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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: The Minister can come back in at any stage.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Correct.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Unfortunately, some of us do not have the slides. Could the Chairman facilitate us by making them available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Commissioner and his team. To start on a positive note, I believe that the public has significant confidence in Mr. Harris's leadership style. He is out and about meeting people and engaging. That is extremely important. I will offer a little context to Deputy Clare Daly's questioning about the draft report and the Policing Authority. I have been a member of this committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Mr. Harris is confident then that on 24 February the report will be escalated and that whatever discipline issues he is concerned about will be either dealt with or redacted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: That is reasonable. Deputy Wallace asked a number of the questions I was going to ask about protected disclosures. How many protected disclosures are before the Commissioner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: I just want to get an understanding of the number of protected disclosures being brought to the Commissioner's attention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Mr. Harris has spoken about IT, the development of structures and the significant costs involved. In An Garda Síochána in recent years there have been serious difficulties with IT malfunctions, if I may call them that, or challenges with or human error associated with IT. Is Mr. Harris confident that all information processed and collected at checkpoints is properly escalated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Essentially, the human element is what is inserted into the handheld device, but as for the handheld device being put onto a docking station-type system to upload the information, the witnesses are satisfied that that is essentially fool-proof at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Mr. Harris has been in the job for in or around six months. Do any other areas jump out at him that may lead to reputational damage or reputational risk to the force at present? Has anything come to light that he is concerned about and that he would like to share with us this morning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: I have two final issues. Regarding structure and organisational change, and referring to my own area of the mid-west, our very good chief superintendent, John Kerins, retired at Christmas, and we wish him well. He was a super member of An Garda Síochána. There is a concern in County Clare about how long it will take to fill the position of chief super. Second, the issue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: That is fine. In recent weeks, there have been significant reports in the media about protests at the homes of key politicians. We saw it happen last Sunday in a despicable way at the home of the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris. Is the Garda Commissioner considering reviewing security at the homes of key Ministers in the Government, members of the Judiciary and other key...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: Finally, is the Garda Commissioner proposing to reopen Stepaside Garda station? Are there plans to open other Garda stations in the Dublin area in the coming months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: I was not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: No. There are some Garda stations in County Clare that I would like to see reopened as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: The Commissioner will discuss the draft report with the Policing Authority. An engagement on that in the near future might not be a bad idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: The Chairman and I sit on a committee in Brussels, the remit of which is the political oversight of Europol. Perhaps at some stage in the future the Commissioner might inform and enlighten us regarding his views on Europol, because he has great experience having served with the PSNI and An Garda Síochána, and what An Garda Síochána would like to see in the advancement of...

Seanad: Progress in Relation to Climate Change: Statements (14 Feb 2019)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister to the House. I completely disagree with my colleague. The Minister's speech was well balanced and reassuring. It was a good appraisal of where we are going on this. His conclusion spoke of collaboration, co-operation and collective responsibility, words that sum up where we need to go and the importance of this issue. We have to balance how we execute our...