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International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have pointed out that the amendment we have put before the House is more in line with the Separated Children in Europe programme and the UNHCR's definition. On the advice the Minister of State is getting from departmental officials on this issue, why would they not accept an amendment that is more in line with the definition these organisations use?

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Section 73 is on page 75.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Welfare of Ex-Service Personnel: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise that I must leave in about ten minutes but I wanted to be here to listen to the presentations. I wish to acknowledge the fact that this is an important and historical occasion because it is the first time that both organisations have presented to the Oireachtas. I want to extend the immense gratitude of the Irish people to the members of the Defence Forces who have served at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Welfare of Ex-Service Personnel: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am disappointed by the amount of funding that ONE has received from some of the local authorities and, as a Donegal man, I shall make representations to Donegal County Council. The organisation has acknowledged that the councils provided funding for capital building projects and to get the houses under way. Why have the councils not built in a reasonable allocation in their housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Welfare of Ex-Service Personnel: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, Mr. O'Connor has covered all of my queries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The report made for alarming and depressing reading. I accept that that was not their intention - certainly not the depressing part of it - because the report is solution-oriented. I merely refer to the failure to implement previous recommendations. I refer to the fixed-charge notice or penalty points report and the crime investigation report in which the Garda Inspectorate outlined a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To summarise, essentially, Ms Fisher is saying the Department of Justice and Equality is to oversee the various bodies - the Garda Inspector, the Garda professional standards unit, GPSU, the Garda Ombudsman and the new policing authority - to ensure that they are complementing and, collectively, overseeing the process of change as best they can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Ms Fisher for that. My second question relates to the worrying fact that the Garda bureau of fraud investigation has no cyber-crime unit, and the Garda Inspectorate, in a previous report, recommended a new system replacing the PULSE system. The inspectorate acknowledges that such a new system is subject to available resources, but we understand that hundreds of millions of euro...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The failure to implement previous recommendations has been mentioned. One of the chapters in the report on the fixed charge processing system dealt with cancellation of fixed charge notices and a number of recommendations were made. I am interested in the area of statutory exemption for emergency vehicles. My understanding is that it applies to members of the fire service, ambulance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In January of this year, the Garda professional standards unit, GPSU, finalised a report on penalty points, which had been analysed, and statistical breakdowns were provided. There were hundreds of cancellations over the course of a year in respect of statutory exemptions and emergency vehicles. Would it not be prudent to audit these statutory exemptions? It would not be a huge amount of...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will provide the evidence to the appropriate body but I am asking the Minister to request that the Garda Inspectorate immediately review all terminations of penalty points in 2015. In January, the GPSU completed its audit, which examined the issue of statutory exemptions of emergency vehicles that allowed members of the Garda Síochána to avoid penalty points. It considered both...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I support the amendment. I was also alarmed to learn from the Garda Inspectorate report that even though a code of ethics was signposted in the Garda Síochána Act 2005, it is still not in place ten years later. I am sure the Minister will agree that report was a damning indictment of the repeated failure of the management of An Garda Síochána to implement recommendations...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 60:In page 12, lines 13 and 14, to delete “and 13A (inserted by section 13)”.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 61:In page 12, line 16, after “of” to insert “Garda Commissioner, Deputy Garda Commissioner,”.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 62:In page 12, line 23, to delete “subsection (1) or (4) of section 11, the Government” and substitute “section 11, the Authority”.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 65:In page 12, to delete lines 29 to 35 and substitute the following:“(b) by substituting the following for subsection (2):“(2) The Authority may, if they consider it necessary or appropriate to do so, appoint a person to— (a) hold an inquiry into any matter giving rise to a notification under subsection (1), and (b) report to the Authority on the...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 67:In page 12, to delete line 41, and in page 13, to delete lines 1 to 7.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 70:In page 13, line 12, to delete “Minister” where it firstly occurs and substitute “Authority”.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 71:In page 13, line 24, to delete “subsections (3) to (9) of”.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 72:In page 13, to delete lines 28 to 40, to delete page 14, and in page 15, to delete lines 1 to 17.