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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A definitive answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To clarify, the two questions are linked. Both the Garda Commissioner and the chairman of GSOC, Simon O'Brien, have said the same thing, although Mr. O'Brien tried to backtrack from his statement when he was at the committee last week. The reason the investigation was initiated is that the Commissioner had access to a draft report GSOC was preparing and a paragraph in that report was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In the Minister's first statement to the Dáil on the matter of the surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission by people, as yet unidentified, he failed to outline the fact that GSOC had launched a public interest investigation. The Minister also failed to disclose to the Dáil the reasoning behind the launching of that investigation. At the same time, the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What about Fine Gael's history?

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is no faith in the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What about the Minister?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 770. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 [8351/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank Mr. O'Brien. I also have a few technical questions. Was the sweep confined to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission's building or was there a further examination of Mr. O'Brien's own home or his personal mobile phone? If Mr. O'Brien perceived a threat against the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, surely he would also examine his own telephones or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My final question is on a different matter, as I was trying to group them separately. Mr. O'Brien has ruled out categorically An Garda Síochána misconduct. How can he do this, or how can he rule out anyone, if he does not know from where or whom the threat came?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My final question pertained to how Mr. O'Brien had categorically ruled out An Garda Síochána misconduct. I do not know how he can rule out categorically any agency in Ireland or elsewhere or any individual because GSOC has been unable to identify from whom or where the threat came.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the witnesses for coming in. They have tried to persuade us or impress upon us that no event triggered their decision in 2012 to have a sweep of their offices. I am not convinced. Nor am I convinced that nothing happened in 2013 to precipitate a repeat of that sweep. What was found in the sweep in 2012? If nothing was found, it points to incompetence by the company that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will just finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Have they made any attempt to contact the journalist who published this story to allow them provide an answer with regard to some of the parts of the document which, they have stated, will be misrepresentative of the decision they took in the first place to have a sweep?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The point I made about youth unemployment and youth employment was that if we extend people's working lives, 3,000 more people will stay in work each year, which means there will be 3,000 fewer vacancies at the other end. There is a consequence in terms of employment and unemployment, depending on the figures. That might have been one of the reasons the retirement age was changed from 70 to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are consequences and one which was never discussed was the impact on youth employment. The further retirement age is extended, the less opportunity there is at the other end. That is one of the contradictions. We are trying to encourage people to leave the unemployment queues, especially young people, but, at the same time, their working life is being extended. The later retirement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the three speakers for their contributions. The Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 gives effect to some of the arrangements we are discussing today. When we discussed that legislation, it was guillotined, like so many other Bills. These Bills were rushed jobs and we did not get to discuss fully the implications of the proposed changes. There was some minor discussion. I raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish Mr. O'Callaghan well in the task ahead of him. I pay my respects to and congratulate Ms Sylda Langford on the work she undertook and on which she succeeded in delivering. It is a pity that health issues determined that she could not continue with the work and, hopefully, she will be of assistance to Mr. O'Callaghan, having regard to the experience that she gained over the years....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 208. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason patients who have had total hip replacements performed are transferred to another hospital in a taxi rather than an ambulance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7040/14]

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is, in the scheme of things, a fledgling organisation. It was established on foot of the 2005 legislation, came into being in 2007 and took a while to get its house in order. It is important to reflect on the reasons it was established. It was established in response to the Morris tribunal and the absolute failure and incompetence of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (11 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 409. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a waiver system or allowances put in place when the water charge is introduced for residents who have medical conditions that require extra medical use of water. [6914/14]