Results 4,821-4,840 of 6,375 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (23 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the roll-out of the community CCTV scheme and ensuring schemes can proceed.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22685/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (23 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the functioning of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, with particular reference to efficiency, timeliness of investigation, work practices and outcomes. [22684/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (23 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving gardaí who have completed the CPD2 driving courses; if he is satisfied an adequate number of gardaí have this training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22683/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (23 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that residents in direct provision centres are being advised of their right to vote in local elections in 2019; and the way in which contact with candidates will be facilitated in order that residents can engage fully with the democratic process. [22686/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to address some of the points that have been raised by other Deputies. We start from a position of having supported this Bill on Second Stage and Committee Stage. Others did not. Fianna Fáil, for example, did not support it for its own reasons. We have always believed that it is necessary to improve the manner in which judicial appointments are made, to take them out of...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I cannot support amendment No. 6 from Deputy O'Callaghan because it will pave the way for a non-lay majority. I have made that clear to Deputy O'Callaghan previously. I also believe it is too prescriptive in terms of the organisations that can be representative. The need for those lay people to be more representative was discussed at length at Committee Stage. We should try to be more...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (22 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances under which it is possible to obtain a postal vote for elections and referenda. [22199/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (22 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to broadening the rights to have a postal vote and amending the circumstances in which a postal vote is available. [22200/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In that context my amendment is likely to be defeated so I will table a slightly adjusted version for the Seanad debate. In the interim, I would like the Minister to consider the matter because I think there is a consensus as to the principle contained in the amendment, whatever about the actual vehicle.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will withdraw it.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will observe future Bills for Fianna Fáil amendments as a measure of the party's level of interest. I do not know whether that is a very good criterion to use. With only two minutes speaking time I am not sure I will have time to respond to that point but I might get to it. I am conflicted over the amendment. I accept the point made by Deputy O'Callaghan. It is an oversight that...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It was a change of lines. I would like to see both measures included. There is still the Seanad in terms of effecting change. That said, the Government has to a large extent accepted paragraph (c). I will consider the issue further. I would like to see the Irish language proficiency retained but I also think the reference to diversity is important. I wish to emphasise that this is not a...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Unfortunately, I did not expect this amendment to be dealt with at this point. Deputy O'Callaghan has mischaracterised the amendment, which contains several qualifications. Section 7(2)(a) addresses the objective that the membership of the Judiciary should comprise equal numbers of men and women and 7(2)(b) provides that the membership of the Judiciary should reflect the diversity within...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 3:In page 9, to delete lines 30 to 34, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following:“7. (1) No person shall be recommended, under this Act, for appointment to judicial office unless they are of sufficient merit to discharge with distinction the responsibilities of the office to which they are appointed (the “Merit Principle”)....

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We are speaking to a group of amendments. As far as they go, the amendments are relatively sound and reflect they fact that on Committee Stage there was a general consensus on the direction in which the Bill would move. It is my analysis, while one would never think it, that Fianna Fáil has essentially conceded the principle of much of this argument. The comments of the Attorney...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom labhairt i gcoitinne faoin gcur chuige a bheidh ag Sinn Féin maidir leis an mBille seo. In general, as I outlined previously, my party's position on the final vote remains in open consideration but as regards each set of amendments and each individual amendment, we will evaluate them on the basis of their merits. We will be supporting...

Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to reflect on an interview I watched on "Prime Time" during the week, when David McCullagh interview the former Israeli MP, Dr. Einat Wilf, about the use of force by the Israeli defence forces. It was an extraordinary engagement. She was asked if she felt their response was proportionate, to which she replied: "I assume you would have been more pleased if more Jews had been killed in...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Fifth Stage (16 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I speak to the Bill, I wish to raise a point of clarification. Can I take it that the Dáil will not sit until 10.30 a.m. tomorrow or will it be the case that statements on Palestine and the debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill will start at 9 a.m.?

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Fifth Stage (16 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: So the Dáil will start at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow. Is that correct?

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Fifth Stage (16 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thought it would be useful to get that clarification. I saw a tweet during the week from a parody account which stated "I would rather die than be GDPR compliant". We must reflect on the fact that there are many people in many organisations and businesses who are sick of GDPR and data protection. That is true of none more than the Minister’s own officials. I am sure they are...