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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will have to look at the Long Title again because the committee's removal from it means it will have to be changed. I am sure he will do so prior to Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regrettably it is not being pressed. The committee has already voted to establish the judicial appointments commission so I will not press the amendment since the committee has decided to hold onto the commission.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (15 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is probably another record. I do not think a Government has suffered so many five-three defeats at one meeting of a committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. I echo the Chairman's words in offering his condolences on the death of detective superintendent Colm Fox. I will begin with some questions to Dr. Singh regarding the homicide review. Is it correct that Dr.Singh is head of the analysis service in An Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: On 27 April 2017, Dr. Singh was part of a group of senior garda management that attended a meeting of the Policing Authority. Does Dr. Singh recall that meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: At that meeting, members of the Policing Authority raised questions about the homicide review and answers were given by senior members of An Garda Síochána. Does Dr. Singh have any concerns about the accuracy of the answers that were given by members of An Garda Síochána to the Policing Authority in respect of the homicide review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I take it that Dr. Singh did have concerns about some of the answers at that meeting from Garda senior management to the Policing Authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I know, but that is part of the reason Dr. Singh had concerns?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I had a look at the report yesterday because it was available on the Internet. Does Dr. Singh agree that the representation conveyed to the Policing Authority was that the analysis and investigation sections had completed their analysis and the report and all that remained was the implementation of a couple of recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Dr. Singh agree that at the end of that meeting the Policing Authority was left with the impression that it was a report that had been approved by the Garda in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Dr. Singh did that subsequently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: When did Dr. Singh see the report for the first time? I am referring to the report referred to at the meeting of the Policing Authority on 27 April.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: What were Dr. Singh's views when he saw the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: When Dr. Singh received the report some weeks after 27 April, was he being asked, in respect of the analysis unit, to sign off on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: What was Dr. Singh's view of the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Did Dr. Singh communicate to senior Garda management his inability to sign off on the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There was a subsequent meeting of the Policing Authority on 29 June 2017 which Dr. Singh attended. Again, the homicide review was raised. In fairness to Dr. Singh, it was in the context of issues related to dangerous driving causing death. However, I think he did say the database had been rectified. In that reference was he trying to indicate that the homicide review issue had been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: On 29 June the Policing Authority was informed that the report was close to conclusion. Was Dr. Singh's unit involved with the report at that stage? If so, who in Dr. Singh's unit was dealing with it?