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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: As Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said, we hope the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 will be in place shortly, followed by the burglary and bail laws which, with co-operation, we hope to have completed by Christmas. Will Mr. Downey comment on the use of firearms, as this issue has been mentioned on a few occasions? The committee did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: The Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015 and the Bail Bill 2015 will address some of those issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: I think I can speak for all of my colleagues when I thank the members of the IFA for their work and constructive approach and the professional way they go about dealing with issues related to agriculture and the wider farming community. We wish them well and they should feel free to contact the committee if they want to make us aware of issues or make suggestions on how we can support what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: The purpose of this part of the meeting is to engage with Mr. Anthony H. Ensor, chairman designate of the Property Services Appeals Board. On behalf of the joint committee, I thank him for his attendance. The format is that Mr. Ensor will be invited to make a brief opening statement which will be followed by a question and answer session. By virtue of section 17(2)(I)of the Defamation Act...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: We like brevity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: The organisation is still in its infancy. Does Mr. Ensor see any challenges ahead as he takes on the leadership role?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: We wish Mr. Ensor well and thank him for coming before us today. We also wish the appeals board well in its work. We may not be here but I am sure the members of the next justice committee will be eager and anxious to invite Mr. Ensor back when he has his legs under the table in order that he might provide a progress report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: We will now go into private session to deal with a few housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: The purpose of this part of the meeting is to engage with some of those who made a written submission on the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the witnesses and thank them for giving their time to come here. We are joined by Age Action Ireland, the Law Society of Ireland, representatives of the Irish Senior Citizens...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: Thank you very much. I appreciate that. The representatives of the Law Society of Ireland are next to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: You have two colleagues with you, Mr. Loughlin Deegan and Ms Deirdre Malone. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: Thank you very much for that. We will move on to the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament. Ms. Hayes will speak next. You have colleagues with you. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Hayes for staying close to the time. We have a number of other speakers and I ask all of them to stay within their five minutes. I invite Mr. Noel Conway to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Quinn for his contribution and for being so succinct. I now call Ms Kathleen O'Toole.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: I thank Ms O'Toole for being so succinct in her contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly, for being so succinct and clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Patrick Meany for his presentation. I invite Dr. Enda Shanahan to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: I thank Dr. Shanahan very much for a very interesting contribution. There is more information which we can read and we will come back to him later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: I thank everybody who has contributed. The people present have given their personal stories which cannot be easy to do and for which I salute them. I have been Chairman of the joint committee for almost five years and almost 600 people have given evidence to us on topics including criminal law, insolvency, burglary, prostitution and missing persons. It goes on and on and we have sent 35...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: The Deputy must be careful not to engage in electioneering. I congratulate her on bringing this legislation forward and I hope it goes well for her. To clarify, we are not dealing with Committee Stage today. When Second Stage of the Bill was completed in the Dáil, it was referred to us for public hearings and scrutiny. The next Stage will be Committee Stage in the select committee,...