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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (16 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 93 together. Addressing organised crime is a key policing priority for the Government and An Garda Síochána with significant resources dedicated to supporting Gardaí in their work to tackle criminal gangs, including mobile gangs, that seek to target our communities. Since the re-opening of the Garda College in September 2014, just...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (16 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: Tackling organised crime is a key priority for the Government and An Garda Síochána. From time to time, the question arises about providing for an offence of membership of a criminal gang in a manner similar to the approach taken in the Offences Against the State Acts with regard to membership of a proscribed organisation. Organised crime is constantly evolving and several...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (16 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act, 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target a person's assets, wherever situated, which derive, or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct. Since its inception, the Bureau has been at the forefront of fighting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (16 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who is responsible for managing An Garda Síochána, including the training of its members and civilian staff and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. However I can assure the Deputy that investing in the capacity of An Garda Síochána to tackle criminals and enforce the law effectively is a key...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (16 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Judicial Council Bill completed Committee Stage in the Seanad just over one month ago. In addition to the amendments which I introduced in relation to the important matter of sentencing guidelines, I was also able to take the opportunity offered by Seanad Committee Stage to ensure that the training function of the Judicial Studies Committee includes a...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 10:In page 18, to delete lines 19 to 21 and substitute the following: "(d) a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission,".

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 11:In page 19, to delete lines 9 to 32.

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 12:In page 19, after line 43, to insert the following: “Medical records of deceased person for purposes of post-mortem examination 33D. (1) Where, under section 33, 33A or 33C, a coroner directs that a postmortem examination of the body of a deceased person be made, the coroner may direct—(a) a person in charge of a hospital, or other health institution,...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 13:In page 20, line 2, to delete "33D. (1) Where" and substitute "33E. (1) Where".

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 14:In page 20, to delete lines 23 to 25 and substitute the following: "(d) a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission,".

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 15:In page 20, after line 44, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 36 of Principal Act 18. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of ", or, where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation concerning the death of the person in relation to whose death the inquest is to be held, by a designated officer of the Ombudsman...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 16:In page 22, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act 22. Section 43 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of "the coroner shall so inform a member of the Garda Síochána or, where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation concerning the death of the person in relation to...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 17:In page 22, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 47 of Principal Act 23. Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): "(1A) Where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation and a coroner is informed by a designated officer of the Ombudsman...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 18:In page 23, line 9, after “Síochána” to insert the following: ", or designated officers of the Ombudsman Commission where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation concerning the death of the person in relation to whose death the warrant is issued,".

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 23, lines 24 and 25, to delete "the coroner or a member of the Garda Síochána" and substitute "the coroner, a member of the Garda Síochána or a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission".

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 20:In page 25, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Performance of functions by designated officers of Ombudsman Commission under Coroners Act 1962 29. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 101: “101A.The Ombudsman Commission may, in connection with the investigation of a...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 21:In page 26, line 34, to delete "or". This is a technical amendment. The list of deaths that must be reported to the coroner are contained in the Schedule at the end of the Bill. The amendment proposed is on the advice of Parliamentary Counsel. It deletes the word "or" in the list, where it is superfluous.

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I again acknowledge the leadership and determination of Deputy Clare Daly in regard to this Bill. I also acknowledge that the processing of this legislation took longer than anyone of us would have wished or might have expected. I acknowledge the contribution of the Coroners Society of Ireland and the coroners' representative body in terms of their assistance throughout the process and I...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 5:In page 13, to delete lines 31 to 40, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following:“(b) the death of the person is a maternal death or a late maternal death.”.”.

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 6:In page 15, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act 12. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “any member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector, or a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission where there is a relevant...