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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: The motto of the Garda is always to address not only the causes of crime but also the fear of crime. Of great concern in recent months has been the situation on O'Connell Street and serious incidents which have happened on the streets close by. One of our Dublin Deputies told me recently about a bus driver who was badly assaulted, with cuts around his face and neck, when he tried to fight...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: As I said earlier, the Garda recruitment targets are continually missed. We are faced with a potential net loss of gardaí this year despite the promises of an additional 1,000 officers. The workers and residents in the north inner city deserve better. I hear what the Minister says about the scrambler legislation she has introduced, and I understand that the Road Traffic (Amendment)...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update related to section 67 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022, including an outline of the rationale behind the amendment’s inclusion in the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33989/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: Will the Minister of State provide an update on section 67 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022, including an outline of the rationale behind the inclusion of an amendment in the Bill, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. If someone breaches confidentiality after a direction is given, he or she is liable to a class A fine. Thankfully, there is still no offence on indictment, but this still threatens an inequality of arms, as many ordinary people, or even activists who are interacting with the DPC, will not be in a position to pay such a fine. The amendment has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (11 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: As I said in a debate on legislation in recent weeks, I have sympathy for the Data Protection Commission in that it is under-resourced and, at some stages, it seems deliberately so. I also note the Government increased funding to the Data Protection Commission long after we in Sinn Féin made provision for doing so in our alternative budget under Deputy Martin Kenny two years ago. It...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: The broad outreach and everything else that is good about football in this country was brought home to me at the end-of-season matches in Kerry. The captain of our B team was from Tibet. Looking around at the three teams present, there were also Ukrainians and Nigerians. The most inclusive and welcoming sports clubs in the country are probably those that play football. It is the...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: The introduction of an element of formality to these extra powers being given to An Garda Síochána is welcome. On amendments Nos. 3 and 4, I agree that, if there have been two authorisations, notwithstanding that they have received approval from a superintendent and a District Court judge, in order to concentrate minds as to how serious these powers are, it would be more prudent if...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: On what the Minister said there about petty thefts, a theft offence, if it is on indictment, carries a penalty of up to five years, so it is possible that could be included in it, and all the more reason that if we are going into a six-month time period of a continuous assessment of it, it would be prudent to go to a Circuit Court judge-----

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: -----so they can weigh it up and take everything into account. There is definitely more scrutiny imposed in the Circuit Court than there would be in any other courts.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 11: In page 23, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Language 7.Following the commencement of this Act, all titles of bodies or officers of those bodies established in this Act, including ranks of members of An Garda Síochána, shall, for official purposes, be referred to in the Irish language only.”.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: We have met the unions on this. They have major concerns. I am encouraged by what the Minister is saying about the ongoing negotiations. The civil servants working in the Prison Service may have some of the same concerns. That should be taken into account if there is a difficulty in this regard. That could be another problem coming down the tracks.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 21: In page 58, to delete lines 22 to 25 and substitute the following: "(2) Before determining policing priorities, the Authority shall consult any such persons as the Authority considers appropriate.". This is just making the point that we would like the authority to have more power and not to be beholden to the Commissioner entirely.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: It states the authority shall consult any such persons as the authority considers appropriate. It does not exclude the Garda Commissioner at all. It is just that we do not feel it should be necessary to name anyone specifically, because such a person would be covered by the wording "any such persons as the Authority considers appropriate".

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 22: In page 66, to delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute "it for the period to which an annual service plan relates, so inform the Board, the Authority and the Minister.". When the Commissioner feels he will exceed his resources for the year, he is obliged to tell only the Minister and the board. The amendment will add an additional obligation, to tell the...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 34: In page 109, to delete line 17 and substitute the following: "(d) to carry out, at its own initiative or at the request of the Minister, inspections in relation to any particular aspects of the operation and administration of An Garda Síochána relating to policing services (including in relation to adherence to human rights standards and cooperation with...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 45: In page 173, lines 27 and 28, to delete “, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner”. The legislation as currently drafted provides that "The Police Ombudsman shall, on receipt of a notification [...] having consulted with the Garda Commissioner [...] decide to take any one or more of" a number of listed actions. This seems to impose an...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: Obviously, we do not want to prevent the police ombudsman having a consultation with the Garda Commissioner if he or she wishes to do so but, in order to preserve the office's independence, we do not feel there should be any such obligation. From my reading of it, it seems there is an obligation. That is why we will be pressing the amendment.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 46: In page 192, line 4, to delete “18 months” and substitute “24 months”. The amendment speaks for itself. It extends the period to 24 months.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Pa Daly: Given what the Minister has said about engaging further, and we will engage further with GSOC ourselves, I will withdraw the amendment.