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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is a slight difference between the old regime and what is proposed under the new regime. Under the old regime, there would be occasion when the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board would not make a recommendation of names to Government because it could not recommend sitting judges. For example, let us suppose there was a vacancy on the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal and the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 144:In page 32, line 1, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 145:In page 32, line 5, to delete "relevant committee" and substitute "Commission".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 146:In page 32, lines 6 to 10, to delete all words from and including "Minister", where it secondly occurs, in line 6 down to and including line 10 and substitute "Minister particulars of the person’s education, professional, qualifications, experience and character.".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is a requirement not in the Bill or this amendment. A person should not be appointed as Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal or President of the High Court unless the person is a judge. If a barrister can be made Chief Justice or a solicitor can be made President of the Court of Appeal, it would be like a person who has never been a teacher becoming a principal of a school....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria applied by An Garda Síochána for determining whether a crime should be recorded as a burglary as opposed to a criminal damage offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6162/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if both crimes are recorded on the PULSE system in circumstances in which criminal damage is committed in the course of a burglary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6163/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the checks in place to ensure that An Garda Síochána are correctly classifying crimes recorded on the PULSE system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6164/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process and policy in place for the re-characterisation of crimes already submitted in the PULSE system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6165/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries recorded in each area in the Dublin metropolitan region in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6166/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of criminal damage recorded in each area in the Dublin metropolitan region in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6167/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (7 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to proceed with the building of a prison on the Thornton Hall site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6186/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the failure to ensure that the Garda pay deal applies to all sections of the force, including superintendents and chief superintendents, and that the anomalies that have arisen as a result of this failure will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5964/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: In November 2016 a pay deal was agreed in the Labour Court between the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors. It was always envisaged that all grades in the Garda would be awarded the increase on the basis of their involvement in the pay review chaired by Mr. John Horgan. That has not happened in this instance and we now have a situation...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: When the pay deal was agreed in November 2016 and the strike was averted, everyone assumed that the deal would include all ranks within An Garda Síochána, as had happened in all previous agreements. Mr. Horgan completed the report focusing on industrial relations procedures and recommendations and everyone assumed that the pay deal, as agreed, would apply to all ranks. It then...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I note the Minister wants this issue resolved and I share that hope. However, it is not going to happen unless the Government enters into talks with the two associations to resolve the matter. It is also important to point out that this situation is creating some bizarre anomalies. For instance, the top grade of a Garda inspector is now higher than the starting position of a superintendent...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The word "homicide" is used by An Garda Síochána to identify on PULSE cases in which there may have been an unlawful killing. As the Minister said, not all of those cases will result in a conviction or indeed a prosecution in the first instance. There is a serious problem with the classification of homicides on the PULSE system and my understanding is that a complete homicide...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important to recall the consequences of misclassification. It means the Garda PULSE system does not provide the accurate information essential to the investigation of what may have been a homicide and which is relevant to persons who may be suspected by the Garda of involvement in a homicide. It is important to keep our eye on the key issue here. We want a PULSE system that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the continuing failure of An Garda Síochána to publish the review into homicide figures that was due in June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5963/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: In November 2016, senior Garda management was informed of emerging issues in respect of the accuracy of homicide data recorded on the Garda PULSE system. This matter was subsequently brought to the attention of the Policing Authority, which raised it with senior Garda management in April 2017. I am aware that there is serious concern within An Garda Síochána as to the accuracy of...