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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (28 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15160/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Simon Communities of Ireland (29 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Simon Communities for coming in and commend it for all the excellent work it does throughout the country. Many of us know how difficult it is for people to get housing because they contact us to say they cannot get social housing or private rented accommodation there is such a shortage of supply. I can only imagine how much more difficult it must be for somebody coming out of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the proposed independent review of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15901/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Obviously, it has been quite an eventful week for justice and An Garda Síochána. Will the Tánaiste give an indication to the House of the status of the proposed independent review of An Garda Síochána which the Government announced earlier this week, and will she make a statement on the issue?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Tánaiste for her reply. I agree that it would be appropriate, if there will be mid to long-term changes in An Garda Síochána, that we as Members of the Oireachtas try to get some form of agreed approach in respect of the review. Nonetheless, there are issues which remain arising from the two controversies highlighted by An Garda Síochána this day last...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to indicate to the Tánaiste the basis for my concern about the timelines. In the statement on the timelines provided by senior management of An Garda Síochána, they outlined that it was on 24 February 2017 that a sample of data was received from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety. I asked the witnesses before the Committee on Justice and Equality today when they sought...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the inclusion of the Garda representative organisations in the working group that is examining industrial relations structures for An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15902/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: This is also a question about An Garda Síochána, which is probably no surprise, but it is in respect of a different area. As the Tánaiste is aware, some months ago we came very close to a Garda strike which would have been unprecedented in the history of the State. The Tánaiste and the Government agreed to consider mechanisms whereby the Garda representative associations...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: This is a very important issue. It involves very complicated factors such as whether gardaí would have a right to strike. At present, they do not have that right. I am not suggesting that the Garda Representative Association, GRA, or the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, should have a veto on proposed legislation. However, it is important, if we are setting up a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Workplace Relations Commission (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome that the Tánaiste has indicated that the representative associations will be integrated into the second phase of the process. It is important that their views are heard. The industrial dispute a number of months ago damaged An Garda Síochána in the eyes of the public. The prospect that members of An Garda Síochána would not be available to protect the...

Other Questions: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask Shane Ross.

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

Jim O'Callaghan: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions An Garda Síochána is taking to improve the workings of the fixed charge notice system and the recording of breathalyser tests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15664/17]

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

Jim O'Callaghan: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will include the Garda representative organisations in the working group that is examining industrial relations structures for An Garda Síochána. [15666/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing gambling legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure the 19 women who have received awards under the ex-gratia scheme for survivors of the Magdalen laundries receive payment promptly and notwithstanding the fact that assisted capacity legislation has not yet commenced; and if she will refer all cases to the national advocacy service for representation. [15665/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (30 Mar 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a recent report (details supplied) that indicates that two thirds of farming families have been affected by crime relating to their farming enterprise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15667/17]

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

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Commissioner and her colleagues for attending this meeting. In her statement, the Garda Commissioner apologised for the grave mistakes and wrongdoing of the Garda which led to these two controversies. In regard to the breath test issue, what was the wrongdoing on the part of the Garda for which she is apologising?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: In regard to the wrongdoing, is the assistant commissioner apologising for the fact that members of An Garda Síochána dishonestly recorded breath tests as occurring when they did not occur?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Is the assistant commissioner saying that incorrect data constitutes the wrongdoing?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: This morning, I am asking the assistant commissioner what is the wrongdoing for which the Garda Commissioner has apologised to the Irish people?