Results 101-120 of 859 for justice speaker:John McGuinness

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: ...individually with the people we are speaking about. That is essentially what Mr. Masding's response means. It is cold comfort for the 2,500 people who were before the courts legitimately seeking justice for the predicament that they found themselves in that PTSB has pulled that legal process from under them and sold their loans to a vulture fund. How many of the 2,500 could have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: That is justice.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications (11 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied); and the process involved. [41590/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: ...papers for the committee today. I understand they have also provided them for the fraud squad and Ulster Bank and perhaps others outside the jurisdiction. They are ramping up their attempt to get justice as they see it. I am alerting the Central Bank to that fact. We will probably forward the correspondence to it to get some action on it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (7 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: 460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Part IV section 27 of the Succession Act 1965 will be reviewed to determine whether it requires amendment; if he is satisfied with the operation of this Part of the Act; his views on whether the administration of estates should be carried out by an independent agency to give greater transparency and accountability; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (14 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatalities recorded for hit and run road traffic accidents which occurred in the Mallow Garda district during the period 1985 to 2017. [26108/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (14 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the individual breakdown of the hit and run accident fatalities in each Garda subdistrict in each of the years 1985 to 2017. [26109/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (14 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of two or more fatalities for each hit and run accident in each of the years 1985 to 2017 for each Garda subdistrict. [26110/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (14 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal hit and run accidents that remain outstanding and unsearched in terms of no persons being brought before the courts in each of the Garda sub-districts concerned in each of the years 1985 to 2017. [26112/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (14 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful criminal prosecutions secured for each Garda subdistrict in each of the years 1985 to 2017 in relation to hit and run accidents. [26111/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (14 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 17 October 2017, if Cloverhill Prison followed the steps outlined therein; if the management of the prison will be further investigated relative to the cases reported; if the reply provided is simply the Irish Prison Service mission statement; if the steps outlined in the report...

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: ...for an investigation into the death of Shane O'Farrell just for the sake of his family or as an acknowledgement of what happened to Shane; it goes way beyond that. The Minister is responsible for justice matters and if he read any of the information sent out by Lucia or looked at the dates of court orders and peace bonds, he must be concerned about the state of the justice system. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (12 Jun 2018)

John McGuinness: 473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of funding the Garda Complaints Board in the past five years to date; the number of personnel involved; the cost to date of the Garda Ombudsman Commission; the number of personnel involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24513/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

John McGuinness: The death of Shane O'Farrell uncovered a litany of failures within the Department of Justice and Equality and the justice system.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: ..., we could focus on the real meat in a Bill like this, that of proper radical reform of the judicial system, where the wrongs in that system are corrected and reformed. Lucia O'Farrell wants justice. Yvonne Walsh wants justice. She is languishing in jail this evening, after 21 days, and she cannot fulfil what the judge has asked her to do because it is not within her power to do it....

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: ...are serious wrongdoings arising from decisions of the courts with very poor training that have resulted in that type of individual fighting for her family home and locked in prison. Where is the justice for that woman and her family? Will the Minister intervene in that case? The answer to that is probably "No" because they are on one side and we are on the other. However, there has to...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: ...another quango - one quango appointing another quango with the authorisation of the Minister. Where is political responsibility in this debate? Where is Government direction in this debate? Where is justice in the debate? It is not present. We are discussing one political system replacing another flawed political system. When the Minister gets three names on a piece of paper from...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

John McGuinness: ...the junior certificate. She is a lady who wants to comply with the courts. What has been set out for judges, and what has been set out in that case, is an example of very poor administration of justice. I was with her for an hour and a half, and I have to say this debate now is similar to the one she is encountering. The onus is on us to get it right. I appeal to the Minister to have...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

John McGuinness: ...one looks at the efficiencies of those courts, one will see that none of them function very well. What about the death of Shane O'Farrell? Look at the litany of wrongs done to his family as it sought justice. Look at what was not told to the judges in that case. Look at all of the record of the individual concerned that was never recorded to inform the judge. So it is not only about...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (19 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 666 of 11 September 2017 and 329 of 27 February 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the prison service has lodged an appeal with the LRC relative to the decision taken in the case of a person (details supplied); if he or his Departmental officials had knowledge of this...