Results 21-40 of 1,462 for justice speaker:Simon Harris

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: ...to Deputy Mac Lochlainn. In response to Deputy Verona Murphy, like her I welcome that the women's refuge spaces and centre in Wexford are now nearing delivery. I will ask the Minister for Justice to specifically come back to the Deputy on the operational cost issue she has highlighted.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: ...I do not have that level of knowledge. I acknowledge that the Deputy has raised the issue of what he calls parental alienation on a very regular basis. What I know is that the Minister for Justice has just completed and published a very substantial piece of work in respect of how our family courts operate and how the voices and rights of children are at the centre of all that happens....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: -----next week as well. Deputy Verona Murphy raised a very good piece of work done by the Department of Justice that highlights a real and serious need for reform in a number of areas related to our family courts. The Minister for Justice is very committed to this. In the first instance I might suggest she could respond to the Deputy in terms of the next steps we intend to take and I am...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: ...my engagement at the European Council, as recently as last week. Ireland did make amendments to the conclusions of the European Council last week, specifically around the International Court of Justice, ICJ, and the very clear orders of the court, particularly in May in relation to Rafah, It significantly strengthened the language of the European Union's conclusions in relation to that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...if that loop has been closed. How many people still in the Defence Forces today are concerned by that issue? We need that answer. The Tánaiste and I are progressing that. The Minister for Justice is seeking an urgent update from the Judicial Council on sentencing guidelines. My understanding, from memory, is that the first area on which the Judicial Council is working on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I very much remember from my time in the Departments of Health and Justice the excellent work that is done to seize these issues. We are continuing to beef up the resources to An Garda Síochána. As we grow garda recruitment, that will enable the Garda Commissioner to allocate more resources to those areas. I take very seriously the point the Deputy makes in terms of health,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...has now been established and provides a structure for issues such as sentencing guidelines. Some analysis and research will be carried out. The Deputy is quite right that the administration of justice in Ireland will greatly benefit from it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...violence. We do have the Judicial Council, which is absolutely charged with producing sentencing guidelines and with facilitating judicial training. These are two issues that the Minister for Justice is extraordinarily eager to see progress being made on, as am I. My understanding is that the first set of sentencing guidelines is likely to be in the area of domestic violence. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...in this place, in the Judiciary, in the Defence Forces, in our public services, in our homes and in our schools to work to bring it about. I am extremely proud of the work of the Minister for Justice, a Minister who has applied herself to this more than any Minister that has gone before her. I have watched as she has done that. She is not suggesting, I am not suggesting and nobody here...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...work by the Tánaiste in actions to bring about a cultural change in the Defence Forces, including the establishment of the tribunal that the Deputy quite rightly referenced. On the criminal justice aspect, section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 provides an important safeguard under which the DPP may appeal to the Court of Appeal to have a sentence reviewed if it appears the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...There are often moments in this House when Deputy McDonald and I do not agree. On this, I agree with her 100%. This is an issue on which I will work with her, with everyone across this House and across Irish society and with the Minister for Justice to get to where we need to get - we clearly are not there in Ireland - in terms of a zero-tolerance approach to domestic, sexual and...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measures: (a) Directive (EU) 2024/1346 of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...in the context of those wrap-around, enhanced supports we need in communities. I hope, as the community safety partnerships develop and roll out, that they do not just become discussions about criminal justice issues. They are not mean to be in terms of their membership. We are trying to have a conversation about what can be done to create a better and safer - in every sense of the word...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...task force report. I appreciate that a lot of work has been done since then but I will familiarise myself with that. We do need to come at this from all angles. There is, of course, a criminal justice element to this. A lot of good legislation has been passed through these Houses on that. The establishment of the agency is important but so is the education and cultural aspect. I have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...and for all crimes that have been committed. At a time when other countries have not always done so, we will continue to support the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. We have done that through additional funding as well. Our position on the association agreement at an EU level remains clear. I articulated it again to a number of European counterparts...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...point that just because time has passed, it does not mean that issues can be ignored. It does not mean that an approach can be taken to any issue that is not victim centred and is not centred in terms of justice, truth and accountability. I think all parties in this House, and certainly all parties in Northern Ireland, which is a rare event, have rightly come together to condemn and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: The Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings led by the late Mr Justice Henry Barron was published in December 2003. A sub-committee of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights was established to consider the Report and produce recommendations. These recommendations were published in March 2004 as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Middle East (12 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...been committed. It is not for me, on the floor of the Dáil, to decide who has or has not committed a war crime. The structures to do that are clear and are there through the International Court of Justice. Ireland fully supports the work of the court. The most important thing that should happen now is a cessation of the violence. This has to include an immediate ceasefire,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: ...Ireland. Its membership comprises me as Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, and the Ministers for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport, Justice, Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Finance, and Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Other Ministers and Ministers of State will be invited to participate as required. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...of that. As regards budget and staff, currently, the secretariat is being provided by Dublin City Council but also being supported by officials in my Department, with the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána ready to assist as well. A budget will be required for this. Where that falls will depend on the actions, but I understand that my responsibility in setting this...