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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: On every occasion on which he has something to say about An Garda Síochána, Deputy Wallace appears to be engaged in a campaign to undermine public confidence in the force.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is incapable of acknowledging in any shape for form the good work done across a broad range of matters-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: -----and the substantial reduction in crime rates across the vast majority of areas. This is an issue in respect of which he is also incapable of acknowledging that even some of the allegations made have been established to be incorrect.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy knows, Assistant Commissioner O'Mahony's report only became available in May 2013. It was then referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is at it again. Is there any aspect of that report he accepts to be true or accurate?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is at it again.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Deputy Wallace is making a career out of blackguarding the Garda Síochána.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: That is exactly what the Deputy is at.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I remind the Deputy that he is a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. The two reports to which I referred were referred to that committee and it was open to that committee to hold hearings, call in An Garda Síochána and raise any questions it sought to raise arising out of those reports with other individuals. What the committee did was send...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have the transcript of what took place when the Garda Ombudsman appeared before the Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. In response to a question raised, Carmel Foley of the GSOC addressed the matter and made references that correspond with what I said. She said that they were conscious that the whistleblower was a serving Garda and, therefore, they could not under the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. I begin by apologising to Deputies if my voice is not very clear. I seem to have some type of bug, but I will try my best. Before giving my reply to these questions, I take the opportunity to pay tribute to the work done by An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces and Civil Defence in recent days in helping people...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 18 together. It is my understanding that the issue raised by the Deputy relates to the work experience placements of childcare trainees in childcare projects. This placement is short term in nature and is usually organised by colleges as part of the training on childcare courses. The colleges conduct Garda vetting of the persons on the course, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Following the publication of the two Garda reports on fixed charge notices the Garda Commissioner established an implementation group to revise the Garda Policy document on the Fixed Charge Processing System and to implement the recommendations from these reports in consultation with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The output from this work was a circular from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: It is important to understand the basis for a referral of a matter to the Garda Ombudsman Commission under section 102 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. Section 102 permits me to refer a matter to the Garda Ombudsman Commission for investigation where it appears to me to indicate that some members of the Garda Síochána may have committed an offence or behaved in a manner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protection for Whistleblowers (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 25 together. The Garda Síochána (Confidential Reporting of Corruption or Malpractice) Regulations 2007 provide for an independent Confidential Recipient to whom members of the Force can report, in confidence, instances where they believe there may be corruption or malpractice within the Force. The Confidential Recipient is required to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Data (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: As I have advised the Deputy previously, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has indicated that in the interest of confidentiality it will not be providing details or breakdowns of the numbers of applications for the various debt solutions received or being processed at this time. The ISI has indicated that it fully intends to provide quarterly statistics once a statistically meaningful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: To date, 680 applications have been received under the ex gratia scheme which was established by Government for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford. The applications are being processed as quickly as possible and over 280 letters of formal offer...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I should clarify for the Deputy that the persons we are referring to here are failed asylum applicants who are now applicants for subsidiary protection. Subsidiary protection is protection to be granted to a person in respect of whom substantial grounds have been shown for believing that the person concerned, if returned to his or her country of origin, would face a real risk of suffering...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 29 together. The Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 makes it an offence for any person to deliberately withhold information regarding sexual and other serious offences committed against a child or other vulnerable person. Under section 2 of the Act, a person who knows or believes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: To date, 680 applications have been received under the ex gratia scheme which was established by Government for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford. The applications are being processed as quickly as possible and over 280 letters of formal offer...