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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Deputy Seán Barrett said the same.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Ryan. The approach that is being proposed undermines the political system and the legislative system. We have gone through the tortuous process of trying to put together a commission that will be responsible for advising the Government. At the same time, we are saying the commission should not have anything to do with certain appointments because they are too important....

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will accept the Minister's invitation to speak. He is correct; I did comment publicly on the fact that a small grouping such as that proposed in the Bill had been used in making appointments to the Office of Chief Justice and the Office of President of the Court of Appeal. I welcome the appointments. I congratulate the Minister on making what are good appointments. However, what has to...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is irrelevant.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister is not a commentator on whether individuals are appointed to judicial office. The Minister decides to nominate people and the President appoints them. It is inexplicable, and no explanation has been provided, as to why judges have not been appointed of the Court of Appeal. I have a strong suspicion as to why it has not happened. It is a political reason to appease one Member...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Hear, hear.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am delighted to hear that Deputy Daly has made herself available for judicial appointment. I hope the Minister will amend the legislation to make an exception for her. She would make an excellent judge. This is the core of the legislation we are discussing. Sometimes in this House we discuss issues which are peripheral and probably are not the crux of the legislation. We have had...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The law, at present, for appointments to the superior courts is that a person must have been working in practice as a barrister or solicitor for 12 years. What is proposed in the legislation put forward by the Government in this section, which is an amendment to the 1961 Act, is that the qualifications would be changed so that legal academics would be available for appointment to the courts....

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 45:In page 14, line 37, to delete “lay”.

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The death of Shane O'Farrell was a terrible tragedy not only for his loving family but, more especially, for himself. Shane, as we know, was a 23 year old graduate of law from University College Dublin. He had his whole life ahead of him and he was deprived of all the opportunities that he could have had. I reflect on my own life and what I was like as a 23 year old. As a graduate of law...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the INIS will publish quarterly figures for student visa statistics as part of the international education strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24066/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Feehily and Ms Hall for coming in. This will be short because the legislation under discussion is concise and made up of only three sections. It is useful to have the Policing Authority representatives before the committee because the purpose of the legislation is to give greater powers to the Policing Authority in respect of its supervisory role over An Garda Síochána....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes, absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I would like to hear from my colleagues first because I do not want to dominate the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does the Chairman know something that we do not know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Will I conclude?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Feehily for her comments. If we are considering the corporate governance of An Garda Síochána, I note Ms Feehily talked about the chief executive. Does she see the Policing Authority as being the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.