Results 141-160 of 860 for justice speaker:John McGuinness

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: ...that came across: they believe an apology is sufficient and that once they apologise, they will hunker down and the storm will pass. I hope the Minister will not let that happen. I hope he will speak to the Minister for Justice and Equality and that some arrangement, through the Central Bank and the banks, will be found to stop the repossession of homes because the cost to the State of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (17 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: 225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, seven months on from an examination of a protected disclosure by a person (details supplied), nothing has been done to address the issues raised in the disclosure; the reason the person is not being properly paid; the reason they have been removed from the payroll again in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (17 Oct 2017)

John McGuinness: 226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken by his Department to ensure that prison officers who are threatened by prisoners while on duty are given appropriate supports and security; the number of proven cases of threats to officers that were witnessed; the action taken in each case; if officers are paid in full should they take leave arising from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (20 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be paid in full the wages due to them; the support and advice which was provided to the person following an assault at work and a car accident while working; if he will resolve all matters relative to this case without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39906/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Administration (11 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will authorise an independent audit of the prison system relative to the methodology used to calculate fines and warrants for prisoners who had served time in prison and were being released on payment of the fine imposed; the number of prisoners that were overcharged in the past due to the wrong calculation being made;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (11 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is accepted that a person (details supplied) made a protected disclosure relative to their employment with the Irish Prison Service; if his attention has been drawn to the findings outlined in a report (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this person continues to suffer verbal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Expenditure (5 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the transcript of the Committee of Public Accounts meeting of 29 March 2001 and address queries (details supplied). [31669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (4 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will authorise an independent audit of the prison system relative to the methodology used to calculate fines and warrants for prisoners that served time in prison and were being released on payment of the fine imposed; the number of prisoners that were overcharged in the past due to the wrong calculation being made; the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: ...In preparing for a debate such as this, one tends to Google. I read about the system in place in Canada and other countries. There are so many models of administration, appointment systems and justice systems that we could take from any one of them and apply it here and it would work, yet we do not want to do that. We want to mess around with the system, rush the legislation through...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: ...be accountable to somebody. Some unthinking people believe that these two propositions are irreconcilable. This article goes on to refer to a judicial board under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice and the need to give the Chief Justice and the Presidents of the High, Circuit and District Courts a far greater role in relation to the standards obtaining in their courts. Some 17 years...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Conventions (20 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 832. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Government is taking to ensure that Ireland complies with its international legal responsibilities regarding judicial corruption relative to Article II of the UN convention against corruption; if legislation or regulations will be introduced to prevent an organisation (details supplied) from mandatorily making a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Callinan. Has he had an opportunity to look at the decision of the European Court of Justice, ECJ, today on trade deals?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if authorisation will be given for an independent audit of the prison system relative to the methodology used to calculate fines and warrants for persons who had served time in prison and were being released on payment of the fine imposed; the number of persons who were overcharged in the past due to the wrong calculation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she will take to ensure the safety of prison officers who are now being videoed by some members of the public using mobile telephones while on prisoner escort duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21751/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that prison officers are being disciplined for not wearing full uniform while escorting prisoners to hospitals and so on in spite of the fact that there is not a sufficient number of stab proof vests, batons and radios to cover all prison officers on escorts each day; if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of reports and complaints made to her Department by a person (details supplied); if the reports and complaints were ever investigated and, if so, the outcome; if the same reports were investigated by the Department of the Taoiseach before being sent from that Department to her Department; if the person was ever interviewed by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the wards of court and their representatives will be given a comprehensive report on a regular basis on the way their funds are managed; the balance in each account; the way the funds were spent and administered; if she has received complaints from the representatives of the wards of court in relation to the absence of transparency and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures Data (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures received by her from serving and retired members of An Garda Síochána; the process applied to each one; if investigations have been completed in any of the cases; the dates on which each one was submitted to her or her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of correspondence from a person (details supplied); if the concerns raised have been dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19670/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

John McGuinness: The EBS tied agents seeking justice wrote to the Governor of the Central Bank on 3 February 2017 in regard to their issue.