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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I am asking for a debate on our judicial system because there needs to be a gender quota in the appointment of our judges. It is as simple as that. We have gender quotas in politics and in other areas, but we do not have such a quota in the Judiciary. As I have said, some 69% of people are not satisfied with our sentencing regime. There are mandatory sentences for murder, which is as it...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: That is why I am calling for a debate on it. Eleven pupils were abused by one principal and he got only a two-year sentence.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: These are unidentifiable children.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Another sentence was handed down in respect of a baby who was abused.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Sorry, a Chathaoirligh. Hold on.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I am sorry. I am not identifying anyone. I am talking about sentencing in relation to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Chairman, I am generalising about sentences that are handed down in respect of child abuse.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I am asking that the Minister come to the House and speak about the Judiciary and why it is that someone who is convicted on drugs charges gets seven years while someone who abuses 11 children gets two years.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: What is wrong with our Judiciary that allows that? Why is it that when judges are sentencing people to jail for abuse and rape, they talk about the background of the perpetrator and how he came from a good family and how he is held in high regard-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: -----yet we do not see maximum sentences that are appropriate to a crime?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to arrange for a debate on a gender quota in our Judiciary.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Just because the Senator knows and was involved in appointing so many of them, it does not mean-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: -----he has to stand over their judgments-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: -----when the perpetrators receive virtually no sentence and in some cases none at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: He started it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I know, but he started it. He hardly called my name not wanting me to reply.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: It is as simple as this, Paul. The point I was making is white, middle aged, conservative men are passing judgement on women, minorities and victims of child abuse-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: -----should not be predominant in our Judiciary. That was the point I made.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: Is Senator Burke happy with the sentencing that judges are handing down to perpetrators of child abuse and rape-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mark Daly: I am sorry. If Senator Burke is happy with the sentencing, that is fine. My concern is what male judges are handing out to those who committed rape, as we saw this week.