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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Regional and Rural Affairs last met on the 12th December 2016 and is due to meet again today, Tuesday May 9 2017.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that no payments have been made by my Department to Kieran Mulvey over the past 36 months to date. Sanction was obtained from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for work to be carried out during 2016 by Mr Mulvey on the independent report on the North East Inner City based on standard approved rates for the sum of €11,800, but this amount has not been drawn down.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform last met on 10th April 2017. The next meeting of the Committee has been scheduled for 15th May.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The first point Deputy Micheál Martin makes is important. I agree it is critical that the public and the Government have absolute faith and trust in the Garda Síochána and, clearly, that has been a matter in respect of which there has been pressure for quite some time. I have faith and every confidence in the Garda Commissioner to do her job. I must point out to the Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The latest revelations are part of a very extensive report produced by a very competent civilian. The report is now before the Committee of Public Accounts. I am quite sure Deputy Micheál Martin, with his long experience in here, realises the importance of the committee and the independent way it is entitled to do its business. The Minister has sent the information to the Policing...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----and that is why the reforms the Government has put in place will deal with the nature, culture and structure of what has evolved in the Garda Síochána for so many years. As the leader of Fianna Fáil, Deputy Martin knows that over many years this culture has moved to a point where it is no longer acceptable and that is why this Commissioner is taking action in accordance...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is why the new commission to look at the structure, professionalism and competency of how the Garda is run is important in terms not of personalities but of that structure.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do get it, but I think it is important that the Committee of Public Accounts is able to do its job.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has no problem coming in here-----

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----to answer questions about matters relevant to the Department of Justice and Equality but there is no point in jumping to conclusions before allowing the agencies and committees that are vested with the authority to report to do so.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams made a point about the leadership of An Garda Síochána under Commissioner O'Sullivan. These events took place quite a number of years ago and is it not only right and proper that we should find out the truth and facts about them? That is why the Committee of Public Accounts is investigating this matter and looking at it. That is why the Policing Authority will...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Policing Authority will make its findings in respect of the oversight there. The Minister for Justice and Equality has no problem in attending the House and has done so on many occasions in recent years, dealing with controversies in the Garda Síochána. These are matters that have to be dealt with and will be dealt with. I would like to see the Committee of Public Accounts...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It seems that Deputy Adams wants to continually tick boxes and ask for another head on another plate. Does he not think that it is appropriate that the most influential committee of this House, the Committee of Public Accounts, be allowed to do its job? On occasions in the past, people associated with the Deputy's party have been the subject of television programmes on a variety of issues,...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----or money was diverted, as we now have some evidence of having happened in Templemore-----

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----it was this Commissioner who took action to find out what exactly had happened.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is why it is necessary for the Committee on Public Accounts to be allowed to do its job, finish its report and present it to the House. The Minister for Justice and Equality will have no difficulty in coming before the House, as necessary-----

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----as she does for Questions to the Tánaiste and Questions to the Minister for Justice and Equality, to give an account of her stewardship of her Department in this matter.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I say again to the Deputy that the terms of reference set out for the commission's analysis of root-and-branch activities include: the structure and management arrangements apply for An Garda Síochána; the appropriate composition, recruitment and training of the men and women who serve in An Garda Síochána; the culture and the ethos of policing; the appropriate structures...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is a matter that needs to be dealt with and is being dealt with. I hope the Deputy agrees that the Committee of Public Accounts and the other oversight bodies should be allowed to do their work.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The attack on Jimmy Campion at the age of 94 in Roscrea, County Tipperary and his wife, Maura, who is aged 87, was an attack of cowardice and wanton brutality. I do not know who the people who broke into that house are, the condition they were in or the state of their minds, but to do that to an elderly person is unforgivable in so many ways. Unfortunately, it is not the first time it has...