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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I acknowledge the support of Senators since Second Stage. This is a complex Bill, as they will have noted, but it has a straightforward purpose, namely, to allow a person who has been placed under the supervision of the probation service in one EU member state but who lives in another to return home and undergo his or her further supervision here, or there, depending on the circumstances,...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I informed Senators on Second Stage of my intention to bring forward a number of further amendments. The amendments I am introducing today include an important new section that will provide a coroner with the power to seek directions from the High Court on a point of law regarding the exercise of the coroner's functions.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: We will do that, but I want to inform the House of my intention to introduce a small number of additional amendments on Report Stage, on which work is being completed. I will come back to those as we move through the sections.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am considering a Report Stage amendment on the inclusion of further definitions in section 2, which may result in better functioning of the Bill.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I expect to come back with an amendment to this section on Report Stage.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to bring forward an amendment to section 6 on Report Stage which will include further administrative provisions, updating the provisions in section 13 of the principal Act.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: They are. They deal with the positions of deputy coroners and the Dublin coronial district.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: This series of amendments relates to the adjournment of an inquest and the coroner's obligation to direct a post-mortem examination in a case where criminal proceedings are either under consideration or have been initiated into the death of the person concerned. Section 25 of the principal Act, as Senators will be aware, already provides that the coroner shall adjourn the inquest on request...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I give notice to Senators of my intention to introduce a further technical amendment to this section on Report Stage.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I give notice of my intention to bring forward an administrative amendment to this section on Report Stage.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: This is an important and substantive amendment which inserts into the Bill a new power for a coroner to seek directions from the High Court on any doubtful or difficult point of law arising in the exercise of his or her functions. While coroners normally determine questions of fact, difficult questions of law do arise occasionally on a range of issues relating to the exercise of their...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: These amendments insert into the Bill a further provision for situations where a designated GSOC officer is assisting the coroner, in place of a garda, in a death which is also the subject of a GSOC investigation under Part 4 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. Section 33 of the Bill already inserts a new section 101A into the 2005 Act to make express provision for a GSOC designated...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Amendment No. 1 is to provide for the inclusion of tribunals of inquiry and commissions of investigation within the scope of the Bill. On the application of the offence of perjury and related offences, the legal advice I have received indicates that those particular forms of proceedings are not involved in the administration of justice per se. One possible problem with the Bill, therefore,...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The purpose of this amendment is to bring the penalties provision in this Private Members' Bill in line with those of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, which, inter alia, stipulates penalty levels for false evidence and fraudulent claims. I propose to amend the relevant section of this Bill rather than that of the 2004 Act in terms of the maximum penalty on indictment for this type of...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: These amendments are grouped together as they are technical in nature and correct a cross-referencing error in sections 17(2), 17(3) and 17(4). I do not believe that there is any great need to have a considered debate on this. I ask for the support of the House.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I do not wish to impress anything on the Seanad which might not be in conformity with Standing Orders but I am here week after week after week and am pulled up on technicalities all the time. My understanding was that these amendments were already the subject of an invitation to speak, which was not responded to in spite of the presence in the Chamber of one of the proponents. I am in the...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: On behalf of the Government, I acknowledge the importance of this legislation and the leadership by Senator Ó Céidigh and his team in this regard. The Government fully supports the Bill and its intention to provide for the first time a statutory framework to hold to account persons who engage in deceitful activity or fraudulent behaviour in their submission of sworn testimony or...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ------which I hope will continue, notwithstanding his election as a member of the Fine Gael group on his local authority.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I acknowledge the input of my officials, who were active in ensuring that the Bill was proofed and who proposed several amendments in order to facilitate the passage of the legislation as we approach the summer recess. I look forward to further engaging with Senator Ó Céidigh on the Bill until it is completed in its entirety.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and all of the Senators who made a contribution, and in particular, the sponsor Senator Gallagher. It is clear that the subject matter of the Bill is one to which we can all relate. We are very conscious of the important work done by people operating in front-line duties and the difficulties and challenges which they face on a daily and nightly basis. It is, of...