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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Will I continue with mine or will we deal with amendment-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 11 seeks in page 8 to delete lines 34 to 36, and in page 9, to delete lines 1 and 2. That is for the purpose of removing what is the definition of the relevant period. The legislation as drafted stipulates that a person cannot have been a barrister or solicitor in the period of 15 years immediately preceding the latest date on which he or she may apply. Again I believe that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Minister about retired judges. I am aware that the programme for Government has said there would be a lay majority and a lay chairman of the commission but perhaps the Minister will give his own personal and political opinion. Does he think it is a good idea that retired judges are excluded from membership of this commission? Consider the fact that we go to retired judged...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, lines 26 and 27, to delete “, and in the relevant period specified by subsection (2) for the purposes of this paragraph, was not,”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 7:In page 8, to delete line 29.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 8:In page 8, to delete line 30. This grouping concerns the structure within the judicial appointments commission and how it proposes to operate. Under the legislation as drafted there will be a series of committees. Amendment No. 8 seeks the deletion of the definition of "Procedures Committee". Subsequent amendments, to which we will come to consider presently, seek...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 85 is tabled by Deputy Sean Sherlock.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 162 is an amendment to section 53, which refers to submissions or observations at request of the procedures committee. We are seeking the removal of the words "the Procedures Committee" and the substitution of "Commission". The commission will be doing this work as opposed to the procedures committee and that is the purpose of amendments Nos. 162 to 172, inclusive, in my name....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his response, to which I listened carefully. It indicates how complicated the procedure will be. Even the Minister must accept that the length of time required to provide an explanation to justify the procedures committee indicates that it is excessively complicated. The first amendment in my name and that of Deputy Jack Chambers attempts to prevent the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am sorry to interrupt Deputy Wallace. The Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016 is being discussed in the Dáil and I have to speak on it. The Minister has back-up in the Chamber. I do not know if Deputy Clare Daly plans to speak on that Bill.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not mind what action the committee takes but I have to speak on that Bill in the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (18 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the 8% reduction in the Garda training and development budget in 2018. [44093/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 354. To ask the Minister for Health when the subsidised funding for IVF will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43741/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Farrell for coming before the committee along with her colleagues. Today we are largely dealing with financial issues but it is important to remember that behind every ward of court is a very painful story for the individuals concerned. The committee is very conscious that each case relates to someone who is incapable of looking after themselves for the rest of their lives. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is it correct that Ms Farrell wants to see the families having a greater say in the management of the fund?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I understand the point that Ms Farrell is making. Take the example of a ward of court where a large award is made but it might not be sufficient, for instance there might be a young child with cerebral palsy, and an award is made for €5 million or €6 million when the child is five or six years. There can be no knowledge as to whether that amount will be sufficient to care for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Farrell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for attending. We all appreciate it is a difficult job when one is managing other people's money. If I were managing other people's money, I would be adopting a low-risk approach. I would not like to be exposing their capital award to considerable risk. Ms Mary Farrell gave a number of answers at the end of her presentation. She would like to see the Courts Service...