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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (10 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of investigations under section 103(4) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 into discharges of weapons by members of An Garda Síochána that have been undertaken by GSOC in the past three years. [20742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (10 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been found not guilty of an offence by reason of insanity and have been discharged from the Central Mental Hospital in each of the past 12 months; and the offence or offences that person would have been charged with in each case. [20743/18]

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tá seans ann go rachaidh mé ar aghaidh beagáinín níos faide ná 15 bhomaite. Níl a fhios agam faoi na daoine eile. I commend Deputies Jim O'Callaghan, Jack Chambers and Anne Rabbitte for this timely and important legislation. Our betting legislation is from the 1930s and 1950s and has been out of date for a long time. I note what the Minister of State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have been a member of Scouting Ireland for almost 20 years. The last engagement we had in this room was in a more positive context. We are dealing with more weighty and serious issues on this occasion. Despite my membership I have a wider responsibility to the public and my constituents in respect of the use of public funding and child safeguarding. My experience has always and ever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could Mr. Elliott make a general comment on the standards of child protection and safeguarding in Scouting Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Has Mr. Elliott been satisfied with the support and assistance he has received from-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is an admirable attitude. Turning to the representatives of Scouting Ireland, there has been a decision to withhold the drawing down of funding. My understanding is there is enough funding to keep the Scouting Ireland organisation running at its current level until about June. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very good. There are two questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is useful because I did not have that note. From the point of view of Scouting Ireland, is that achievable? Is it satisfied that the standard that is expected of Scouting Ireland for the restoration of funding is possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am glad to hear that. I am very conscious of the fact that the strategy is absolutely right. The first priority needs to be the safeguarding of children. I am also conscious of the fact that if the threshold was not to be reached, it would be the children of the organisation who would be affected. If staff are put on protective notice, events will not happen and competitions will not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could we have a response from the chief executive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome Ms Logan and Professor Mullally. I attended some of Professor Mullally's human rights lectures some years ago and it is good to meet her again. Many of the questions have been asked. It is hard not to be sceptical of the Department of Justice and Equality on this issue. There has been an attempt to present this as a progressive step by the Department of Justice and Equality. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To frame it another way, I do not think protecting the labour market should be the focus. Are there any other considerations that Government might put forward for restrictions outside of protecting the labour market sectorally and not in terms of time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is beyond the scope of any statutory instrument or legislation. The Supreme Court decision struck down the absolute ban on the right of asylum seekers to work but my understanding is - I have not read it in its totality - it was not entirely unequivocal in terms of the right to work of asylum seekers. Is it an area the witnesses have a concern about? It is interpreting directives and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The question has already been asked by Deputy Daly. On the issue of the number of people who find themselves self-employed, which is a legitimate and reasonable choice for many people and could work for many people, anecdotally I have come across people from a wide range of backgrounds, not only migrant or asylum seeker backgrounds, and there is a very significant issue with regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To put it in a slightly different way, if the Government was to legislate for the right to work in an effective way in a few months, and I would have doubts about that, would Ireland be legally compliant with the directive in every other respect? The spirit of the directive is perhaps a different matter but, legally, would we be in compliance with the directive if the effective right to work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To touch briefly on one of those points, the Irish Refugee Council raised previously the difficulty some asylum seekers have on readmission to direct provision centres. That would be related to the directive. They may be people who may have sought asylum without being in a direct provision centre or who are re-entering having lived somewhere else because they have no place else to go. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In terms of an effective barrier to work outside the legislative issues, an example was given of the Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, card, which I understand the witnesses said is not a legal form of identification having regard to what is printed on that card. What is best way around that? Should the GNIB card be made a formal form of identification, or are there other forms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could Ms Logan briefly give two or three more examples of practical issues, aside from the financial element, that create obstacles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to the Labour Market for International Protection Applicants: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a final point, which follows on from a question posed by other members. On the basis of the witnesses' comments regarding the Department of Justice and Equality's concern about the possibility of a pull factor in terms of the directive, is it fair to say that is misplaced and overestimated?