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Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am not easily shocked. I have been here only six years but I have never heard anything like what I heard from the Minister. I was shocked by it. I was also shocked by his personal attack on the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts. I thank the Chairman and all the members of the PAC for the work they did. It is a powerful report and given the remit they had they did incredibly...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: The Taoiseach has already agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Naval Vessels (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the basis on which permission was granted to a US warship (details supplied) to dock in Cobh in March 2017; and if Defence Forces personnel were involved in supplying security to the warship. [15483/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (29 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to release immediately a report into complaints made by persons (details supplied); if he will direct the HSE to present the report to the persons concerned in its original unedited format as delivered to the HSE on 7 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15563/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the process undertaken by the Policing Authority regarding the recent competition and selection for the rank of assistant commissioner in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15699/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that Garda senior management is still capable of performing its duties to the highest standard following the revelation that 14,700 persons were convicted in the courts without a fixed charge notice first being issued and that the number of drink driving tests carried out was exaggerated by over 937,000; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to strengthen the current legislation which established the Policing Authority, in particular with regard to oversight and accountability, following the ongoing crises surrounding senior Garda management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15695/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the Garda Commissioner will be able to fully commit to her role as head of policing and security services while a tribunal of inquiry is tasked with investigating certain allegations surrounding her conduct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15696/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I would like to put my first question to Assistant Commissioner Michael Finn. He was chief superintendent in charge of a Cork division for a few years. What was the overestimation of breath testing in his division?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: Did Mr. Finn never suspect that the figure might not be accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: Given the figures were so inflated, would it be true that it goes without saying that a lot of members knew they were inflating the figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am told by many members that the real big ambition in the Garda is always promotion because things gets better as one goes up. Might the fear that telling the truth about the figures could possibly damage one's promotion prospects have been an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: Does Mr. Finn think not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: That is fine. I do not expect Mr. Finn to speak for anyone else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: To the best of my knowledge, I heard Mr. Finn take responsibility last week for over 13,000 mistakes. Would that be true? Mr. Finn accepts some responsibility for the fact that things went haywire around the fixed charge notices. Mr. Finn will have noticed that yesterday I raised in the Dáil the issue of a female garda who is stationed in Bray. I have the result of an internal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will not identify anyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: I have not. I am merely puzzled that the law is so different for those in senior management from the foot soldiers. Maybe I am missing something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: For the record, in the case I was referring to the person was exonerated totally at the Criminal Court. Let me move on. My next question is for Assistant Commissioner Michael Finn. We know that breath test figures were dramatically inflated. Might the figures for checkpoints also be inflated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: With regard to mandatory alcohol test checkpoints, I understand an inspector must sign an order prior to a checkpoint to make it legal. Might it be possible that very often this order is signed afterwards, or is this untrue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: Never.