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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (14 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 16 April 2019, the processes that will exist for ensuring that electoral areas that have recently been redrawn potentially affecting the calculation of average rents and average rent increases can be included in rent pressure zones. [20452/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the number of customs officers in County Cork in the context of Brexit. [20023/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here which has been reported as being the case since 2013. [18540/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here which has been reported as being the case since 2013; if not, the level at which the decision was taken; and if the decision was communicated to other Departments after the decision was taken. [18541/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here which has been reported as being the case since 2013. [18542/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Certificates (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times firearms certificates have been granted to personnel from other jurisdictions; the personnel granted certificates and the circumstances in which they were granted. [18543/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent pressure zones in Cork are to include the Ballincollig-Carrigaline municipal district as revised; and if the southern end of Carrigaline, including Fountainstown, Myrtleville and Crosshaven, will now fall under the new Carrigaline municipal district and be considered a designated rent pressure zone as a result....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas chugaibh go léir as teacht isteach. Tá sé an-úsáideach mar léargas ar na riachtanaisí atá ann. I thank the delegation. The meeting has been very useful and insightful in outlining the needs that exist. Deputy Daly has very clearly outlined that many of the requirements have been identified by GSOC and others as having existed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring believe that is achievable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to refer to protected disclosures. There are protected disclosures from gardaí. A recent report outlined that, apart from 13 cases that were discontinued, 36 were still on the books and that there has not been any case from last year that led to a prosecution or recommendation of disciplinary action. This is the third report of that kind. The first, covering 2014 to 2016,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I understand that and I would not for a second suggest that people should be turned away. There is a backlog which, obviously, will take time to address. Nevertheless, not a single case has resulted in a sanction. From Ms Justice Ring's point of view, it is a matter of resources but I imagine there must be cases on the books for in excess of two years. Are cases on the books for in excess...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate there has been a lack of resources. Notwithstanding the cases that were discontinued because it was not possible to bear them out or because there was insufficient evidence, I find it difficult to understand, even with the limited resources. It has not been possible to bring forward even one of those cases to prosecution or to recommend disciplinary action. I assume that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: While that is fair enough, I continue to stand over my view that it is disappointing and poor. However, I hope the additional resources will mean we see things expedited. When she was before the committee last year, Ms Justice Ring said approximately half of the cases GSOC received could be disposed of within a year. Is that still more or less the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ms Justice Ring will be aware that I put in a freedom of information request on a report on work practices at GSOC's Longford offices. The request was refused on the basis that to grant it would potentially identify somebody. As such, I will be careful in my remarks so as to not identify anyone. It remains my view, however, that there is a public interest in the issues that surround this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My understanding is that since 2013, the office had six staff. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My understanding is that if it departed from that, it was only ever briefly during that period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well. Is Ms Justice Ring confident that all files that went through that office were properly investigated and properly managed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I may well do that concerning the matters that perhaps I cannot say anything about in public. I do not accept, however, that it is not possible for Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, as head of the organisation, to express confidence by saying the office is functioning well and that all files which passed through it were properly investigated according to the organisation’s procedures. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well. I thank Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring. Regarding the report on the death of Shane O’Farrell, his family were disappointed by it. Is Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring in a position to discuss reports which have been published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: GSOC is responsible for holding the Garda to account and investigating complaints made against gardaí. One of the concerns the family had about the report was that the assertions of gardaí had been accepted rather than tested or probed. One example is that the Garda asserted to GSOC that it was unaware of events related to the case that had occurred outside the jurisdiction. The...