PQ 1277
1277. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the Government's relationship with the Judicial Council in terms of its sentencing guidelines function operates; if it is open to him as Minister, or to the Government, given the need to respect judicial independence, to bring the Judicial Council's attention to matters of concern which may be relevant to the development of sentencing guidelines; the means by which a member of the public may bring matters concerning sentencing to the attention of the Judicial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58307/25]
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1277. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the Government's relationship with the Judicial Council in terms of its sentencing guidelines function operates; if it is open to him as Minister, or to the Government, given the need to respect judicial independence, to bring the Judicial Council's attention to matters of concern which may be relevant to the development of sentencing guidelines; the means by which a member of the public may bring matters concerning sentencing to the attention of the Judicial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58307/25]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-11-04/1277/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2025-11-04/pq_1277