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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (4 Jun 2014)

Niall Collins: 166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government plan to revisit its decision not to participate in the European investigation order scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23939/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (4 Jun 2014)

Niall Collins: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government had prepared legislation to implement the framework decision on the European Evidence Warrant 2008/978/JHA before the deadline for transposition into national law passed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23940/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: It is also reported - I think it is a fact - that there is a tape of the conversation, but I will move on. Mr. Purcell said in his opening statement which was circulated to us in advance that he considered the Department had acted "in a reasonable manner" in dealing with the whistleblowers. How can he reconcile this with the Guerin report statement: "The deficiencies identified in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: On a number of occasions the new Minister has failed to express confidence in Mr. Purcell as Secretary General following publication of the Guerin report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: No, it is not and Mr. Purcell is happy to deal with it. He is outlining a reform and a work programme. Why does he believe the new Minister has failed to expressed confidence in him? Does he believe he can do his job properly in the absence of her doing so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: It was a reasonable question to ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: I have not done that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: At the start of the meeting the Chairman put a number of questions to Mr. Purcell. His position is that he is not going to discuss his visit to residence of the former Commissioner, Martin Callinan. Did he have occasion to visit Mr. Callinan's residence on other business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: If the committee in its collective wisdom decided to invite the Taoiseach, the former Minister, Mr. Purcell and the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach to appear before us together, would that be an issue for Mr. Purcell?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: I think it is something we will have to consider in time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: I have a number of questions and I am not delaying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: The committee will have to discuss the option of bringing before us the Taoiseach, the former Minister, the Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach and Mr. Purcell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: Let us have more information put into the public domain. The public deserves that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: In regard to the whistleblowers, what was Mr. Purcell's reaction to the McCabe-Connolly transcript and its contents? When did he become aware of it and what, if anything, did he do about it? I refer to the comments by Mr. Connolly regarding what the former Minister would seek to do to Sergeant McCabe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: What did he think and what action, if any, did he take when he became aware of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: What about the contents of the transcript?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: It shone a light into an area of dysfunction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: In Mr. Purcell's conversations with Mr. Connolly on the transcript, did he deny any of the contents or details of the transcript?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: He did not deny the contents of it and he was more concerned about the fact that the conversation was recorded than by the substance of what was said. That is effectively what Mr. Purcell is saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Niall Collins: Did this not set off alarm bells for Mr. Purcell? As Secretary General of the Department, when all this was being reported in the media and then this explosive transcript became known, can I be forgiven for thinking there was complete disregard and inertia? He may have thought Maurice McCabe dreamed up the entire conversation. From what he is telling us, Oliver Connolly did not deny anything.