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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to bring forward an amendment on the adjournment of an inquest where criminal proceedings are being considered or have already been instituted.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I flag amendments on Report Stage. They are proposals in respect of authorising a designated officer of GSOC to provide support to the coroner in procedures for identification of the body of the deceased.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 12:In page 17, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following:"(4) Where, under section 33, 33A or 33C, a coroner directs that a post-mortem 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, in which the deceased person received treatment immediately before his or her...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Chairman. We intend to address that.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It is intended to bring forward an amendment on Report Stage to ensure the best and most effective approach to post mortem examinations. It would propose enhanced provisions, for example, on the conduct of post mortem examinations by registered medical practitioners and on the powers to remove and retain human tissue and other material during a post mortem examination. The provision may...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: While the section amends section 37 of the principal Act, on Report Stage I intend to bring forward an amendment that refers back to section 17 on the matter of section 36 and the service of summons on the principal Act. It is merely an enabling provision to facilitate the serving of a summons on behalf of the coroner requiring the attendance of a person at an inquest as a juror or witness...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to bring forward an amendment to section 40 (3) of the principal Act, which suspends any obligation to have a jury in place if the inquest has been adjourned at the request of An Garda Síochána. I intend to reflect the intended amendments that are described in section 25, with particular reference to requests of adjournment of the coroner's inquest made by various...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Similarly, under section 20 there will be an amendment to provide that a designated officer of GSOC - within the meaning of part 4 of An Garda Síochána Act 2005 - may assist the coroner in summoning a jury to an inquest where the particular circumstances of the case require such assistance.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Without wishing to be seen as intervening unnecessarily, I intend to bring forward on Report Stage an amendment to section 47 of the principal Act extending the power to request the exhumation of a body in some circumstances. Currently only An Garda Síochána has the right to so request.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to bring forward an amendment that will propose to permit the involvement of a designated officer of GSOC in assisting the coroner's exercise of power under the section, in cases that fall under a GSOC investigation with particular reference to this section. It will provide for a new power for the coroner to enter premises by consent or under a warrant of the District Court, to take...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I indicate a proposed amendment providing for a new section to be inserted after section 61 of the principal Act covering the procedures for coroners in case stated circumstances. Subject to the advice of the Attorney General the intention would be to provide for a consultative case-stated-type process. It would allow for a coroner to apply to the High Court for directions on a point of law...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move:In page 25, line 35, to delete “a hospital or other institution” and substitute “an institution” This amendment is proposed on the advice of the Parliamentary Counsel to avoid possible confusion and even non-reporting of deaths in Schedule 2 as inserted by section 28. My concern is that referring to a hospital or other institution in point 23(a) of the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I do not wish to disturb Senators in any way but I am on record as having said that I will be coming back on Report Stage with appropriate provisions in respect of dealing with section 44 appointments. I am giving appropriate consideration as to whether it might be expanded and further developed. I want a framework for dealing with what may be regarded as the three most senior appointments....

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As is the case in the normal processing of legislation, the explanatory memorandum will probably bear a date which is the date when the Bill was initially circulated. It will have changed significantly in its composition since then.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Some of the numbers have been changed. I would certainly be happy to provide Senator Norris with a note as to where the memorandum corresponds and does not correspond with the Bill as amended by the Dáil.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Yes.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Senator might be more familiar with this than me.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: This is an embarrassment according to Senator McDowell. It is an embarrassment to go through a selection process. This is really what we are saying here.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Senator McDowell described it as an embarrassment and this is the nub of the argument.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: It might be noted that the Senator's guests have left.