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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Surely at that stage somebody in the Department would have been responsible for evaluating the case that was to be taken against it and formulating some legal defence. Did it occur to anyone in the Department, whatever about the technical interpretation of the interdepartmental group's report, that morally and in terms of the intent of the Quirke report that it was not in line with what had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate that. I am not saying it is possible for departmental officials to go off in a particular direction without a direction from the Minister. The point is that a discrepancy would have become apparent to departmental officials that could have been brought to the attention of the Minister. It would have been then have been a matter for the Minister to address it in whatever manner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do understand that but it is worth taking into account, whatever about the legal arguments, the motivation of the people who took the case and who made the complaints to the Ombudsman was not merely technical, it was on the basis of injustice to them. I think they were correct. I think the interpretation, whether it was the responsibility of civil servants or members of the Government,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman (31 Jan 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have to leave for another event but I ask that the Ombudsman would address those points and I will read them in the Official Report.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (1 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As Deputy Jonathan O'Brien outlined, the hospital plays a crucial role in providing health services for people in the city and surrounding areas. It provides rehabilitation and step-down facilities for patients from Cork University Hospital and the Mercy Hospital, which frees up a substantial number of acute beds. The hospital has a number of vitally important rehabilitation wards. In...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (1 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State referred to consultation. It seems extraordinary that the Department is asserting that there was consultation with the unions on staffing figures and yet the situation has proceeded to a work to rule and now to the Workplace Relations Commission. That does not sound like an ordinary process. It certainly does not seem that any points which may have been made by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (1 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that have been taken by An Garda Síochána to put in place a director of data quality as recommended by the Garda Inspectorate report, Changing Policing in Ireland; his views on the value of such a position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5139/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (1 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report on the review of possible misclassification of homicide cases will be published; if he has received a version of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5140/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (1 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on reports that a significant number of potential homicide cases were misclassified between 2013 and 2015; the actions he will take to ensure that past errors are rectified and not repeated in the future. [5141/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that the Central Statistics Office is not in a position to publish homicide statistics provided by An Garda Síochána due to potential misclassification; when he expects to be in a position to publish the review into these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5750/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The possibility that homicides were misclassified is of itself worrying and deeply unsettling. No crime is more serious than the taking of a life. The possibility that there are families who are not aware their loved ones may have been the victims of homicide and died in another manner is of the utmost concern. It is potentially scandalous if found to be the case. There has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome that the Minister is meeting Garda representatives tomorrow. In his response, he said that as far as he was concerned, he wanted the review completed as soon as possible. On an issue of such public concern, potential weight and seriousness, we need a little more detail than that. We have no real sense or indication from the Minister as to when the review will be completed. That...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the drop-off in the number of community gardaí from 1,182 in 2010 to 744 by the end of 2017; and if his Department and An Garda Síochána are committed to implementing the community model of policing. [5751/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The national model of community policing was launched in 2009 amid some optimism and a belief that it would represent a significant part of Garda strategy from then on. However, it has been marked since then by a lack of commitment by successive Governments, most visibly seen in the dramatic reductions in the number of community gardaí, which has fallen every year for the past eight...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is no evidence for that. The Minister's response did not address what is obviously a very dramatic fall which is what I want the Minister to address. While, on an individual basis, it is a decision for the Garda Commissioner, it is the Government which makes the policies. If the Government wants community policing to be a priority, it will be a priority for An Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In common with written responses which I had received on this matter, the Minister has failed to address the matter of community policing. He keeps referring to overall policing numbers but he is not making any comment on how he will address that specific issue. I have put down variations on this question, in written or oral questions, and have received three different answers for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is why I asked a specific question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Policing (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister cannot say that. The question relates to a specific thing.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Cases (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revise the conditions he has outlined as an interim arrangement for the right to work of asylum seekers further to the adoption of Directive 2013/33/EU; and his views on whether the interim arrangement is in keeping with and consistent with the decision of Supreme Court in a case (details supplied). [5562/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National LGBTI Strategy (6 Feb 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the publication of the LGBT inclusion strategy announced by his Department; the details of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/18]