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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the rangers' report for the coursing meeting at Edenderry, County Offaly, on 20, 21 and 22 October 2017 records breaches of section 10 of the licensing code and that three hares which died at the event were found to have pre-existing conditions; the sanction her Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions under the National Monuments Acts for destruction of protected ring forts and hill forts that have been undertaken since 2007. [52411/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: I echo the remarks of sympathy and I thank the witnesses for coming in. I will be relatively brief because I am getting a bit sick of these meetings, and I do not mean that in a derogatory way. This is the third sitting we have had on the same events. The first time we sat here we got the apologies and explanations. We were told systems were in place and they were going to be dealt with....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: I have other points on the checkpoints. How can the witnesses explain the patent disparity between what they said here on the previous occasion when I put these issues to them and how the Crowe Horwath report absolutely vindicates all those questions, which they vociferously denied? That is my first question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: The problem I have with that is that I am just a member of the public and I knew it was going on. I am not particularly bright, but it did not take a whole lot of work to figure out that had to be one of the reasons it was going on. We have two problems with the response. One is that the Garda commissioned an internal report that did not pick this up and did not acknowledge it existed....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: The report also denied the fact that any pressure was put on by management in this regard, a finding that was completely contradicted by Crowe Horwath's report, which said it was exactly that pressure to report performance that was at the back of it. That is what it states and I am just repeating it. I have it in front of me. This is in direct contradiction to what the witnesses stated....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: Does the assistant commissioner deny-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: There are two problems with the assistant commissioner's reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: The problem with that response is that the denial was not about checkpoints but that this was a major contributory factor to the elevation of breath tests. That was not dealt with in the original internal report. The statement that lessons have been learned is somewhat undermined by Assistant Commissioner O'Sullivan's point that the problem was caused by a lack of supervision, a lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: What I am trying to do is to highlight the inconsistencies in the answers we were given at the two previous meetings, including when we met the former Garda Commissioner, Ms O'Sullivan, and the answers we are being given now. The Crowe Horwath report addresses the specific issue of checkpoints on page 45 where it states the problem was not linked to a reduction in the number of sergeants....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: The problem with that answer is that according to the Crowe Horwath report, the Garda Inspectorate's report made 37 recommendations, of which the working group has implemented 22, yet in the internal report, the assistant commissioner stated he was not even aware the working group was in place. Senior Garda management were not aware, yet this was a working group that involved An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: I will move on to another issue. We raised the issue of overtime with the Minister last week. One of the reasons an organisation would need overtime would be to cover sick leave and other absences. Are the witnesses aware of a problem with the recording of sick leave absences? Are there any issues with the system of sick leave, particularly in respect of work-related stress? What are the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: Does Mr. Nugent have an idea of the number of gardaí who have been absent for prolonged periods, for example, more than one, two or three years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: That would be great. Is Mr. Nugent aware of issues being raised regarding problems with the recording of sick leave absences?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: Mr. Nugent is not aware of any case involving a person being certified as being absent for, say, work-related stress reasons and this being returned on the file that he or she had influenza, a mental health problem or something else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: Mr. Nugent is not aware of any or many cases such as the one to which I referred.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: Are any of the other witnesses aware of any or many cases such as the one I outlined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: Is anyone else aware of the issue I have highlighted?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Pensions (12 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to make provisions for post-2013 Defence Forces members who are mandatorily retired at 58 years of age and who are not eligible to receive a contributory State pension until 66 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52735/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Pensions (12 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: There has correctly been much talk recently about the pay and conditions of Defence Forces personnel, but I wish to raise the issue of the Defence Forces pension system, which is a total mess. Rules which have been changed over the austerity years are simply having a brutal impact on retired members. Those who entered the Defence Forces as officers from 2013 and who will have no choice but...