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Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: It is bad form that I did not get in 20 minutes ago. I was indicating very clearly to all the officials as well.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: I must represent Senator Ward in the Seanad at 2.30 p.m. To get to the point here, I wish to start backwards. I am serious about that. I thank the Minister of State for being here. It is great that she is here and that she responded so quickly. I am going to look at a variation of today's debate. I am going to look at some positives. It is important that we do so. It is wonderful...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: I trust the Minister of State's the bona fides. She is an eminent lawyer. She will get this aspect right. With great respect to our distinguished company here, and I have been on this committee for a year, I am of the view that we are soon going to have to move away from the navel-gazing and semantic discussions that have been going on ad nauseam. A number of members do not have the...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: I am. I have to go. I mean no disrespect to colleagues with my comments.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: I have to run upstairs to deputise for Senator Ward.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: Obviously.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will respond to a range of matters. Perhaps I should not have accepted the invitation, it was premature to do so and I should have insisted on waiting until September or October until I had had the opportunity to do the body of work I am proposing to do to attempt to be of assistance to the committee. I will reflect on that the next time I receive an invitation. I am here to try to be of...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No, Senator.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot-----

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How may weeks exactly have I have been in this position? I am trying to introduce a new process. Perhaps the committee would listen to the words I am saying rather than refer back to notes, which I qualified as I read them. Listen to what I am saying. I am trying to introduce a new process for the benefit of this committee and of the management of statutory instrument processes more...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I must say that I am genuinely trying to work through this to see what the history has been. Does Senator McDowell know-----

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Because of that, Senator-----

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator, I do understand. This is precisely why I am trying to get a process in place. I cannot determine this. I can only look for agreement to it, to publish that draft statutory instrument. This is essentially going to be the policy direction that the Department takes. It is right that the committee has that. It is totally appropriate that the committee has it as early as...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (17 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is a body of work we can do together before this Oireachtas finishes. We can improve the process across Government. I want to do that for the next Oireachtas. We have a chance here to work together to get a new process in place, which, as the Senator says, will be a different process for the first time in 50 years. It will be a better scrutiny process. I will not be able to get the...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I accept everything the Minister of State said. The Bill is about making sure children and vulnerable adults are safe. That is what is most important. There are different areas of risk. The Bill's provisions are relevant to people going for certain jobs or looking to do volunteering. During the Covid period, there were people in my area delivering food shopping to older people living...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I do not have much to add to what has been said by my colleagues. This important Bill needs to progress. I hope it is done in a speedy manner and that we have the opportunity to get it passed before the general election. I am not pre-empting the calling of the election. Perhaps the Minister of State will tell us today whether it will happen in September or October. I wish all my...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: This is vital legislation. We must ensure we have absolute due diligence and a streamlined process in regard to vetting. I am saying more than I usually would while in the Chair. I received a telephone call just before the debate started concerning a new facility in County Louth to deal with vulnerable children. The caller is dealing with a particular issue and asked me whether I know...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Question put and declared carried.