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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, to delete lines 33 to 35 and substitute the following: “the committee shall comprise at least 20 members and all members shall have, or have had, a disability within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Disability Act 2005. Cognisance will be given to the nature of disability to ensure broad representation. This committee shall receive the funds,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Amendment No. 16 is the simplest amendment. It returns the Bill to its original Title that it be cited as the Equality/Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016. Amendment No. 15 calls for a focal point for implementation and that the Department of the Taoiseach will be the focal point for the monitoring framework as set out in Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My question is about to come up in the House but I will press amendment No. 13.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is simple but very important legislation. In November last, Permanent TSB announced it was selling 6,139 loans linked to family homes to vulture funds. These mortgages involve families who were meeting their agreed arrangements with the banks. They were fully up to date but the sale still went ahead. I have an issue with any sale to vulture funds but these sales were particularly...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will not oppose the Order of Business, but not for the first time, questions to the Minister for Justice and Equality directly clash with a select committee meeting. While a Minister may send a Minister of State to one or the other, it creates a problem for the rest of us who have to either pose questions or vote in the select committee. I ask that in future the Whip's office and the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (24 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 269. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); and the estimated date for completion. [3571/19]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas as an deis seo labhairt ar an mBille. It is as good as fact that the rental crisis is worse than ever. The rise in rents continues unabated. People are losing their homes and unable to find a new home. We see the practical outworkings of that daily in our constituency offices. People are in desperate circumstances, having exhausted all options as they try to stay...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (23 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has directed An Garda Síochána or if it has already decided to undertake a review of cases not progressed in relation to adult offenders in view of the report into the failures of An Garda Síochána to progress juvenile cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3411/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rights and Equality in the Context of Brexit: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas leis na haíonna go léir. I thank all the speakers for their attendance, presentations and answers to the questions. Inevitably, there will be a bit of a crossover but I will try my best not to repeat too much. Some supporters of Brexit and Brexiteers have tried to argue that the Good Friday Agreement is in no way in conflict with the attempts to leave the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rights and Equality in the Context of Brexit: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That brings me onto another question about citizenship. In circumstances in which Brexit is agreed on the basis of the withdrawal agreement, is there any respect in which an Irish citizen living in the North will be considered to be an EU citizen and will be entitled to rights on that basis? Will that simply not be the case? Perhaps Irish citizenship will only apply when a matter is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rights and Equality in the Context of Brexit: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is directed to the panel generally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rights and Equality in the Context of Brexit: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a final question for the panel and they can answer with a simple yes or no. Do the panel members agree that there is a deficit in language rights in the North?

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom a rá go mbeimid ag tacú leis an mBille seo. Is Bille praiticiúil agus luachmhar é. B'fhéidir go bhfuil sé beagáinín déanach ach tá sé úsáideach agus beimid ag tacú leis. I welcome the opportunity to discuss this Bill today. It certainly has been a long time in coming. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Island Communities (22 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward legislation on island proofing at all levels of policy making; and the status of the report on challenges facing island schools. [2811/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (22 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are more decisions outstanding from the first round of the Irish refugee protection programme humanitarian admission programme (details supplied); the reason for the high refusal rate for same in view of the fact that there are a total of 530 places available on the programme; and if a second round of applications is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Offshore Islands (22 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 701. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in place to bring forward legislation on island proofing at all levels of policy making in view of the 68% decline in the population of offshore islands during the period 1926 to 2016. [2810/19]

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh agus feicfimid cá bhfuilimid ina dhiadh sin. I will probably not use all the ten minutes. I will probably use about five minutes. If that is enough for Deputy Brady, he can carry on. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na Teachtaí as ucht an Bhille seo a thógaint chun cinn. Beimid ag tacú...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (16 Jan 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: While I will vote in a different way from the proposers of the amendments, it is unfortunate there is almost an implication that their motivations are not fair or high-minded or that they are not people with a very strong track record of raising issues of sexual violence and fairness in our courts. It is the case and they are entirely entitled to bring forward amendments. Their motivations...