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- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government considered the matter this morning. The Minister briefed the Cabinet on the events that have occurred in the GSOC controversy following from the committee's hearing last Wednesday. He also briefed the Cabinet in regard to further information and documentation received from GSOC since then and further technical information he has received regarding the alleged surveillance of...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and to inquire into all matters of relevance. It is more than two weeks since this controversy developed. The Minister announced that he would be bringing to Cabinet a number of amendments to the Garda Síochána Act 2005 relating to GSOC and it was agreed at today's Cabinet meeting that the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will be asked to hold hearings for...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I suggest to Deputy Martin, as leader of the Fianna Fáil Party, that if he has information about the maladministration of justice in this country it is his duty and bounden responsibility to bring it to the notice of the Minister for Justice and Equality.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I advise the Deputy that if he has information to back up what he has just said in this House as the leader of his party, he has a duty to bring it to the notice of the Minister and to do so in person. That has happened on many occasions previously. I was speaking about the appointment of a retired High Court judge to review all of the documentation and reports that have been produced on...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I said: "to review all of the documentation and reports" under terms of reference set by the Minister for Justice and Equality -----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and the Attorney General, to report to the Minister within eight weeks.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin wants to question the independence of a High Court judge, he can do so. The judge will look at all the documentation, the process, the technical reports and the statements that have come from everybody in a completely dispassionate and independent way and report to the Minister in the next eight weeks.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I repeat that if Deputy Martin has information about the maladministration of justice in this country, he should bring it to the notice of the Minister for Justice and Equality.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Surely Deputy McDonald is not questioning the independence and objectivity of a High Court judge. I do not expect she is insinuating that in her comments here. The High Court judge will be appointed shortly. The terms of reference will be drawn up by the Minister for Justice and Equality with the advice of the Attorney General.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Of course, those terms of reference will be published. It means the High Court will have access to all of the documents and all of the technical reports. With regard to the requirement for clarity about the sophisticated technical issues in those documents, he will have the opportunity to have expert personnel explain what those complex technicalities might be. These can be difficult for...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald's point about balanced judgment is fair, and I expect that the decision taken by the Government here is a decision in the interests of finding fact and truth from all the documents, comments and statements, some of which have been quite confusing. It is important that that clarity brings the issue of the integrity of both GSOC and the Garda Síochána right into play...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government will not be supporting the Sinn Féin motion, aided and abetted by Fianna Fáil, in this matter. The Minister will introduce a clear set of amendments to Sinn Féin's motion which are in the interests of bringing about clarity, transparency, fact and truth.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is typical of Deputy McDonald to play the old political football in all of this. This is not an inquiry under the 2004 Act. The terms of reference are being set by the Minister for Justice and Equality as advised by the Attorney General. Is Deputy McDonald insinuating that the Attorney General is in any way complicit in something that might not be fair and objective?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Nor do I accept that the Minister for Justice and Equality was trying to distract people's attention from the basic issues at stake here.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Minister was given a written brief by the chairman of GSOC.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Minister reported to the Dáil on that. He goes before the committee tomorrow, where Deputy Mac Lochlainn, who is beside Deputy McDonald, can ask him any question he wishes in regard to this matter. I quite sure Deputy Shatter will deal comprehensively and at length with all of this for Deputy Mac Lochlainn.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Of course, the judge's full report, unredacted, will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and will be discussed by them because, from a Government point of view, what we need here is to look at all of these papers, statements and technical reports and see, arising out of all of this, what is best to do.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: In the meantime, Deputy Stanton's committee will reflect on the efficiency, effectiveness and robustness of the law, take into account public hearings from those personnel and others who have been forthright about their views on the law as it currently stands, and make recommendations to the Minister for Justice and Equality.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: This is not an inquiry for calling witnesses.