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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Is Mr. Finn saying that there are only 22 cases that are currently at risk, according to his projections or his analysis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Does that match with what the Justice for Wards group has said? Does Mr. Finn feel their concerns-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I know that. Thank you, Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (11 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if child benefit will be extended to persons over 18 years of age until they complete full time secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43106/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build a primary school for children with autism in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a project (details supplied) was referred to the immigrant investor programme committee; if so, the reason it was not successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42503/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the due diligence that is carried out on companies submitting projects to the immigrant investor programme; if an assessment was made of a company (details supplied) that has submitted projects; if tax clearance and other checks are carried out on companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42504/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the representations made by Members of the Government for projects submitted under the immigrant investor programme in each of the past three years; if he will release the representations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug eteplirsen is available for persons here; his plans to fund this drug for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42892/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Travel Information and Authorisation System: Motions (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: When is it envisaged that this will be implemented? I echo the questions about Brexit. Is there any indication about Britain's role within Europol post-Brexit because that obviously will have a significant impact on European citizens going in and out? Is there any indication when this regulation will be fully implemented across the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank the acting Garda Commissioner and his team for coming in to the committee and I wish him well in his new role. I also acknowledge the work of Assistant Commissioner O'Sullivan in what was a comprehensive report. As Deputy Brophy has said, it is important that the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality recognises and acknowledges the great work done across all levels of An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: In his overview, Mr. O'Sullivan said how under section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2010, MAT checkpoints were introduced and how during the period pre-2009 most MAT checkpoints were not electronically recorded and that some local managers developed a practice of recording these under the generic category, which I believe we addressed these before, of "Attention and Complaints". This outlines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Would Mr. Finn say the figures from 2007 or 2008 were more or less accurate than the figures after that period, or is it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Would it then be fair to say that the records from 2007 and 2008 cannot be verified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: I want to go back to another point. Assistant Commissioner O'Sullivan mentioned that there was no performance management regarding mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints and that they were based on reducing road deaths. This is mentioned in many of the Garda's policing plans. In correspondence with the justice committee, Assistant Commissioner O'Sullivan has said the results of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Many of the policing plans - I have a number of them here - mention performance indicators in which the lead responsibility or process owner around divisions and regions were related to breath tests. For example, in one policing plan the number of MAT checkpoints and the number of over-the-limit arrests made in Waterford in 2012 are outlined. In Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, south in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: We know those policing plans were incorporated from when the checkpoint process begun in 2006. Does Mr. Ó Cualáin think that performance management process and the KPIs that were detailed in all the policing plans had a contributory role in the inflation of breath test figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Would that process have given weight to the observation by the Policing Authority chairperson, Ms Feehily, that there was an implicit expectation? Would Mr. Ó Cualáin say there is a link between the implicit expectation regarding the number of MAT checkpoints and the number of breath tests? Did that generate an implicit expectation regarding the targets that were there?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: Does Mr. Ó Cualáin think it would be fair to say that the over-ambitious targets, as mentioned in the Garda's report - I accept they are multivariable and factorial - would have been a contributory factor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jack Chambers: On a separate point, was there any evidence of-----