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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The amendment I tabled proposes a body of 11 people and four would be lay people. It is invaluable to have lay representation on a body such as this. I said previously that the importance of having lay people on regulatory bodies is different from this situation. The reason a majority of lay people is needed on regulatory bodies is to inspire public confidence because the public does not...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It would be a nonsense. It would be laughed at. We should not just reject expertise because that has been put in the Minister's mind by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross. It is a nonsense proposal and I ask people to support my amendment. It provides four lay people, two members of the legal profession and five judges. The judges play a role equivalent to being...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have no problem with that.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I did not say that.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I listened to the Minister and to the Sinn Féin representative speak on my amendment No. 6. but I have not heard any valid explanation of their contention that it is inappropriate. I would like to speak to the amendment again and remind Members of its contents. Unlike the Government, I do not think there should be 17 people on the commission. We must remember that the function of this...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is 17 people.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Hear, hear.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Can we have the agreement in writing?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the length of delays in the processing of applications for visitor visas from India to Ireland; the reason for these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22275/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda strength by reference to division and rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22487/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 17 April 2017, when the relevant reports will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22497/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (22 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in the publication of the report on investigative failures leading to the collapse of a trial (details supplied); when it is expected the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22538/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I cannot support it.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 6:In page 10, to delete lines 20 to 28 and substitute the following:“10. (1) The Commission shall consist of 11 members being—(a) the Chief Justice, (b) the President of the Court of Appeal, (c) the President of the High Court, (d) the President of the Circuit Court, (e) the President of the District Court, (f) a lay person nominated by the Irish Human...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the comments of the Minister for Justice and Equality. It is about time that somebody in government has stood up to the cowardly and ill-informed assault that the Minister, Deputy Ross, has waged against the Judiciary for the past two years. It is regrettable that no one else in government has seen fit to do likewise. In respect of Deputy Ó Laoghaire's amendment, there is...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is fair enough.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: We all agree on how important it is that the objective behind this legislation should be to try to ensure that the best people are nominated for appointment as judges. Consider the legislation that I introduced and the Bill that is before the House. Section 7 of the latter refers to the fact that people should be selected based on merit. Regarding Sinn Féin's amendment, I have no...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 4 o’clock Although the Minister, Deputy Ross, has been a Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas for 37 years, his comments displayed an extraordinary lack of political maturity. I fully recognise that a Minister is entitled to speak on other topics, in a way that I as a spokesperson for justice and equality am also entitled to speak on other areas. I was pointing out, however,...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is not true.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (17 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Hear, hear.