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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (14 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal; and if a decision will be expedited as the funding is urgently required. [21276/24]

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

John McGuinness: ...and the people we represent while at the same time, honouring to the extent we can our international obligations. It has gone too far. The discussion we had at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice did not mean anything. It was discussed. The only thing that committee can say to this Dáil is that it considered what was before it. I hope the Dáil debate on the issue of...

Report on Politically Exposed Persons: Motion (25 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: ...13th December, 2023. I thank members of the committee and all those who appeared before us, including departmental officials, to provide an insight into the process used to bring about changes in the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, which has implications for Members of this House, members of county councils, civil servants and the families of all...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (9 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: 900. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the status of the transfer of a person (details supplied); and if the request will be expedited considering the applicants deteriorating health [14773/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Apr 2024)

John McGuinness: 901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will approve a stamp 4 status for a person (details supplied). [14776/24]

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

John McGuinness: ...are in hand, are being dealt with, and the 47 other families are fine. I often raise the case of Lucia O'Farrell here. She is a mother whose son was murdered on the road who is still waiting for justice. She is still waiting for the Government to support a motion I tabled to have a public inquiry into what happened. If that were to happen, it would tell us so much about every strand of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 2024)

John McGuinness: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a certificate of citizenship formally approved by her Department on 19 December 2023 in the name of a person (details supplied) will be issued to her immediately. [9989/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: ..., and families. That is a huge piece of information which is absent from the Government's consideration of policy and so on. While there is limited information and analysis in the Department of Justice, the CSO should be collecting all of the data so that, using the information the Department has, complemented by the work the Minister of State might do, we would get a better picture of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2024)

John McGuinness: 471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of gardaí allocated to Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the past five years; how they have been deployed in each county; and her views on the overall level of crime in each county and in particular drug-related crime. [6525/24]

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...get into receiver territory. They are being used to clean up all sorts of things, and not in a very nice way. I will finally consider us in this House. We are politically exposed persons under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010. I do not launder money. I am not a criminal. How dare the House and the Government categorise us all under that...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...was not democracy. The commission might be part of democracy, but the real democratic process is in here and this is where we should challenge the commission or any other State agency. I heard Ms Justice Baker say that she had sleepless nights over the decision that was made around in my constituency, Kilkenny. Who in the name of God would think it is okay to put in a big chunk of...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: ...Micheál Martin, stated it was time for action. I agree with that. In 2017, commenting on the case again, he stated: "The entire case reveals shocking malpractice and dysfunction in the criminal justice system at all levels." If, as I do, the Minister believes in that in its entirely, there is an obligation on her to ensure that any of the errors in legislation are rectified,...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

John McGuinness: ...truth. If all of us believe in the truth, as we expressed we did in 2018, there is an obligation on the Minister to consider what the judge had to say but then to decide what is in the best interest of justice for Shane, the O'Farrell family and the country. We would never have known that this man should have been in jail at the time he killed Shane O'Farrell were it not for that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

John McGuinness: ...agreed earlier in private session. Apologies have been received from Senator Higgins. Today the committee is meeting with the assistant Garda Commissioner and officials from the Department of Justice on the topic of authorised push payment fraud. We are joined from An Garda Síochána by Assistant Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly and Detective Superintendent Michael Cryan; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (18 Apr 2023)

John McGuinness: 974. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17249/23]

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

John McGuinness: We should understand that the reason we are here today is because of Mr. Shane Corr and the articles in the Daily Mail, which carried banner headlines about rights delayed, justice denied, revelations, memos and the whole lot; front-page stuff. If we want to understand this, we only need to go back to contribution made by the then Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Jan 2023)

John McGuinness: 1097. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm his role in the staff recognition programme for the Irish Prison Service; if he will outline the guidelines and or protocols that are used to determine whether the service rendered of a member of the prison staff services merits a recognition award or Stack medal; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

John McGuinness: ...within Government and of the lack of timely information being passed to Ministers to make decisions. It goes to the core of democracy, the core of the administration of Government and the core of justice and injustice. I commend the witnesses on coming forward with this case. It must not have been easy for them. Ms Cronin said she was a bit nervous. If that is the case, I would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

John McGuinness: It is about the administration of the country, justice and fair play. I thank all of our guests for being with us today. We will suspend for three minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (8 Nov 2022)

John McGuinness: 881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an independent investigation into penalisation arising from a protected disclosure submitted relative to the Irish Prison Service; the date the investigation commenced; if an interim or final report has been submitted to her Department; if the complaint regarding penalisation in respect of this person had been...