I have been in contact with [Spain's interior minister] Fernando Grande-Marlaska today to express my solidarity and support to the Spanish government as they deal with the situation in Ceuta.

I have asked the Irish presidency team to convene a meeting tomorrow of the EU’s integrated political crisis response [IPCR] mechanism and a meeting of EU ambassadors on Monday.

By changing the fee structure, and I have responsibility for the fee structure, my view is that by changing the fee structure it will reduce the incentive to seek or to agree to adjournments.

The request for adjournments needs to be dealt with much more stringently and it should not be happening on the routine basis that it is happening now.

I will meet with them. I have no difficulty meeting with them. And I'm sure there are some areas in terms of where they can make points to me that I will accept and engage with them.

But my changes are designed to ensure that the system within the District Court is speeded up.

What I'm trying to ensure is that cases are determined promptly in the district court.

I am standing over it. This isn't a tactical decision, oh how's this going to play out.

Because the data in that report is just unanswerable that something needs to be done in the district court.

I think we need to see evidence. I'm not prepared to make really important decisions or proposals on important decisions without seeing the hard evidence.

Some solicitors think that if they put enough pressure on the system to disrupt cases, that this is going to result in political pressure on me, and I'm going to revoke the regulations. That's not going to happen.

This is about recognising that the system needs to be improved, and a system which has a payment structure, which encourages adjournments because you get paid more through an adjournment, is going to encourage situations like that.

An Garda Síochána will continue to take strong action against drug dealing, drug-related intimidation and organised criminal activity.

This material is having a harmful impact, particularly on children and young people, and is distorting healthy sexual development and contributes to perpetuating misogynistic attitudes," he said.

I think it is effective in terms of protecting European Union security.

If a senior person in an organisation does something wrong, the organisation does not become responsible for the wrongdoing.

My own views in the area of decriminalisation of drugs is one of caution.

I am fully committed to ensuring that Ireland's International Protection system is robust, and rules based, and that our borders are protected.

It's not there for the benefit of people who aren't citizens of Ireland and the UK.

We've had agreement that there will be greater data sharing between Irish authorities and UK authorities.

There's great cooperation between the Gardaí and the northern authorities, and I believe that there's going to be greater operational cooperation and greater enforcement in terms of ensuring that the Common Travel Area is protected.

I met survivors two weeks ago. I couldn't avoid the fact that in the report there is a finding that there was a dereliction of duty by An Garda Síochána in 1987.

I am the minister responsible for An Garda Síochána. That's why I apologised to them when they came into the Department of Justice to see me.

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