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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Has Deputy Brennan another question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Will Deputy Gibney put in her question? We could get them all answered in one go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: They can be answered in the last round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I know Mr. Carson wants to respond to Deputy Brennan. That is fine. I ask that we keep the replies to Deputies Byrne and Gibney tight. Whoever wants to reply can reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank all the witnesses for their time today. We hopefully will not see a couple of them for a while, as they have appeared before us two weeks in a row. The committee stands adjourned until members all get back together at 12.30 p.m. tomorrow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: The question I asked is what the timeline is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: We will go around again, starting with Deputy Brennan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: The witness might come back to us in writing.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I offer my condolences to Garda Flatley's family. I also take this opportunity to thank all the ordinary members of the force across the country for their work. I was at the GRA conference not so long ago so I want to acknowledge that. I have some fairly direct questions for the Commissioner and his deputies. I would appreciate short answers purely because of the clock. I would also...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: It was a week.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Is Mr. Harris happy they were qualified to the required level?

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Evan Fitzgerald died in Carlow Shopping Centre on Sunday, 1 June. As we all know, unfortunately, his passing was a very tragic situation. The Garda said he was a young man with some health issues. He was on bail awaiting a court case involving charges for firearm offences. He has now passed and the case has obviously passed with him. What was the provenance of the guns bought off the...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I accept that. I am aware of the response from Fiosrú. I find it amazing. It is the quickest thing that has ever been turned around by Fiosrú or its predecessors. There are investigations ongoing on a range of matters for five, six and seven years. It is amazing that something can be turned around. I would love to see what was referred to Fiosrú in terms of how specific...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: That would be great. Is the Commissioner in a position to say whether gardaí engaged with this individual prior to this controlled delivery that was organised by An Garda Síochána in respect of these guns and ammunition? Is he able to answer in relation to the provenance of the guns?

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Can I move onto another issue?

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: This is one that everybody is well aware of. It was quite a topic. There was outrage last year in respect of a garda being arrested – in fairness, the Commissioner came out and spoke about it subsequently – in relation to a bike being stored at a midlands police station, which was given to a bachelor farmer. He was arrested on 4 June and he gave it on 3 May. The DPP directed...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Was there a warrant?

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: The Commissioner will respond in writing whether there was a warrant used in high-profile case that the whole country was talking about. I thought he would probably know.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I understand that, but the whole country was talking about this. It was on every news station and in every paper. Surely, the Commissioner would have looked at it because it had a confidence issue in respect of An Garda Síochána at the time, it is fair to say, because it seemed absolutely ridiculous. Surely, everything that was done as part of that process was done in the correct...