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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I welcome the Minister and the Bill we are debating. I understand entirely the intention behind it and commend Senator Gallagher and his colleagues. The spirit of the Bill is clear and worthwhile, particularly given the many instances in which emergency service workers have found themselves on the front line, vulnerable, dealing with situations that put them in the way of unnecessary harm,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Commissioner and his colleagues for their presentations. The Commissioner will recall that when he first appeared before this committee in October of last year, I raised the issue of the late Denis Donaldson's journal, its current status, and the request by his family that it be returned to them. In response, he said: The specific point the Senator raises has been raised in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Commissioner can understand my scepticism, given that he gave me that commitment in October of last year. He may want to elaborate on what the delay has been, but I offer him the opportunity to give us definitive assurance that the family or their legal representatives will finally receive correspondence from the Commissioner on this very important matter, so that I do not have to ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Commissioner, because I am anxious to see this exchange between him and the legal team take place, as opposed to me having to raise it with him at these meetings. I have a few questions, which the Commissioner might not be able to go too deep into. I want to take the first as a stand-alone question and I will group the rest. Can the Commissioner give us an indication of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The garda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I appreciate that and thank the Commissioner for the update. Other colleagues have mentioned Majella Moynihan, and have rightly referred to the appalling treatment she endured in the 1980s. The Commissioner has apologised to her, which is an appropriate and positive move. Has he examined whether there are other cases similar to Majella Moynihan's? Is that something the Garda is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: To be fair, I do not expect the Commissioner to be definitive in that regard. He has touched on it and it is fair to say he expects other instances to come up and to have to deal with similar cases to that of Ms Moynihan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We can move to cybercrime.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I have two final questions. The first is very succinct and it is to ask if the Commissioner is familiar with the operation of the mobile property register operated by the police in Britain and whether he would consider such a scheme in this State. Finally, there is quite a bit of detail in the following. It is to ask the Commission about the arrest figures for Operation Thor. These...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That was my next question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It was on a mobile property register.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It may be something on which the Commissioner can come back to me in writing.

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: In light of what has happened to the amendment I tabled, while I do not want to over-egg the point, I am disappointed that, having come to the House to address the amendment, I was to be told that it had been ruled out of order. That is disappointing, not just for me but for the people who we are trying to assist with the amendment. Regardless, I support Senator Ruane's amendment, what it...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: There would be concern about railroading this given what has happened to my amendment today. I would like to revisit it.

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I certainly did not mean to offend the Minister in that regard. The point I am making is that it is an important Bill, as we have all conceded.

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Residential Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I second the amendment. I welcome the Minister to the House. I commend Senator Ruane on her creativity and ingenuity in this amendment. As she outlined, it seeks to do something modest, which is necessary in the broader context of the Bill. I acknowledge that the Minister respects the bona fides of Members and our intentions regarding this legislation. I hope he will look understandingly...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: As I spoke on earlier Stages of this legislation, I will not prolong this afternoon's debate. I echo the words of thanks to the Minister, to the former Deputy, Clare Daly, MEP, to my colleague, Senator Mac Lochlainn, and to others who have been deeply involved in this work for some considerable time. Without seeking in any way to oversimplify it, this legislation is about helping people....

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.