This is about making space for the best people for the job. Board members might be doing a perfectly adequate job, but someone who is even better qualified might come along. Rather than an appointment being at the blessing of the Minister, it should be open to a competitive process. Existing board members could go through that process as well.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 41:In page 14, line 11, to delete “section 16” and substitute “section 15”. The whole group of amendments is around removing the power to nominate the legal members of the commission from the Bar Council and the Law Society. Of all the nominating bodies proposed either by the Government or by Deputy O'Callaghan in his Bill, I have the most...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: As the Minister said - I am not fully sure whether he was being smart - I am all in favour of practising barristers and solicitors being involved in this body. That is precisely why I moved amendments in respect of the appointments from some of the external bodies like FLAC and the ICCL such that, even though they may be representing the lay component, their representatives could still be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: Obviously, it is a matter of fact that issues were established against various members of the Law Society of Ireland in court proceedings.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 42:In page 14, line 13, to delete “being nominated under subsection (1) of that section” and substitute “pursuant to paragraph (e) of section 12(1)”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 43:In page 14, line 15, to delete “being nominated under subsection (2) of that section” and substitute “pursuant to paragraph (f) of section 12(1)”.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of coursing clubs that have been sanctioned for coursing sick hares in the 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018 seasons. [2999/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Public Service Numbers (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that in order for a person to withdraw their savings and close their State savings account, they must provide a PPS number even if the account was created before the anti money laundering provisions in the Criminal Justice Acts 2010 and 2013 were enacted and even if the reason the customer is closing the account is in protest at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking to reverse the lifetime reduction in pension benefits for workers in the private and commercial semi-State sector that were brought about as a consequence of the temporary pension levy introduced in 2011. [1909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children born to women in custody in prisons in 2017. [3013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues available to an Afghan refugee who is also an unaccompanied minor, and is currently in Greece and cannot return to Afghanistan for fear of being murdered on grounds of their religious and sexual orientation to seek asylum here. [3021/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 363. To ask the Minister for Health his views on subsidising the cost of implanted contraceptives, such as the IUD, which at present can cost up to €300 for insertion a price which is out of the reach of many women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2931/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Origin Green Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether his Department has brought the organic food label into disrepute in view of the findings of the 2017 EU audit of controls on organic food production and the continued application of the organic label to salmon farmed by a company (details supplied) despite the numerous investigations by his Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission research on Irish shellfish sites in view of research findings in the UK and elsewhere showing the presence of microplastics in shellfish grown for human consumption; and if he will initiate a moratorium on shellfish licensing pending the outcome of that research. [3244/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 December 2017, if his Department is unable to cite legislation or a legal basis for withholding publication of the audit report on the organic status of the aquaculture sites operated by a company (details supplied) and is thereby protecting the commercial interests of the operator at...