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- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why not?
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is farcical.
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not carry on.
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is farcical.
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Buttimer should stop being a hound dog.
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have to protest.
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the Dáil on 23 May 2001 the Minister questioned the then Minister with responsibility for justice, former Deputy John O'Donoghue, about allegations made which became the subject matter of the Morris tribunal in County Donegal. In particular, he asked whether the Minister would confirm whether there was an allegation that gardaí in County Donegal were bugging conversations...
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who sits on the working group established in November by the Garda Commissioner following his consultations with the Attorney General on 11 November? Was the Department of Justice and Equality aware of the working group's remit? Why did the Attorney General not inform the Department and the Minister that a working group had been established by the Commissioner to investigate the recordings?...
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister clarify who sits on the working group established by the Garda Commissioner in November last year following his consultations with the Office of the Attorney General on 11 November? Was the Department aware of the working group's remit? Why did the Attorney General not inform the Department of Justice and Equality and the Minister that a working group was being established...
- Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let us together walk the path that the whistleblowers have walked over the past two years. We will start off with the coming together of the two men. Can the Minister imagine they probably met while they were on duty, or in whatever circumstances, and got talking about some of the issues that they had come across? They, maybe, found strength in each other to raise them and then took their...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Apologise to the two Garda whistleblowers.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why no apology? There has been a number of missed opportunities.
- Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sure the Minister will understand why many citizens will be very sceptical about all of this. Many more will be outraged that under a succession of Ministers for Justice from Fianna Fáil, the Progressive Democrats and Fine Gael, thousands of telephone calls in and out of Garda stations were recorded, inappropriately and illegally in some instances. Did these include detained...
- Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He sought to minimise concern about the implementation of the penalty points system by the Garda. He even went onto the plinth to attack the two whistleblowers in a scurrilous effort to undermine their credibility when the O'Mahoney report was published. I remember the exchanges in this Chamber at that time. Later, he wrongly and disgracefully, accused the Garda whistleblowers of not...
- Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Subsequently, the former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, who has enjoyed the Minister's unswerving support, gave evidence to the Committee on Public Accounts and went so far as to say the actions of the two Garda whistleblowers were "disgusting". The Minister and the Garda Commissioner tried to prevent Sergeant McCabe giving evidence to the PAC. Then there was the scandal of...
- Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister, however, who will be responsible for overseeing this process, is the very Minister who has been at the heart of all of the recent scandals. I note that the independent policing authority was not included in the programme for Government. Hence the importance some parties attribute to that decision. There is an opportunity for a step change, a new beginning, in policing,...
- Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----a "heavy gang" within the Garda who brutalised people in custody; serious miscarriages of justice; wrongful convictions and the abandonment of the principle that all citizens, including suspects, held in Garda custody, must have rights in our justice system. It was also evident in the Kerry babies case; in the behaviour of some gardaí in Donegal that was exposed by the Morris...
- Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The succession of bad decisions taken by the Minister, supported by the Government and intended to obstruct proper scrutiny of policing, have done untold damage to public confidence in the administration of justice and to An Garda Síochána. The latest twist in the succession of scandals and crises that have emerged on the Minister's watch occurred yesterday. We were told that the...
- Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the introduction of this Bill to the House and commend Deputy Halligan on his preparation of it. My party and I welcome the spirit of this Bill and will be supporting its progress to Committee Stage. However should the Bill get to that Stage, Sinn Féin will seek to amend it in order to strengthen it further. I will speak further about this a little later in my contribution....
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (25 Mar 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For a lay person, as I am in this regard, reviewing matters is important. Some of the former members of the Defence Forces, some of whom I met with the family, have detailed and expert knowledge as they were serving members in the area. The circumstances of the events involved will never leave them and they have followed all of the investigations in great detail. This is not just about...