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Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The date on which the letter was written to RTE by the spokesman for the Commissioner was 22 November.

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I want to know when the result of the investigation was made known to the Minister. Does he have it now?

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: When did the Minister intend to inform the House of that?

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I ask the Minister to tell me when the investigation was concluded. Will he put the report into the public domain? The reply that paraphrased the findings of the second investigation was issued to RTE, rather than to any Member of this House who had tabled a parliamentary question — so much for the parliamentary oversight facility that the Minister had such regard for in his earlier...

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: One of the main findings of the early reports of the Morris tribunal is that disciplinary action within the Garda Síochána takes on the character of a criminal trial with a criminal level of proof required. This is hopelessly inadequate. If the normal code of work practice is breached in any other working environment, then the offender can be disciplined or turfed out.

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister said in reply that there are ongoing discussions with the Garda Conciliation Council concerning new regulations. When will these ongoing discussions come to a conclusion? When can we have regulations that are appropriate to today? It is a long time since the original Morris tribunal was established. It is a long time since its first report. However, changing things seems...

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister is obliged to consult the council, but he is also obliged to have an outcome to the process. If he thinks that the outcome of these matters is satisfactory, we will draw our own conclusions.

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I was never Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The truth is that the Minister cannot take any criticism at all.

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: In my contribution today, I deliberately decided not to go through the gross negligence of the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and his Attorney General on the foundation of these matters. I want to look to the future and not to the past, but I also want to look at today. I expect that a Minister who wallows in his own self-importance would accept what I am saying as...

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I am to be shouted down by a man who does not seek to make an intervention using the procedures of the House, which I would willingly accept.

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I want him to answer the questions that I posed, but I want to engage constructively in this debate, as I have done from this side of the House. I did not drag up his failings on these matters, which are many and varied, because I want to build a transparent and accountable future for policing. That is the desire of the vast bulk of citizens in this State, as well as the bulk of decent,...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 on 9 March, 2005, in which he confirmed his own responsibility in law as Minister for the performance of any functions which are assigned by law to his Department, the basis on which he proposes to confer statutory functions in relation to prison building on the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (30 Nov 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that being without a further contract of employment in 2002 and thus without an income, a person (details supplied) was obliged under duress to sign a waiver of their right to a pension lump sum in order to draw down their severance payment; if he will take steps to ensure that the full benefit of the...

Nursing Home Inspections. (5 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: It was a good idea.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (5 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the publication of the report into deaths in Leas Cross, her views on the recommendations made in the report; the measures she will take to ensure implementation of the recommendations; the timeframe for implementation of same; the timeframe for an independent inspectorate for nursing homes; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no access to medical help for victims of rape in Dublin at weekends as there is no doctor available for on-call duty in the city's sexual assault unit; her views on whether this is acceptable; the locations and hours of sexual assault units here; the steps she will take to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if a decision on this application will be expedited in view of the nature of the applicant's work which requires them to travel freely within the EU and is hindered in doing so by virtue of the fact that...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (5 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a holiday visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41252/06]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (5 Dec 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in February 2002, he has sought or received a copy of the report of the reinvestigation team; if so, the date of the request and the date on which it was received; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in response to a...