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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will allow the witnesses to take that as it is particular to the earlier question I posed. Will Mr. Corcoran provide that clarification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To be helpful, would it be possible for the assistant commissioner, subsequent to today's meeting, to forward us a single paragraph with the detail he shared with us rather than for us to have to go through the entire transcript?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It would be helpful because we will have to address it subsequently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate that. I thank Deputy Brophy. I call Deputy Clare Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Please Deputy-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is noted. I call Deputy Wallace.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Brophy wanted to make a final point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To follow on from Deputy Brophy's searching question, could the assistant commissioner give us the holistic picture in the response he will offer? That would be important. We are seeking to establish the validity of everything coming before us. It is all an influence on what we will ultimately recommend, therefore, it is important that we are dealing with accuracies. I welcome that very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ms Justice Ring addressed both, as I recall very well from her evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Mr. Corcoran. We are taking no more questions. I will hold my thanks to immediately after this but, at the closure and given that some members concentrated on particular areas of what I emphasise again is public concern while others of us dealt with issues of structural accountability and corporate areas, it is important to reflect that the views expressed and concerns voiced were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are in total agreement. Again, we thank Ms O'Sullivan and each of her colleagues for their participation. I offer an invitation to the Commissioner and her front-line colleagues. If I invited them all, the camera might not be wide enough to take them all in. I thought that the HSE was entering at the outset of the meeting. I am more than familiar with that from the health committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There will be one for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (11 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget which has been allocated for the effective implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act; if resources will be made available for the recruitment of the director of the decision support service to fulfil their functions in raising public awareness, promoting public confidence and supervising decision making supports...

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Tógfaimid dhá nóiméad go leith an duine. 6 o’clock A recent article published inThe Guardiannewspaper indicates how mental illness has soared among young women in England. Causes attributed to this rise include sexual violence, childhood trauma and pressures from social media. Society has changed drastically in the last number of years and the influence of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (5 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The main purpose of our meeting is to engage in a mid-year review of the Estimates in the Department of Justice and Equality Vote group, but we have a very busy agenda. These are only guide time limits, but I seek the committee's agreement. We could spend roughly one hour on No. 1, the mid-year review of the Estimates; 45 minutes on No. 2, a briefing on the recent UN summit and related...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister for Justice and Equality (5 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and her officials. During the summer months the Department of Justice and Equality provided briefing material on the Estimates. It was circulated to members in advance of the meeting, the purpose of which is to consider the performance of the Department in the light of information supplied....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister for Justice and Equality (5 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister. Before opening up to members, I reiterate that we will focus of this first section with the Minister. She will be making a second opening statement in which we will address matters in regard to refugees and migrants and that will follow in approximately one hour's time. We should focus on and stick with the Minister's opening statement, which is the purpose of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister for Justice and Equality (5 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I was going to come back to the Deputy, in deference to other members-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister for Justice and Equality (5 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That was the Deputy's initial question rather than a supplementary.