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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 74:In page 15, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"14.(1) Section 14(1) of the principal act is amended to be read as follows:"(1) The Garda Commissioner may appoint, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, and subject to oversight by the Authority, such numbers of persons as he or she sees fit to the ranks of garda, sergeant and inspector in the...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 73:In page 15, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:14.(1) Section 14(1) of the Principal Act is amended to be read as follows:“(1) The Garda Commissioner may appoint, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, and subject to oversight by the Authority, such numbers of persons as he or she sees fit to the ranks of garda, sergeant and inspector...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...taken by the Minister, supported by the Government and intended to obstruct proper scrutiny of policing, have done untold damage to public confidence in the administration of justice and to An Garda Síochána. The latest twist in the succession of scandals and crises that have emerged on the Minister's watch occurred yesterday. We were told that the Government had only become...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Promotions (9 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 256. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the acceptance by her Department of the current practice whereby the Garda Commissioner nominates the ministerial appointee to the Garda promotion board is a clear example of the abdication of the oversight role of her Department and its dysfunctional administration as contained in the Toland report in its reference to An Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...full investigation with the proper expertise was GSOC. Unfortunately, both committees were unsuccessful because GSOC said it could not investigate it because it came from a serving member of An Garda Síochána. That is for the Dáil record. Over the past year, we have all have been dealing with the lack of co-operation on the part of senior members of An Garda...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 99:In page 21, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“23. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended to be read as follows:“25. (1) The Authority may issue to the Garda Commissioner written directives concerning any matter relating to the Garda Síochána. (2) The Garda Commissioner shall, in performing the functions of that office, comply...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----a "heavy gang" within the Garda who brutalised people in custody; serious miscarriages of justice; wrongful convictions and the abandonment of the principle that all citizens, including suspects, held in Garda custody, must have rights in our justice system. It was also evident in the Kerry babies case; in the behaviour of some gardaí in Donegal that was exposed by the Morris...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Inspectorate Reports (27 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the commentary in the Garda Síochána Inspectorate's report, Changing Policing in Ireland, that there has been a repeated failure by An Garda Síochána to implement recommendations for change from its previous reports and from other reviews and inquiries; the actions she is taking to ensure the recommendations in...

Garda Stations (28 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is unfortunate the Minister has demeaned his office with cheap remarks. I can assure him that my reputation as a partner to the Garda Síochána in Donegal is second to none. I ask him to check with the Garda Commissioner and his colleagues as to my reputation in Donegal in that regard. I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them in confronting criminality in that county over recent years....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In June 2012 Mr. Seamus Doherty was murdered at his home in Churchill, County Donegal. The family had very serious concerns from the get-go about the investigation by An Garda Síochána. I will go into that matter in more detail in my response to the Minister's reply. My concern is the apparent lack of co-operation from the management of An Garda Síochána in County...

Garda Stations (28 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is serious alarm across Donegal about possible Garda station closures. Local newspapers and other media have reported the story, as well as naming the locations involved. It all started because a report in The Irish Times which specifically mentioned 24 stations across County Donegal that had been put to the Garda Commissioner. I tabled a parliamentary question to the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the Microsoft Transparency Report, published on 21 March 2013 in which it was reported that An Garda Síochána had made 72 requests to Microsoft in respect of 222 different email and other accounts, and that in five cases, contents of emails were provided by Microsoft to An Garda Síochána and in 46 cases, non-content...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The acting Garda Commissioner will be aware that there is a legal responsibility on senior Garda management to protect whistleblowers. It is reported again today in the media that Sergeant Maurice McCabe is very isolated, unable to attend work and has made repeated complaints about how he is being treated. I spoke to him today on the basis of the article in today's Irish Independent. I am...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...party will support the passage of this legislation, this does not take away from the rise in assaults, sexual offences this year, theft, fraud and burglaries under the current Administration. As the Garda Inspectorate report on crime investigation revealed, the number of such offences may be higher but has been under-represented in Central Statistics Office statistics due to errors in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Special Report and Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Garda Commissioner (20 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...in this evolving area, as the ombudsmen would acknowledge. The public service managers, including Secretaries General right down to people taking the telephone calls in the local council office or Garda station, face a challenge in cultural terms, so this issue is not unique to the Garda Síochána. Across the public sector a change in culture is needed to deal with the concerns...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Two gardaí in the State - very courageous men - came across issues of serious concern and investigated the matter further. They brought these issues of concern to Garda superiors and hit a wall, as there was no formal investigation. In exasperation and frustration, they brought those concerns to the public domain. What has happened to them since? Our economy and the State was brought...

Other Questions: Crime Levels (20 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I had put my hand up because I had tabled a priority question but the sequencing rescheduling today meant I lost out on that priority question which concerned Garda station closures. The president of the Garda Representative Association, speaking on the radio today, clearly linked the closure of 139 Garda stations with the increase in burglaries. He is in a position to know about this....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that. I will take my time. The Chairman is correct. I probably should have been more specific. Amendments Nos. 9 to 21, inclusive, deal with the Garda Commissioner. Amendments Nos. 23 to 35 refer to the deputy commissioner. Amendments Nos. 37 to 62 deal with the issue of directly appointing officers from sergeant up to superintendent. A provision in the Bill allows the...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What has been evidenced in the past week is an unhealthy relationship or partnership between the Minister and the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan. The Commissioner is standing over and supporting the Minister in the face of the closure of 140 Garda stations and the failure to replace thousands of retired gardaí and hundreds of Garda vehicles whose period of service has expired....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and, possibly, chief superintendent. That is where there is a big issue. I submitted ten questions to the Minister six months ago. Her response at the time was that she would refer them to the Garda Commissioner, but I have yet to receive responses to them. My concerns are around the level of oversight by the Department and, soon I hope, the police authority of the entire promotions...