Green Party Spokesperson for Justice and TD for Dublin South-Central, Deputy Patrick Costello, has called for the urgent appointment of more judges and registrars to tackle the backlog in cases in the Irish Courts Service, as well as calling for the Minister for Justice to increase funding to the legal aid system. He was speaking…
Month: February 2021
WATCH: New Decade New Approach – One Year One
Full transcript: I am struck by An Taoiseach saying that it is important for Northern Ireland to have effective government. I think that is a requirement for everyone, but when we realise that much of the New Decade, New Approach agreement is uncosted and that the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Westminster recently heard that…
Community Prison Link Workers Pay Restoration
Deputy Patrick Costello wrote to the Minister of Justice regarding the issue of community prison link workers being included as part of the section 39 pay restoration process. Dear Minister McEntee, I am writing to you today regarding Community Prison Link Workers (CPL) and the public pay restoration process for section 39 workers. The assessment…
STATEMENT: Costello welcomes news of CETA going before Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs
Green Party Spokesperson for Justice and TD for Dublin South-Central, Deputy Patrick Costello, has welcomed the news that matters relating to the ratification of the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will be discussed before the Committee on European Affairs. Speaking on the matter, he said: “The news that CETA will now go before the…
STATEMENT: Costello calls for Oireachtas Justice Committee to examine if role of Data Protection Commission is fit-for-purpose
Deputy Patrick Costello, Green Party Spokesperson for Justice and TD for Dublin South-Central, has written to the Oireachtas Justice Committee to examine the role of the Data Protection Commission (DPC) and whether it is fit-for-purpose in its current form. He was speaking following today’s news that the regulator is using an outdated IT system for…