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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: My amendments are Nos. 84 and 85. The rationale for removing the requirement that the Chairperson be lay was explained earlier. Similarly, the other amendments allowed the commission to regulate itself for the reasons set out earlier as well. The Bill focuses too much on having a lay majority. We may well end up with a procedural committee with a lay majority and a sub-committee with a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Sorry, the Minister, Deputy Ross.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: It does not stop the Deputy.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I met the Minister, Deputy Ross-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Apologies, my mistake. The lay versus law focus may have the effect of polarising the commission and that would not be helpful. We should steer away from that rather than going down that track. I certainly am of the opinion that unless the lay members who will make up this commission come from a broad range of society, we are not going to get the change that we would like.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I think that Deputy O'Callaghan's argument is very rational, and I do not think the Minister has dealt with his contention that this is overly bureaucratic. We all agree that the experience of the presidents of the Circuit Court and District Court must be taken on board. However, we have tabled an amendment removing the Attorney General from the board, reducing duplication of effort. The...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is a bit harsh to say that we are trying to unravel the Bill. I think that is the job of the committee. We agree that we need better legislation and a better arrangement on how we appoint judges, which is what we are teasing out. The reason we have this on Committee Stage is to debate it. We are not trying to destroy or unravel the Bill; we are trying to make it better. Perhaps the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: My amendment No. 189 regarding political connections is on its own and not included in this group. For some reason we will deal with separately later. Just after that I have suggested the deletion of section 39. Should that have an amendment number?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: That is just section 39. I will just wait until we come to section 39.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: No. I will wait until section 39 comes around.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have amendment No. 189, but I will wait for my turn on it because for some reason it was not linked to these.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: To follow on from Senator Black's point, I do not believe we should accept the UK as a role model in how refugees should be dealt with. We would have had a fair degree of contact directly with people in direct provision. With respect to the Minister's temporary measure whereby people will be able to apply under the Work Permit Act 2003, we have not met any people who will be able to avail...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Did the Government seek legal advice around this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: It did. When this full scheme is operational, will the people in direct provision who have already been waiting for over nine months have immediate access to the opportunity to look for work, given that they will already have served their nine-month period? Does it kick in straightaway for those people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Perhaps I have not understood the Minister correctly but I take it that people who are in direct provision who have applied for refugee status will be able to work when a nine-month has elapsed. For example, if this is all done and dusted on 30 June, will the people who are in direct provision since 30 June 2017 automatically be able to get work there and then or will having already served...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister for that clarification. As the scheme will not be done and dusted on 10 February and it will not have gone through the Oireachtas, and given that the Minister is introducing a wall that these people will not be able to get over, what is the main thinking behind not allowing them to be able to avail of work there and then on 10 February? What is the main Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: Would it be true to say that if the Government had a mind to do so it could allow the those people to look for work in the normal fashion on 10 February, or would it legally be impossible to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: As a matter of interest, when the scheme is put in place, will someone be able to apply for a job as a chef?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: After June, when the entire process will be done and dusted, will it be possible to apply for a job as a chef if someone is currently in direct provision accommodation?