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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is fine.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Chair was right.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: This is part of the larger group we discussed the last day. We made the decision to remove the relevant committees. Section 13 sets out the membership of relevant committees and other provisions in relation to those committees so it seems logical to get rid of the section as well.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It will be difficult enough to get people to apply to the Public Appointments Service to sit on this commission and if we tell them they have to provide a declaration of interests each year it will narrow the field even more. I do not believe people on State boards or directors of semi-State companies have to put in declarations of interest. I understand the objective behind the amendment...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I would like to give more consideration to this issue on Report Stage. I probably will not support it at this stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I was not going to press amendment No. 40 in light of the fact that it seems to have been overtaken by previous amendments, but I will contribute on this one. Someone who has been appointed for three years has been vetted by the PAS, which believes he or she is good enough. Unless something remarkable happens to that person during the three years served on the commission, it is probably...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Deputy should speak for himself.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: And some of the others.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will not move amendment No. 40. I may revisit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important to recall that one can only become a judge in Ireland if one is a practising barrister or solicitor. There is very good reason for that. One has to have, I think, 12 years experience for the superior courts in order to be appointed as a judge. It is a job of expertise that requires legal knowledge and experience of the courts. Around the world now, there are jobs that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 44:In page 14, line 21, to delete “or the functions of any of its committees”. This amendment is about the committees which we have removed. Amendments Nos. 44 to 48, inclusive, are essentially about the same matter and I will be pressing each of them.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 45:In page 14, lines 25 and 26, to delete ", for the purpose of a relevant committee performing the function referred to in section 11(2),".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 46:In page 14, line 27, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 47:In page 14, line 30, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 48:In page 14, line 33, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and names of Garda stations that are opened on a 24 hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2781/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Data (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff serving on the unit within An Garda Síochána known as the Charleton liaison unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2807/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Data (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff serving on the unit within An Garda Síochána known as the Charleton liaison unit that are retired members of the force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2808/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Data (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff serving on the unit within An Garda Síochána known as the Charleton liaison unit that were appointed to the position by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2806/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (23 Jan 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests made by the Prison Service for an armed garda escort for prison transfers in 2017; the number of those requests that were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2846/18]