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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is why we want to probe these issues. We have an abbreviated report and recommendations that are in the public domain for two months and that is what we want to examine today. I presume we will look to bring in more witnesses to answer these matters. We will assist that process to deal with these barriers, so that the commission can get on with its work. I call on Senator Ó...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will you hold that thought when Senator Ó Clochartaigh has finished? We will break for approximately six or seven minutes to vote and then come back. My apologies for the inconvenience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are now back in public session. I invite the commissioners to respond to the questions put before the suspension of the sitting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before I call Deputy Daly, I wish to take the opportunity to ask a few questions because Senator Ó Clochartaigh and I have to attend another engagement at 5.40 p.m. The background to the formation of GSOC was the Morris tribunal which caused huge concern throughout the State and cost it dear financially and in terms of public confidence in the workings of the Garda Síochána....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the delegation. It has made recommendations and I ask them to submit them to the secretariat for our deliberations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Do the commission members wish to respond to those questions at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before he poses his next question, I ask Deputy Wallace to take the Chair. I apologise for being obliged to leave early and I thank our guests for their contributions.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is now 18 months since Second Stage of the Legal Services Regulation Bill. I am sure the Tánaiste will agree that this is a hugely important Bill in terms of the administration of law in this State and its impact on many people, particularly in respect of cost. We were supposed to take Committee Stage next Wednesday. The Opposition worked extremely hard this week to get our...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Young People's Policy Framework (4 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date on the development of the new five year Children and Young People's Policy Framework; when she expects its completion and publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32582/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (4 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that an assertion in an affidavit, the High Court Record No. 2006/1177P, on behalf of the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, the then Minister for Justice and the Attorney General, that on 19 July 2000 a gun and ammunition, central to the case, were destroyed, is correct. [32655/13]

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is yet another Bill that has been significantly amended since first publication. That is acceptable. The Minister has, once again, taken the opportunity to include miscellaneous provisions on a range of other issues that needed to be addressed, and that is fine. However, on Tuesday last, the Minister's colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I can assure the Minister it was an unintended pun. We were shattered by this. The approach the Minister has taken is fine. He has identified issues that need to be addressed and this is the vehicle to do it, but he used that approach to attack a perfectly good Bill that we were inviting him to amend and allow to go to Committee Stage. I take the opportunity to make that little complaint....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme Numbers (9 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on special community employment allowance and their locations; if the full allocation of CE allowance positions has been filled and the reason there are empty positions. [33269/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Gender Recognition Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the Gender Recognition Bill 2013; the date on which she will publish her own Bill on gender recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33268/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Banking Sector Investigations (9 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the length of time it is taking to bring Anglo Irish Bank officials to trial; the reason for the delay in compiling and analysing evidence in the Anglo Irish Bank case; if at any stage the investigating team faced obstruction or delay in the delivery of evidence from either Anglo Irish Bank or witnesses; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (9 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any criminal investigation is ongoing into events at Irish Nationwide Building Society, including the activity of the former head of the institution. [33088/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (9 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a minimum age requirement for persons whose details are entered into the Garda PULSE system and the age of the youngest person whose details have been entered into the Garda PULSE system. [33482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (10 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions of his Department or agencies to meet with emigrants and encourage them to return to work. [33501/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Emigration Data (10 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider responding to the findings of the National Youth Council report on emigration; their effect on the labour force and detailing the steps taken by his Department to stem the tide of emigration and actions taken to encourage the return of emigrants. [33500/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (10 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person's (details supplied) application to higher education access route, HEAR, did not meet the correct criteria to be considered for a placement, one of which is that they are not from a disadvantaged area. [33677/13]