The Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will meet with nominees for Members Designate of the Irish Human Rights Equality Commission at its meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, 22nd May 2013. Committee Chairman David Stanton, TD, said: “Our Committee played an important role in considering the Heads of the Bill which replaced the Equality Authority and the [...]

The Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will consider the Value for Money report on the Reserve Defence Force with the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter TD and also with also with representatives from the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association tomorrow, Wednesday 24th April 2013. The Committee will meet with Minister Shatter from 9.30-10.45am and [...]

The Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will resume its hearings on penal reform tomorrow, Wednesday, 27th February 2013 when it meets with Mark Johnson, Founder, User Voice. Committee Chairman David Stanton, TD, said: “Our sub-Committee on Penal Reform’s role is to examine the possible use of non-custodial alternatives to imprisonment – in particular strategies [...]

A delegation from the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will visit Finland and Sweden this week as part of the reviews it is carrying out on penal reform and prostitution legislation. The Joint committee recently established a sub-Committee on Penal Reform and has conducted hearings from interested groups/individuals to assist it in its analysis [...]