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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I cut Ms Murphy short by two minutes. Did she have anything further to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Mathews has gone off topic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sorry to interrupt the Deputy, but we are now three hours into the session and the witnesses have been present for three hours and 20 minutes. We must move on with questions. They have been disrupted a number of times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Student grants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Unfortunately, another vote has come up. Does Ms Murphy wish to make a quick point? We have two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputies, Senators and the representatives here will all have their different perspectives and nuances on the issues but it is particularly valuable for Department officials because it will help them in terms of the preparation of legislation. The dynamic we have today means that people will have different views and leave this room with different views but the hope is that Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan. The Department wishes to respond. Before that I wish to advise that there will be another vote in approximately 20 minutes. We will try to get through matters as efficiently as we can but I suspect we might have to adjourn again. This time it will be for ten minutes to allow for a vote if that arises.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Co-operation and Training (Europol): Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is not agreed. This came up in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I will open the meeting up to questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Senators will need to leave now. There will probably be a vote in the Dáil as well. I propose that we suspend for 15 minutes, although it may need to be 20 minutes. I apologise to the witnesses in advance. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I now invite Mr. Niall McCutcheon, assistant secretary, to make his opening statement on behalf of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I now invite Ms Rhona Murphy and Mr. Loughlin Deegan to make their opening statement on behalf of IBEC.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan and call Mr. John Douglas, general secretary of Mandate and president of the ICTU.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee is meeting to consider public petition No. P00027/12 from Mr. John O'Sullivan, concerning the Employment Appeals Tribunal process. The committee will deliberate on the general policy aspects of the process informed by the petitioner's experience rather than the specific details of Mr. O'Sullivan's individual case. The committee will take evidence from Mr. John O'Sullivan, the...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I commend Deputy Wallace and his colleagues on bringing forward this Bill. It is a thoughtful contribution and it is overdue in terms of what we need. Much of the focus in recent times has been on issues that are certainly important but they are not the most important in terms of what we need from An Garda Síochána. I believe every Member of this House would agree that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (17 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This whole process is deeply worrying. The Parliament is being asked to give permission to the Government to opt into a measure for which we do not know the final form.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (17 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We do not if the Minister looks at our record in the European Parliament. He is being mischievous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (17 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The joint supervisory body will have an important function in overseeing all of this. The proposal refers to the fact that the existing regulations are strong and robust. It was stated that the level of data protection introduced by the proposed regulation, in view of the new competences of Europol, is a clear retrograde step compared to the existing level of data protection set out in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (17 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is an entirely reasonable point, but I wish to clarify something. When the Minister has completed his negotiations, will the finalised proposal also come before the Houses for a vote?