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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

James Lawless: I have waited patiently for my slot. I presume that Deputy Carthy has used up his first, second and third round-robin slots in his long engagement. I congratulate the Tánaiste on the international work that he has done on the world stage. That is something on which I get feedback locally. The Tánaiste is leading from the front, which is welcomed and recognised by the vast...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

James Lawless: I will make one quick follow-up remark. I thank the Tánaiste for his detailed answer. I note with interest the different initiatives we are proposing to join. They all make perfect sense. I completely endorse and support us in standing up to those and more of them. I think we should go further than being just an observer - we should be an active participant at the table in most of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

James Lawless: ...it because I have, like my colleague, Deputy Cronin, some local issues to raise. Before I get on to those, it might be of interest to Mr. Kent, who talked about parking in the bus stops, that outside of what I am doing here today I chair the justice committee, which is where I normally am at this time on Tuesday afternoon. We prepared a report on parking enforcement, which has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

James Lawless: I went through a number of local issues earlier so I will not recap them. On wider issues, as I mentioned I am the Cathaoirleach of the justice committee and over the past year or two we have been looking at the licensing laws in some detail. The witnesses are familiar with the proposals to extend opening hours. There have been mixed reactions from publicans and pub goers. A key element...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: ...been appointed chair of the Legal Aid Board. Ms Egan is very welcome to our committee, we are delighted to have her with us and we thank her for coming in. I would also like to thank her for accommodating us in having the meeting at a slightly earlier time than planned. We have quite a busy programme at the moment and are trying to get through quite a lot of business. The format of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: I thank Ms Egan for that very useful overview of her role and the service the Legal Aid Board provides. We will take questions from members now. I propose to the committee that we allocate four minutes per member instead of the usual six because we are under pressure with the number of items we need to get through this afternoon. We can have a second round if there is time left. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: I welcome our witnesses. I thank them for joining us. I will come to them all individually in a moment. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the directive on international protection, asylum and migration, sometimes called the EU asylum and migration pact, from the European Parliament. This is part two of our deliberation. We met with the Minister last week, when we had some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: Yes, of course. We will have a second round. Senator Ruane is next and then Senator McDowell, Deputy Ó Laoghaire, if he is back in the room at the time, and Senator Gallagher. That is the running order at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: We will come to the visitors afterwards. Apologies for interrupting the Senator. There are visitors in the room. To observe protocol, we will take committee members first and then go to visitors at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: I thank Mr. O'Leary. Senator Martin was in the hot seat before he had to go to a vote and I said I would come back to him as soon as he returned. Now the Senator is back with us. The Senator has six minutes but I will reset the clock for him because he had to run out at the start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: My apologies, Senator, but one voice at a time, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: The Senator is welcome to attend at another committee that may be considering that matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: Multiple topics are being debated today and when people go to look at the transcripts and review the comments of the committee, I want to make sure that it is clear what every contribution was directed towards, in order to help illustrate the points being made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: I do not know how we could check it. We have to operate on the basis of what is practical and possible. However, I note the Senator’s point. All members who offered have now contributed at least once, with most contributing a couple of times, and the other members have departed. Not to put him on too grand a stage, but I will give Mr. Leonard the last word among the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: I welcome the Minister and her officials and thank them for being with us today. The topic under discussion today is the motion on the proposed approval of regulations and a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on international protection, asylum and migration. We will receive a briefing from the Minister on that motion. Briefing documents by the committee's research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: The next speaker is Deputy Harkin. Senator Keogan is up after that. Deputy Mattie McGrath has joined us and I presume he wants to speak. He will be after that. We will start the second round with members first and then go to those in attendance. We have to conclude at 7 p.m. as the Minister is due in the Chamber. There is enough time to get everybody in at least once.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: I am the Chair and the Senator should let me speak. I am coming to her assistance and supporting her right to speak, but she must respect everyone else as well. I am actually coming to her aid here, if she listens carefully to what I am saying. The Senator may continue her contribution. The one thing I would say that might be helpful is if the Senator is talking about figures, like 5.1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: I am going to go to the next speaker, but I have a point of information before I do so. As standard, European law is displayed in all the languages of the EU. There is nothing unusual about this situation. Naturally, when translations are done across multiple languages, we, as native speakers, might identify nuances or little tics in the language that we might have phrased somewhat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: One voice at a time.