Results 41-60 of 87 for justice speaker:Robbie Gallagher

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: I want to make a comment on Senator Ward's contribution and that of the Minister of State. During discussions on justice matters in this House, we are privileged to have many eminent brains, as I am sure the Leas-Chathaoirleach will agree. If some of my colleagues who are extremely well qualified in this area are struggling to understand the text in these Bills, God help us poor lesser...

Seanad: Offences against the State Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (22 Jun 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: I join you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, in welcoming the Minister to the Chamber. I congratulate her on her new-found responsibility in the Department of Justice. I wish her well in that Department. I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak in this important debate. The Fianna Fáil Party totally supports the motions, which provide for the continuation of certain provisions under the...

Seanad: Offences against the State Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (22 Jun 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2021 and ending on 29th June, 2022.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...and the importance of the Government speaking clearly to the public, for example, with regard to outdoor dining at present. The current situation whereby gardaí are being told by the Garda Commissioner and the Department of Justice that an individual garda can use his or her discretion when it comes to policing the consumption of alcohol in an area that is not licensed is very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...that unless a licence has been obtained from the courts to serve alcohol for consumption in a given public space area, the Garda and the law of the land are saying it is illegal. The Department of Justice on the other hand is saying we should not worry too much about it and that it is down to the discretion of an individual member of An Garda Síochána. Quite frankly, that is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rights of Way (15 Jun 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...issue that can divide communities and neighbours. It is important there is transparency on this issue. On the issue concerning local authorities, I appreciate it is not for the Department of Justice. I welcome that the Minister of State will contact the relevant Minister in regard to local authorities being aware of existing rights of way before granting planning permission, which is...

Seanad: Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: .... Therefore, the Government should be lauded and not criticised for moving on an issue such as this within the first 12 months of being in office. It is worth making that point. I also welcome the fact that the justice plan for 2021 states that a review of the entire civil legal aid system will take place. That is most welcome. I look forward to the consultation on that, when, as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (17 May 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...by the absence, for more than four decades, of the truth of what actually happened on 17 May 1974. I pay tribute to all those who have worked through the years to lift the lid on this mystery. I acknowledge the huge work done by the Justice for the Forgotten group, as well as everything that has been done by Members of the Oireachtas to move this issue forward. Despite all of this, we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (10 May 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...to look back at some of my notes.Three years ago I raised this issue of CCTV systems in respect of Monaghan town and countrywide as well as the issue of delays. That was three years ago. The then Minister for Justice, Deputy Flanagan, was in the seat now occupied by the Minister of State. I was looking for an update in respect of the system generally throughout the country and in...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion (10 May 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...reaffirm our total commitment to the Good Friday Agreement, which was so hard-won back on 10 April 1998. Everyone that was involved in that agreement deserves huge credit. Senator McDowell, Minister for Justice back in the day, also played his part and I acknowledge that, and everyone else who played a part. However, one man stands head and shoulders above all others and deserves huge...

Seanad: EU Regulations (Europol): Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure: ...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Apr 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...to juries to assist them with their deliberations. This arises from recommendations of the Law Reform Commission in its report of 2013 on jury service to the effect that section 57 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001, which concerns the provision of specified documentation to jurors, should be extended to all trials on indictment. Part 4 of the Bill makes various...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...concept of local needs only planning continues to be problematic for rural Ireland. This brings me the Flemish decree, which dates back to 2009 in Belgium. It then made its way to the European Court of Justice in 2013 where the court made its deliberation and stated that the local needs rule with regard to planning was neither fair nor just in the eyes of the EU. The Department has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am somewhat disappointed to learn that the review is still ongoing, almost eight years since the European Court of Justice made its judgment.I am disappointed to learn that the review is still ongoing almost eight years since the European Court of Justice gave its judgment. I plead with the Minister of State to expedite this matter. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...so that people who are flouting the law can be dealt with, regardless of which police force does so, or what part of the country they are in. I ask that the Leader raises the matter with the Minister for Justice. The other issue that I would like to raise is one that has caused me great disappointment. It concerns statistics that were released by the head of the community healthcare...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Robbie Gallagher: ...rescue the businessman Mr. Don Tidey. There was no justification for the murder of these two young innocent men or, indeed, for the kidnapping of Mr. Don Tidey. Their families have never received justice. The truth of what happened that dreadful day has never been told. Gary Sheehan was training to be a garda in Templemore at the time. He was 23 years old and from Carrickmacross,...

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Robbie Gallagher: ...“That” and substitute the following: “Seanad Éireann declines to give the Bill a second reading in view of the fact that: Seanad Éireann: - recognises that both the Department of Justice and the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) are taking a pragmatic approach to Deportation Orders in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; - notes that the...

Seanad: Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Robbie Gallagher: On a point of information, in all the debates on justice for which I have been present, when the Minister is a Fine Gael Minister, normally a Fine Gael member has led off.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jul 2020)

Robbie Gallagher: ...in the previous Seanad. They all passed Second Stage in the House and I was extremely grateful to colleagues for the unanimous support I received in each case. The first Bill is the Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Amendment) Bill 2019, the purpose of which is to provide for the introduction of a mandatory prison sentence of 12 months in respect of an assault on a member of the emergency...

Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Robbie Gallagher: ...I hope this is just the beginning, in many ways, of how we can do business differently. For those reasons I very much welcome the Bill. For the citizens caught - if I can use that term - in the legal system seeking justice, whatever system we introduce must be fully operational so the rights of those citizens at all times can be respected. The embrace of technology, in whatever form it...