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Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: At lunchtime one of the Dáil wits made the point that yesterday should really have been called "Fiver Tuesday". There was a fiver for everyone in the audience unless one was a young person and not deemed to be good enough to even get the fiver as if it was going to make a fundamental difference to the living standards of people in the State. Like everybody else, I am sure the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 63. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patients who received hips manufactured by a company (details supplied); the number who have already had them replaced; and the number who remain on the list. [29947/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, on 27 September 2016, and prior to the release of a press statement by Horse Racing Ireland on that date, he is aware and if he will assure Dáil Éireann, that neither the HRI chairman, the board, nor any member of staff employed within HRI had any communication with his Department or with any official in his Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I will start where Deputy O'Callaghan left off. The Commissioner said she was not privy to any information about allegations of mistreatment of whistleblowers, that her knowledge was very much based on public commentary and what she heard. Is that statement not contradicted by the fact that counsel for one of the whistleblowers wrote directly to her 14 times over a two-year period outlining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I have no intention of going into detail on any individual cases but I asked if it was the case that the Commissioner received direct contact on 14 occasions from the counsel for one of the whistleblowers giving very specific information, which I will not give here, outlining his negative experiences as a whistleblower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I am not asking the Commissioner to do that. I am asking her to confirm that she received 14 direct communications from legal counsel about these matters. I think it is a valid question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I am not asking the Commissioner to give any details about an individual case but I am perfectly entitled to put a question, particularly in the context of O'Higgins, of the public assurances we have received from the Commissioner's offices that the Garda Síochána is a safe place for people to come forward with information when that public statement is contradicted by other issues....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Nobody has asked the Commissioner to go into individual cases but there have been a large number of public statements and the Commissioner has made more today, to say that she is not privy to any of these complaints or more specific examples that are in the public domain. It is a yes or no question: can the Commissioner confirm whether or not she is aware? She has said she is not privy to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: The Commissioner is not aware of any circumstances where such claims would have been made. That has not been brought to her attention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: If the Commissioner had been made aware of any such allegations what action would she have taken to deal with that situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: If everything is improving and the Commissioner has said the numbers of whistleblowers are in single figures can she explain why those five at least, if not more, are out sick and have been on protracted sick leave due to work-related stress?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: It is very difficult to get an answer. How many protected disclosures would have been made directly to the Commissioner as distinct from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: This is supposed to be a public forum to help. This module today is part of a process to deal with oversight and accountability in respect of An Garda Síochána. We have had the oversight bodies in here. They have made observations and have not been as reticent in their answers. Nobody is asking the Commissioner to deal with individual cases but the questions are valid. If the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: The Commissioner is aware that two weeks ago Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring stated here that the legislation was insufficient and that while it is uneven and some areas are all right, in general co-operation was at best uneven but certainly in the area of protected disclosures and getting relevant information from An Garda Síochána they were not able to do their job properly because of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I am somewhat at a loss as to why, if all these processes are in place, GSOC and the whistleblowers are not happy. How can there be such a contradiction between the public statements the Garda authorities are making about how everything is grand and things are improving and the direct opposite position that is being set out by GSOC and the whistleblowers? The witnesses have said they were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: While I agree everybody is different, the similarities in these cases are striking. In every instance, people have reported bullying and intimidation when they made a protected disclosure. In every case, the individual is out on protracted sick leave. Is that accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: The Minister has stated publicly that she contacted Ms O'Sullivan in May of this year seeking an urgent report about some of these allegations of bullying and harassment of whistleblowers. Has the Commissioner responded to that communication from the Minister and, if so, when was her response given?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: The communication is a matter of public record. Moving on, the O'Higgins report deals with allegations that two senior officers were prepared to mislead the ombudsman commission in regard to evidence about the motivation of Sergeant Maurice McCabe. The report has been submitted to the commission. Has Ms O'Sullivan been contacted by GSOC regarding that investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Ms O'Sullivan has commented on the Minister's new initiative relating to the latest protected disclosures. Will she comment further on that process and indicate whether she will co-operate fully with it? Will she say whether all electronic equipment in the hands of An Garda Síochána will be handed over to Mr. Justice O'Neill as part of that inquiry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Does that include handing over all technology and information?