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- 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.
- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: There are similarities between the HSE and the Garda Síochána. In terms of the cervical smear controversy, one of the disadvantages was that there was no board in the HSE that could step in and call for the matter to be dealt with immediately. It is a similarly situation with the Garda Síochána when the breath test issue and homicide figures were examined. In those...
- 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: Who did Ms Feehily have to report to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Did Ms Feehily report to the Minister directly?