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Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I always listen carefully to Deputy Carroll MacNeill because she has great legal experience to bring to our debates, but it is a fact that we as an Oireachtas do not have a real focus on legislation once it has been enacted. We are the legislators; it is not somebody else's job. The statute law revision programme, which she referred to, was an ad hocprocess I instituted at the request of...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: This is an important amendment. As an Oireachtas, over the past number of years we have looked very carefully at pre-legislative scrutiny. We put new procedures in place. We have a memorandum of understanding between the Oireachtas and Government on the processes to be carried out for Bills to be in order before they are published and go through Second and Committee Stages and so on. I...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Most people in the House would be supportive of the intentions of the movers of this amendment. We were all deeply concerned at trials in the past, both here and in our neighbouring jurisdiction, where issues were raised at trial that most of us would regard as entirely extraneous and unacceptable to be raised in the conduct of a trial. This particular legislation deals with trying to...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: As the Minister of State outlined, this is a short technical Bill that has garnered support across the House. However, as it relates to a very narrow set of circumstances, as was recognised during the debate, I believe we need wider legislation to deal with matters outside the remit of the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (10 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons awaiting deportation on foot of a deportation order; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that such persons have been required to give up work and are residing here in limbo; if she will reconsider the status of such persons due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Commission Rule of Law Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome Mr. Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, to our meeting. I look forward to our engagement on the topic of the rule of law. In advance of the meeting, the committee engaged with stakeholders on the topic and sought written submissions on the issue. I thank all the stakeholders who took the time to respond to that request. We found all the submissions very helpful....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Commission Rule of Law Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Commissioner. I will now open the discussion to members to put their questions in the order they have indicated. I propose to take questions from each member individually, allowing the Commissioner to respond. Senator McDowell is first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Commission Rule of Law Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Commissioner. I will ask a couple of questions as I do not see any other member indicating. First, I will make a point to the Commissioner. In our overview of the law in the European Union, an enormous focus of the submissions we have received has been in relation to the perceived impunity of some countries in taking legal actions against their citizens in a way that to us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Commission Rule of Law Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Commissioner Reynders for answering so many varied questions in such a comprehensive fashion. Do any other members want to make an interjection? No. I thank the Commissioner for his time and for fielding all of the questions posed by the committee members. We look forward to welcoming Commissioner Reynders to Dublin as soon as health conditions allow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Commission Rule of Law Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The committee will now move on to any other business. Do members wish to raise any other issues? No. Very good. That concludes our business for the committee today. We will adjourn until Tuesday, 23 March for an online private meeting when we will continue our discussions on our inquiry into CETA. I thank all of the members.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fáilte Ireland (4 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the qualification criteria for the outdoor dining grant announced by Fáilte Ireland; if this grant will allow restaurants to carry out capital works to provide outdoor dining facilities; if it will apply in every area of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12259/21]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: It is good procedure to have a review and we had much debate about it. I remember the debate on the Standing Order. The issue was whether we should review all legislation after 12 months because as much legislation is complicated, it could not be assessed after 12 months. The debate was whether we should have a two-year horizon on legislation. On foot of this discussion, I will bring...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The committee is meeting tomorrow and I will raise it then.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if particular supports have been provided to charter boat operators that have seen their income devastated since the start of the pandemic and that have fixed expenses to meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the differences in treatment between teacher education students attending colleges that are State supported and those that are not in relation to supports for Irish language training; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10226/21]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: It is usually the Minister who speaks first.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I wondered whether there was a legal definition already. It is interesting to quote from the report. Does that have the force of law? I am surrounded by lawyers. Are the terms "due diligence" and "all reasonable steps" common enough in criminal proceedings to be understood in a way that would not weaken the burden we want to place on all corporate bodies to comply with the law?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of funding granted to each organisation under the national integration fund 2020, in tabular form (details supplied); the rationale for granting funds to public bodies such as third-level institutions and county councils while rejecting the applications of certain migrant groups active on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: It is good to talk to the Commission Vice-President again. There is an absolute understanding and an enormous appreciation of the solidarity the member states of the European Union have shown to Ireland during the Brexit negotiations. That is absolutely understood. It underscored the degree of shock that happened, politically, when it was announced late on a Friday evening that Article 16...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Brendan Howlin: That goes without saying.