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Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: That is not the full story, though.

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the appointment of the retired High Court judge and I wish him well in his pursuit of clarity and truth. I was most disappointed to hear some of the comments from the Opposition benches with regard to the appointment of a member of the Judiciary to deal with the issue. I hope the record of the House does not include all of the comments from the other side when people made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (18 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: 572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce legislation facilitating a system of annual index linked periodic payment orders for the lifetime of a person suffering serious and lasting injury where negligence of another has been established. [8014/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: 15. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to restore public confidence in the quality of the maternity service being provided at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in view of the number of expectant mothers who will be attending the hospital in the coming weeks and months. [6703/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: 73. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of accommodation, staffing levels, implementation of national protocols, equipment, professional training and development for personnel in the maternity unit at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6704/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Infant Mortality Data (13 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: 183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inquests carried out in relation to perinatal or infant deaths at each maternity unit in the State each year for the past ten years. [7203/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates (13 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths recorded at each maternity unit in the State each year for the past ten years. [7202/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates Report (13 Feb 2014)

Charles Flanagan: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive reviews carried out at maternity units in the State in respect of perinatal or infant hospital deaths each year for the past ten years. [7204/14]

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

Charles Flanagan: I agree.

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

Charles Flanagan: Who will rule on clarifications? Supplementary questions are not clarifications.

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

Charles Flanagan: On a point of clarification, does that in effect mean that we are dealing with a situation where the ombudsman is investigating the ombudsman? How does that sit with Mr. O’Brien?

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

Charles Flanagan: We should hear the answer.

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

Charles Flanagan: The specific matter of Mr. O'Brien's mind leads me to the next question. The GSOC is something of a triumvirate. Is the commission at one with regard to the sequence of events? Were the three commissioners at one in terms of calling in the UK firm as security? Where they at one in terms of their belief that something was awry? Did they all have suspicions? I note that Mr. O'Brien...

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

Charles Flanagan: I have four minutes. I thought I had ten minutes.

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

Charles Flanagan: Two minutes?

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

Charles Flanagan: On the matter of the third anomaly, the UK 3G network, many of the commission's staff, Mr. O'Brien included, reside in the United Kingdom. Does anybody on the staff engage in any work practices outside the office or have recourse to any mobile phones within the United Kingdom? It would strike me that Mr. O'Brien, as somebody who resides in the United Kingdom, would have a UK phone.

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

Charles Flanagan: I will be as brief as possible. I have five questions, which I will ask while fully recognising the independence, importance and integrity of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, which has a crucial oversight role in terms of public service and security. The first point concerns the specific allegations, as made in the newspaper. The second concerns the role of the...

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

Charles Flanagan: I just want to deal with anomalies 2 and 3, as reported. I refer to the conference call telephone in Mr. O'Brien's office and to dealing with the threshold, as outlined by him. How does his suspicion tally with the comments of Mr. FitzGerald last night on television? He stated the chance of the occurrence being benign or having happened by chance was between remote and zero. Assuming he...

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

Charles Flanagan: Is it not necessarily Mr. FitzGerald's view now? Is it the view of the commission?

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

Charles Flanagan: That has nothing to do with this matter.