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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: Why did the witness mention the UN convention?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: What relevance did it have to the justification for his statement? The witness mentioned the UN convention in his statement, under the capacity recommendation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: What relevance does it have to his justification of what has been done in the past two years? If the State has not ratified the convention yet, why was it used to defend the recommendation of the Ombudsman?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: The witness mentioned the convention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: We need clarity around what the Government has announced in the past week. It has said that it will ratify something that the Department is now telling me it will not be compliant with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: Deputy Clare Daly has summed up the situation very well. We, as a committee, have a duty to make the Minister accountable but, as such, we have heard from the Department. I thank Mr. Tyndall for his response. Obviously there was a difference of opinion between the Department and the Office of the Ombudsman in terms of the prima faciecase that there had been maladministration and a narrow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: What was the context? Does the Office of the Ombudsman have a copy of the response given by the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Ombudsman.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration that has been given to ensuring a Dublin Bus route (details supplied) will not be adversely affected when the new Luas trams are rolled out as part of the Luas Cross City and Green Line extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4670/18]

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: I have met young teachers who are members of the INTO in my constituency. The cumulative loss to them over their working lifetime will be between €70,000 and €100,000. The Government's policy of pay inequality needs to end. Teachers are leaving the country en masseand it cannot continue. The Government needs to properly reward teachers with decent pay and conditions, and its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank my colleagues, Deputies O'Loughlin and Deputy O'Callaghan, for drafting the Bill. I also thank the experts before us for attending. I will play the role of devil's advocate in asking my questions. Ms McElwee spoke about the threshold of proof, broadening the criteria and presenting evidence. To follow through on that argument, does she agree that one could make the same argument...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: Does Ms McElwee accept that the generic argument she has made could be applied to the existing discrimination grounds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: It says a "disability or a medical condition". Is that not very broad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: Ms McElwee has mentioned a number of soft measures. Does she think there should be a legislative input around socioeconomic grounds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: I was going to ask that Mr. Crowley would respond too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: Ms McElwee would prefer it to be clarified. She has no issue with the ground itself but just wants it to be clarified. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: It is certainty, clarity and amendments that IBEC is seeking but it is happy with the ground and the principle in law. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Jack Chambers: In law? Just to be to be clear, does IBEC believe it should be in law as a general ground if it is made more clear? Is IBEC opposed to the ground being there, once clarified or does it believe that other measures, such as those mentioned in the submission, would suffice? I am trying to understand IBEC's position.