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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 4. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of new specialist judges to be appointed under the new personal insolvency regime; the number appointed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28438/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The evolution of the personal insolvency legislation has been very slow in meeting all its critical deadlines. Since the tabling of this question we have had the appointment of the specialist judges. Given that we know the shortcomings of the system and the legislation in that it gives the banks a complete veto on proceedings and given that the Minister and the Government have ignored that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The Minister cheered it on the whole way.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The Minister is not addressing the question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: Is the Minister going to address the question or is he going to give his revisionist version of history?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The Minister is not replying. He has not answered any questions today.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: For nine of those 14 years that the Minister was a Member of this House - he will remember that he was thrown out for five of them - he never ever voiced any criticism-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: -----all he wanted was less taxation and more spending.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: That was the Minister's position and the position of his party during that time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: We might get more information if the place was empty.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The Minister failed during that time to introduce any legislation either.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The bankers' veto.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: When will it be up and running? That is the question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: No. I do not.
- Other Questions: Garda Deployment (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The AA conducted a survey of 20,000 drivers and almost 75% of those believed that there were fewer gardaí on the road performing their functions. My question is linked to the wider functions of the Garda Síochána and comes back to the question of recruitment. Can the Minister give any indication on this occasion - he has given it previously, we have been down that road and he...
- Other Questions: Garda Deployment (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: Why did you not renegotiate it? Shame on you.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: This is highly unsatisfactory. This is so important that we have both sought to raise it through other avenues and we are being corralled into one minute for a supplementary question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: I have not got 20% of the way through the issue. It is just not good enough. The gardaí cannot obstruct the Garda Ombudsman and the gardaí cannot investigate the gardaí. That is exactly what is going on. This is the proper forum to tease these matters out in the public interest.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (13 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: This is highly unsatisfactory.