Results 121-140 of 277 for going forward speaker:Helen McEntee

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...when it has been reduced to the small number of three people. Each recommendation would have to have all three criteria and be based on merit. It would constrain the commission in putting forward names. I understand where it is coming from but if the commission were to conform with the objectives it would make it difficult to put forward names. With regard to amendments Nos. 13 and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: The whole point of the Bill is to amend the procedures that we have and to make sure that anybody who comes forward is suitable for the job and, first and foremost, that it is based on merit. Therefore, all three will now come based on merit and suitable for that particular role in whichever court, and all three will be capable of carrying out that job. Obviously, there is a provision here...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to introduce the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 to the House following its passage through Seanad Éireann last week, and I look forward to hearing the contributions from Deputies today. Before I discuss the Bill, I would like to mention an issue that was raised on the Second Stage debate in the Seanad in March....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...released early without any type of evaluation. Having looked closely at a number of cases prior to the establishment of the Parole Board, I can assure the Deputy that the board and any recommendations that come forward take into account this type of engagement. However, it is clear from the engagement we have had that where this is forced on individuals it does not have the desired...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...that causes alarm, distress or upset that has serious implications for a person. Obviously, there is discretion for any judge to say that, on release, the person cannot engage with a person or go within X amount of miles of a person, but I am also aware that does not always happen. Understanding the case the Deputy mentioned and knowing that this is happening not just to one individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (5 Apr 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...2020, I established a high level working group including the Head of Criminal Justice Policy, the Director-General of the Irish Prison Service and the Director of the Probation Service to take forward the Government’s commitment to review policy options for prison and penal reform. The review is considering commitments and on-going developments across the justice sector and...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt: Plé. (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...was a particular focus on diversity and we very much tried to ensure this time that different communities and groups were aware of the fact that this competition was open and that more women were going to apply. That in itself applied also to our Irish community and Irish speakers. This was due to the fact that we had a campaign over the past number of weeks to try to encourage people to...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt: Plé. (30 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...to tell how many Irish speakers will come through the process, but our focus and priority was to make sure that people applied in the first instance. The more people apply, the more people will go through the process and be successful at interview stage as well as subsequent stages, which will hopefully increase our overall numbers. It is regrettable that there is a view or a sense...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...trafficking involved in prostitution here. At the time of its launch last year An Garda Síochána specifically recognised that a significant number of serious attacks on individuals involved in prostitution go unreported and they encouraged them to report all such attacks, so they can be investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice. The Deputy may also wish to be aware...

Seanad: Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (10 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank the House for facilitating the taking of his motion today. On Tuesday, the Government approved my request to seek the approval of the Houses of the Oireachtas to opt in to this EU Commission proposal. The proposal seeks to extend the list of EU crimes under Article 83 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, TFEU, to include hate crime and hate speech by way of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (10 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: ....  As part of that Bill, it is intended to repeal Section 38 mentioned above and to replace it with new CCTV provisions that will address the Data Protection Commission’s concerns and ensure that CCTV legislation is fully GDPR compliant going forward.  The General Scheme of this Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill was approved by the Government and...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...remarks but will make a few points that reflect so much of what has been said in the debate. First, there are people living in this country who are afraid. They are afraid to leave their houses, go on public transport and live their lives the way I and others here do. That might sound extreme or like I am exaggerating. Before we published the draft Bill, the hate crime Bill, there was...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating the motion. I also thank the House. Yesterday, the Government approved my request to seek the House's approval to opt-in to this EU Commission proposal. The proposal seeks to extend the list of EU crimes under Article 83 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, TFEU, to include hate crime and hate speech by way of Council...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...requires a considerable amount of time to complete. At present information on ethnicity is not routinely collected as part of this process. However, the Irish Prison Service have advised me that going forward, where disclosed, the ethnicity of a prisoner on protection will be recorded in future iterations of the Census of Prison Population.  The next Census of Prison Population is...

Seanad: Coroners (Provision for Jury Selection) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I thank Senator Boylan for bringing forward the Bill. I join colleagues in welcoming family members to the Seanad. I acknowledge each and every one of them. I acknowledge what they have been through and continue to go through and I wish to say how sorry I am that after 41 years, we are still here. I acknowledge that 41 years ago, 48 young people went out on a night out, as we all have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (17 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I am aware of reports of the nature referred to by the Deputy. I assure him that the matter is being taken very seriously and is under consideration by the Government. I cannot imagine the level of distress that somebody must feel, particularly a tenant, where people are in a vulnerable position or living on their own and find themselves not being able to pay their rent. On top of that,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (17 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy has outlined, there is a huge amount of work going into our housing plan. This has been identified as a gap and something we need to address. I assure the Deputy and colleagues here that we are working to try to address this and to bring forward proposals as quickly as we possibly can.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: I join colleagues in thanking Senator Chambers on the passage of this Bill through the House. A great deal of effort has gone into developing it. I commend the Senator and also the co-sponsors of the Bill, Senators Fitzpatrick and McGreehan, on their work on it. I, too, want to acknowledge the outstanding work and extraordinary contributions of Eve McDowell and Una Ring, not only in their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (9 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...in this area. I am further advised that Courts Service local management have undertaken to review the use of this area and will contact Cork City Council with a view to exploring options going forward.