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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“ “Information Commissioner” means the Office of the Information Commissioner as outlined in Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014;”. I warmly welcome the Minister to her new role. It is a very diverse and interesting space. There is a number of big-ticket items that,...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I would be more comfortable if the Minister were to identify a substitute individual. I mean somebody from within the State institutions who could take on the role that I have suggested for the Information Commissioner. The Minister is right that the records will be released within 30 years. However, the Bill as it currently stands leaves significant political decisions to be made about...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: We are discussing my amendments Nos. 1 and 3.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand. When the Oireachtas has a vote it typically means that the Government has a vote and it typically means that the Minister has the decision. We are in a very unusual space in that the Oireachtas is not necessarily the will of a Government or a Minister currently. Nine years out of ten they are one and the same thing. I mean the Minister, the Government and Oireachtas share...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I suggest that the Minister reconsiders my amendment. If it is not the Information Commissioner then I would like her to recommend an individual who would have the experience, knowledge and oversight to carry out such a role.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I will press my amendment.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 2:In page 4, line 18, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. This amendment seeks, in page 4, line 18, to delete "may" and substitute "shall". The purpose of this is to take the discretionary power from the Minister on whether documents should be released to the public. We are talking about documents that relate to what is in the public...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is looking at paragraph (d) which states: "In paragraph (a), “relevant member of the Government” means, in relation to a class or classes of Departmental records specified in an order to be made under that paragraph".

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Where would the word "shall' go there?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate the Minister is seeking to make a compromise towards opinion on this side of the table but-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Sure.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I propose to press the amendments and we can have further debate on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 3:In page 4, lines 18 and 19, to delete “he or she is satisfied that” and substitute “the Information Commissioner is satisfied”.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 4:In page 4, to delete lines 27 and 28. This amendment seeks to take the discretionary power from the Minister to make decisions on what can and cannot be done as far as the release of these documents is concerned. It seeks to increase their transparency in the public interest in order that no one in government would be able to decide which documents were not suitable...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it possible for me to move the amendment tabled by Deputy Niamh Smyth?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Would it be possible for me to table an amendment with a similar objective on Report Stage?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a visa application (details supplied) for residency has not been processed in over eight years. [52409/17]