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Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 16a:In page 40, line 8, to delete “section 7C” and substitute “section 7D”

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 17:In page 40, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“Amendment of Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 62.The Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 is amended--(a) in section 7, by the deletion of subsection (5), and (b) in Schedule 1, in paragraph 2, by the insertion of “, Court of Appeal” after “High Court”.”.This amendment...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 18:In page 40, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 181 of Criminal Justice Act 2006 63. Section 181(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):“(c) in relation to proceedings before the Central Criminal Court, to a judge of the Court of...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 19:In page 42, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 2010 66. The Criminal Procedure Act 2010 is amended --(a) in section 2(1), by the insertion of the following definition:“ ‘legal aid (appeal) certificate’ has the meaning it has in the Act of 1962;”.(b) in section 23 --(i) by the...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 7aIn page 17, line 33, to delete “section 7B” and substitute “section 7C”.

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 8:In page 17, line 35, to delete “7C. It shall” and substitute “7D. It shall”.

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 9:In page 28, to delete lines 24 to 27 and substitute the following:“(i) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):“(3A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), an interlocutory application relating to an appeal before the Supreme Court or, unless the appeal itself is confined to a procedural matter, any procedural...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 10:In page 32, to delete line 24.Notwithstanding the amount of text contained in these amendments, they are in reality very straightforward and, like many of the other amendments relating to this Bill, they are also quite technical. In essence, they introduce a further amendment into the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 to cater specifically for the various...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Deputy Creighton is speaking about qualifications and experience on a curriculum vitae. It was not clear from the amendment precisely what the Deputy had in mind in respect of publication. I assure Deputy Creighton that the issues of transparency and accountability in the process of judicial appointments will be fully considered in the review process. There should be no doubt about that....

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I touched on that matter. I take the Deputy's point on some of the ironies that arise in this discussion. While we all accept the need to reform the system after 20 years, we all agree that we have been lucky with the Judiciary. I have no hesitation making that statement and I expect every Deputy agrees with it in respect of judicial action and decision making over the decades. The...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: We have a commitment in our programme for Government about the reform of judicial appointments that we intend to keep. I believe we have excellent judges in this country, as the Deputy has said. Obviously given the critical importance of the role of our courts and our Judiciary, we have been very fortunate when one considers the experience of other countries in judicial appointments. Both...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 1:In page 11, to delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute the following:"(9) In this section—(a) 'the establishment day' has the same meaning as it has in section 2of the Act of 2014, and (b) a reference to an 'interlocutory application' includes a reference to an application which may be made under any enactment to the Court of Appeal in criminal proceedings...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 2:In page 12, line 9, to delete "of the proceedings" and substitute the following:"of those proceedings, which order of discontinuance shall be confined to the grounds upon which the Supreme Court granted leave to appeal".Section 9 of the Bill as published allows the court of appeal to stay proceedings to enable an applicant to apply to the Supreme Court for leave to...

Court of Appeal Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 3:In page 12, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:"President of Court of Appeal may issue practice directions10.The Act of 1961 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 7B (inserted by section 9of the Court of Appeal Act 2014):"7C.(1) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am to inform the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service advertised an internal promotional competition for the post referred to by the Deputy in May 2013. Eleven of the applicants submitted complaints to the Commission for Public Service Appointments alleging beaches of their code of practice. The Commission for Public Service Appointments conducted an investigation and a report of their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 564 and 565 together. While the Deputy will appreciate that, as Minister, I do not have a role in the management of criminal investigations, I have referred the Deputy's query to the Garda authorities for any observations they are in a position to make on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I want to assure the Deputy that there is no question of authorities within this State conducting mass surveillance of the population’s communications. There is clear and unambiguous legislation to regulate the lawful interception of phone calls and the obtaining of call related data. The legislation in question does not provide a basis for mass surveillance. It can only be used in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 567, 573 and 579 together. The Residential Property Price Register, available at www.propertypriceregister.ie, is produced by the Property Services Regulatory Authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. Section 86 explicitly provides that the Register shall contain the address of the property, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Council of Europe (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that in June of this year expressions of interest were sought from suitably qualified and experienced persons for nomination as Ireland's representative to the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). Advertisements were placed on the websites of my Department and the Public Appointments Service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Council of Europe (15 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: From the records available I can advise the Deputy that the following were the previous Irish members to the Council of Europe Committee on the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). - Mr. Michael Mellett - Mr. John Olden - Mr. Tim Dalton - Mr. Sean Aylward Members of the CPT do not receive a salary. They are chosen from among persons of high moral...