Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Does the justice reform committee include in its purview the issue of security at airports? Is that part of the justice brief or is that left to the Cabinet sub-committee on transport? In respect of the deeply worrying events that have come to light in the past couple of days, which obviously will raise very serious concerns for most people interested not only in people trafficking but in ensuring that we have robust security, if it is not part of the Cabinet agenda or the agenda of the Cabinet committee on justice reform, would the Taoiseach agree that it should be? Would he agree further to report back to this House on the issue of taking clear control of security at Dublin Airport away from the Dublin Airport Authority and having a bespoke division within An Garda Síochána to ensure we have robust mechanisms to ensure the security of our seaports and airports?

I am not sure, from recollection, whether activities such as the operation of the Garda Síochána College fall within the purview of the justice reform committee. The Taoiseach might indicate whether it does and if the auditing of the accounts of the college, for example, would be properly a matter for the justice review committee.

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