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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Post Office Network (6 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Minister of State. This is the general response from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I understand that the Government is committed and has provided resources but to say that the additional supports have been given to An Post and practical steps have been taken to launch a new digital assist pilot initiative, with Government funding to be...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as a bheith linn. Sinn Féin broadly supports the Bill. It appears to contain changes in the law that we believe to be sensible and necessary, especially in respect of equalisation of proposed sentencing between genders, as has been touched on.I believe much more could be done in terms of the sentencing guidelines. The Bill has two primary...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I thank him for taking the time to be with us today. I also thank Senator Norris for his doggedness in ensuring this motion was heard today. As I reflected on the sentiments expressed by previous speakers, the facts of this case and the presence in the Chamber of members of Shane O'Farrell's family, it struck me that Senator Norris should not have had to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I apologise to the Chairman and my colleagues. I hope I have not been too disruptive in coughing and spluttering during the meeting. Let me assure members that it is not a deliberate destabilising tactic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not intend to do so. There is a safe distance between us. Deputy Ó Laoghaire asked about the 55 cases involving serious offences and the young people in question accepting responsibility for them. Chief Superintendent Cleary said he could not speak about the specific 55 cases. Will that information be furnished to the committee later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I appreciate that. As we are at the stage of the meeting where a lot of the questions have been asked, I intend to be brief. It has been suggested some of the difficulty that arose in these instances was due to the fact that there was, at one point, a centralised system in which all of the names of the relevant young people and juveniles were kept. I accept that that system was replaced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I had a number of questions about the disciplinary processes, but, to be fair, as they have been exhausted by Deputy Clare Daly, I will not go into them. I will take us back to an earlier point raised by the Commissioner and also to his most recent appearance before the committee. It is welcome that he has met the Justice for the Forgotten group. He will remember that I raised the issue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Where has the change occurred in the journal being identified as being of no evidential value in the investigation? I am trying to recall on the hoof, but in engaging with the family and their solicitor I understand they have been informed the journal is of no evidential value. Why can the solicitor and the family not be furnished with the journal in a redacted form, or confidentially, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is a change from Mr. Harris's previous statement that he would try to do it as speedily as possible. He said that it was a live issue and we would have a response quickly. Now the response is that the families will not be getting the journal at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: What about the Dublin and Monaghan investigations and the request by An Garda Síochána for information from the PSNI? Is Mr. Harris content that he has furnished all the relevant information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is what the witnesses told me the last time, but okay.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Where are the chocolates?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is very important.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom cur leis an mhéid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Conway-Walsh go dtí seo. I want to add to what was said by my colleague and leader, Senator Conway-Walsh, about this morning's shocking revelations about the failure of the PSNI to disclose what it deemed to be significant and sensitive information to the police ombudsman about the case of the Ormeau Road...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Fianna Fáil are.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Last Thursday, when the revelations came to light about the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland's investigations and the withholding of what he deemed sensitive and significant information from those investigations, I asked the Deputy Leader if the Minister for Justice and Equality could come before the House. These issues are very sensitive and emotive, as we have already seen here today....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Leader might address the issue.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Leader might address the concerns of the families here.