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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: I raised the issue of the 21-year rule with the Minister last year. Members who joined the Defence Forces in the past, when the numbers in force were much larger, had an expectation of long service and possible future promotion. Some of them now find themselves in a position where that will not happen and they have to leave after 21 years, even though they meet all the fitness requirements...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: The select committee will consider the Revised Estimates for Vote 35 - Army Pensions and Vote 36 - Defence. The Minister will make a brief opening statement to be followed by any comments and questions from members.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister. That will be very helpful. The next subhead is C15, the Magdalen fund, which we discussed earlier. We will move to programme D, equality and integration. The administration pay and non-pay are slightly down. There is a big increase under subhead D3, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, from €4.335 million to €6.299 million.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: There is an increase under subhead D4, social disadvantage measures, dormant accounts funded. There is no change in D5, grants to women’s organisations. There is a slight reduction under D6, Traveller initiatives.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: I think all members would be interested in that information because we are doing some work on this subject.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: The next subhead is D7, positive action for gender equality, which shows no change. Subhead D8 is the office for the promotion of migrant integration, for which there is a slight reduction but not much. There is no change under subhead D9, the European refugees fund. There is a slight reduction under subhead D10, disability awareness initiatives, and D11, the National Disability Authority....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: We will move on to programme F, contribution to economic recovery. Administration pay is up and non-pay is down a bit. Subhead F3, National Property Services Regulatory Authority is up from €848,000 to over €1 million. There is a slight change under subhead F4, Insolvency Service Ireland. As no one wants to comment on programme F we will move on to the final programme, G,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: Finally, there is the heading for administration. Unless anyone wants to raise a point on that, there is no major change overall, as far as I can see. This concludes the select committee’s consideration of the Revised Estimates.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Message to Dáil (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the following Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2014: Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised); Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised); Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised); Vote 23 - Property...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: Thank you. Are we finished with the subheads for the Garda Ombudsman Commission and Office of the Garda Inspectorate?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: Subhead A10 relates to the Irish Youth Justice Service. There is no major change here. We note there is a movement to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in matters relating to young offenders. Does the committee have any comments? No. Let us move on to programme B, work for safe communities. There is a slight reduction in the subhead for administration - pay and...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: This relates to subhead C3.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: Are you happy with that, Deputy Collins?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: The next subhead is C4, legal aid - criminal, relating to the payment of claims for legal services. It also relates to decisions of the courts to grant legal aid. There is a slight reduction in the subhead.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: There has been a slight increase in the next subhead, C5 Legal Aid - custody issues. There has been a slight reduction in the subhead for the Legal Aid Board – grant-in-aid but nothing significant. That also covers the budget of the Family Mediation Service. The same applies to the subhead for the Free Legal Advice Centres. The subhead for the Coroners Service has got an increase....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: The next subhead is C13 for central authorities (child abduction, child protection and maintenance debtors). There has been a slight increase to that. There is no change for the legal services regulatory authority. We spoke about the Magdalen fund-----

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: Is Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn happy with that?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: We may need to have a follow-up meeting because we could actually spend a full meeting dealing with some of the subheads. It is no problem if members wish to do so. What I would like to do now is go through the figures and not spend too long on any one item; otherwise, we will be here until 6 p.m. There are other very interesting topics to be discussed. If members are interested in doing...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: Next is A6, which concerns the Criminal Assets Bureau. It has had a slight increase in its funding. With regard to the prison inspectorate, there is a slight decrease.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

David Stanton: We are straying from the salaries, wages and other expenses of the Criminal Assets Bureau.