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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (10 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of personal engaged in cyber crime policing in An Garda Síochána per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34361/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (10 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in tabular form the number of Garda reserves in each Garda division. [34300/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the witnesses. From their point of view, there is probably an element of groundhog day to this meeting because they appeared before a previous committee which produced a report. We will produce a report and will definitely endorse what was in the previous committee's report. We need to go further than that. There is no point in a committee repeating what a previous committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the statutory basis for the greater protection in Northern Ireland? Is it legislative or is it that they have signed up to conventions or made declarations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to ask the witness one more question and maybe I would know the answer to this if I had read all of Dr. McVeigh's previous evidence. We all support the recognition of Traveller ethnicity but is it the case that every person has an ethnicity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I was hoping for a "Yes" or "No" answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am trying to figure out my ethnicity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is Dr. McVeigh saying that one's ethnicity will change, depending on where -----

Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to propose legislation to reduce excessive delays in trials and court proceedings. The most obvious way to do that is to appoint more judges. There are at least five vacancies at present. Can the Tánaiste confirm that those vacancies will be filled before new legislation is in place? If not, can she say when the legislation will...

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: Everyone is making an appeal to the parties to pull back from the brink. However, the Tánaiste must recognise that there are two parties on the brink. This involves not only the Garda associations but the Government as well. It is simply not satisfactory to say that this matter is being dealt with by the Labour Court. The Government is not directly involved in that process. I am...

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: We are now less than 19 hours away from a Garda strike. This country and its people are entering uncharted territory. A police strike is unprecedented in this country and highly unusual internationally. It should be avoided if at all possible. The people of this country should not be put in a position where they might find themselves without the protection of An Garda Síochána...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (2 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is proposed that legislation establishing a new family law court will be introduced in the near future; and the extent to which legislation has been prepared within her Department. [32633/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (2 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of uncollected fines; the total number of uncollected fines; the number of persons that have been imprisoned for non-payment of fines for each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [32845/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (2 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of attachment orders made by the courts since the commencement of the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014; and the sum total of the fines for which such attachment orders have been made since then. [32846/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (2 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to commence part XIV of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32927/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Law Reporting Project (2 Nov 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 479. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider providing funding for the Childcare Law Reporting Project when it concludes in 2017. [32635/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (27 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the inquiry she requested GSOC to conduct into events surrounding evidence given to the O'Higgins commission and any attempt to undermine the credibility and motivation of a particular person's testimony; if any legal impediments have arisen that are preventing GSOC conducting its inquiry; if so, the details of same; the action...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee (26 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all Members who made contributions on the debate for reading the Bill and for the thoughtful contributions that have been made. Many Members spoke about issues concerning the Judiciary that go beyond the appointments process. I do not intend to reply to them. The debate indicates that there is a necessity for legislation in respect of a judicial council, something that was...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." One of the fundamental requirements in a functioning democracy is an independent and effective judiciary. If we want to assess whether a country has a functioning democracy, the first thing we need to do is to identify whether it has an independent judiciary that can stand up to and stop actions of the parliament and-or the government which...