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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's point, I think it would have preceded devolution in the areas of policing and justice in 2006; therefore, it would probably have been Westminster legislation. However, in Scotland I believe there is a 50:50 lay and legal-judicial balance. In England and Wales it is weighted equally between lay and judicial members, with two legal members. That is the argument...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I disagree with almost everything that Deputy O'Callaghan said except for the point about inconsistency. I do not see any reason to support the amendment but I do not agree with Deputy O'Callaghan that the commission creates problems in terms of the quality of the people that will be appointed. Some of the commentary around lay members of the commission is unhelpful and ignores the reality...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will make a few observations. I am open to considering amendment No. 92 further, but my sense is that it might be unconstitutional to restrict the Government to "only" the names provided to it. Given the next amendment that we will deal with, the approach being taken is to create an infrastructure in which, in terms of perception and practice, it is almost impossible - it is not...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: A number of references were made to amendment No. 87, which is not part of this grouping, but some of the references may be relevant depending on how that amendment fares. I had my mind made up about amendment No. 87 and I will not be supporting it. It is not consistent with the philosophy underlining the Bill. I find it difficult to understand the logic behind it. I am speaking to the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On foot of what Deputy O'Callaghan said, my understanding is that it would still be 12 years' experience overall but that there must be four years' continuous experience. That is the point I was making in reference to those who might have taken a leave of absence for maternity leave etc. It is restrictive enough. Not only is 12 years' experience required but also, within that, four...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 73:In page 23, to delete line 37, and in page 24, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following:"(3) Subsection (1) shall only apply to a legal academic who has qualified as a barrister or solicitor and subsequent subsections of this section, in so far as they relate to a person who is referred to in them as a 'head of a faculty' or 'head of another faculty', shall...

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is now almost seven years since Shane O'Farrell was killed at the side of the road in County Monaghan. It is fair to say there was a failure by many of the agencies of the law and it is not unfair to say that the justice system as a whole in the State categorically failed the family of Shane O'Farrell. The man responsible should not have been at liberty. He was the subject of 40...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The people of Ringaskiddy and Cork Lower Harbour, as the Tánaiste knows, will be absolutely devastated by today's news. They have been fighting against this incinerator for well over a decade. It is wrong that three attempts were allowed to get to this point. It has been suggested in the last while by the former Senator, Dan Boyle, and my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome this section and the approach that is being taken. It fits with what Sinn Féin has been arguing for quite some time, that is, that we need to move from relying on administrative sanctions alone. Those days are gone. Good riddance to them. This section chimes with what Deputy Doherty's legislation identified. I refer to the lacuna or loophole that had been acknowledged by...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is the Minister of State aware of any proposals for Government legislation?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate that but, since the Minister of State represents the Government, he might revert to me or Deputy Doherty on this.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We welcome this group of amendments, which take aim at the same points, the inclusion of certain groups that, by the spirit of the legislation, should have redress to the Financial Services Ombudsman but which the ombudsman has ruled currently do not qualify. I am of the view that it is possible and arguable that the findings of the ombudsman could be challenged, but the best thing to do is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister of State for that response. It is all well and good to say that in certain circumstances the power exists but it is clear that power or discretion is not being exercised. I am sure Deputy Doherty and others can furnish him with examples of cases but there are people who are coming up against this obstacle. There are people who have what are essentially legitimate...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I understand that the Minister indicated on Second Stage that this is a matter that could be resolved. Perhaps since then, there has been an investigation or examination, but the current comments seem to be to the effect that all is kosher and there is nothing more to be done.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am not disputing the spirit of the legislation but its effect. The Minister of State has confirmed to us that none of the cases, albeit that only a small number have been brought forward, had been investigated. Some of the cases are potentially very serious in terms of mis-selling. There must be an avenue, perhaps through the Financial Services Ombudsman or the Central Bank...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On the one hand, the Minister of State is saying that it is not too restrictive and on the other that the Department will consider -----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We can also provide the ombudsman of an outline of when it is appropriate to exercise that discretion.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not understand why not. This is an organisation which has been established and given its remit by statute. Surely we can outline when it is appropriate that it take certain actions.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(b) a financial service in which the consumer could reasonably expect the service to last more than 5 years and one month,”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, lines 16 to 18, to delete all words from and including “(not” in line 16 down to and including “thereto)” in line 18.