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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (29 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the drop in the number of community gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49601/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (29 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review into the conduct of rape trials announced by him in June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49599/18]

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Let us not get carried away.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It will not support it.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will be sharing my time with some colleagues, and I am pleased to say that I will be sharing the time equally with them. I welcome the Labour Party Bill before the House this evening. Fianna Fáil will be supporting the legislation. It is important to note that for centuries women in Ireland, and women throughout the world, have been discriminated against. Not only have they been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all of the delegates for being here today and for the considerable amount of effort they put into their submissions. They will be of great assistance to members during our consideration of the legislation as it progresses through the Houses. This is a difficult issue. I am conscious that all of the witnesses look at it from the point of view of problems arising. For example, those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am sure it is also the case that many people who go abroad and sexually abuse children have never had a criminal conviction here. They are probably as big a threat as people who have been convicted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. I was looking at head 10, the new section 14B on disclosure. Does Ms Counihan have any concerns about how this could in a way drive sex offenders underground? It is for the public benefit as there may be a threat to individuals so the Garda would inform people nearby of what happens. If that becomes common, many sex offenders will not stay registered and they will drift into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does the Probation Service have any concerns about the idea that people may be driven underground if there is a capacity for disclosure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: They are a bigger threat to the public when they are underground and the office does not know where they are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Assistant Chief Constable Gray for coming down. We have electronic monitoring on the Statute Book but it has only been used really on a pilot basis. In her statement, Ms Gray has said it is not used exclusively for sex offences but rather for general offences. Is it used for the purpose of monitoring people on bail in Northern Ireland and as a condition for that bail?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important and sometimes when people present monitoring, it is seen as an additional penalty. Our contention is that it should not be seen as an additional penalty but rather as an alternative to incarceration. Sometimes that is the way it operates in Northern Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am the Fianna Fáil spokesperson and we work collectively as a committee. I am supportive of both items of legislation but it is a really complicated and complex area. We must be careful in how we approach this. The witnesses all get involved after a problem has arisen but there is a bigger question for society as to what is causing people to engage in sexual offences and attacks....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is a fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is correct.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding staffing levels in the special care units here in view of the recent comments from the High Court; the reason they are not operating at full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49750/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (28 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the Child and Family Agency has capacity to comply with its statutory obligation to apply for a special care order in circumstances in which a determination has been made that a young person requires special care in view of the fact that the special care units are operating at a reduced capacity; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (27 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual number of crimes in which a knife was used and-or was an element of the crime in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49098/18]