Results 17,101-17,120 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the assistant commissioner and the Commissioner. It is the case that GSOC is primarily focused on external complaints. It has been recently suggested in media discourse and elsewhere that perhaps we need a Garda ombudsman for the internal complaints process. In other words, an ombudsman to deal with members of the force when they present their issues. Has the Commissioner...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Commissioner for her response to Deputy Chambers on the drugs task force. She referred to farm equipment and the relationship with the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, in terms of the Theft Stop initiative. However, there is also, all too sadly, a matter relating to Border communities, namely, the theft of livestock. This has been a huge and very vexing problem for many,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the assistant commissioner wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will group the comments from Deputies Brophy, Daly and Wallace as time is moving on. We have had a long engagement with the Commissioner and her colleagues and we have a private meeting to follow up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will allow the witnesses to take that as it is particular to the earlier question I posed. Will Mr. Corcoran provide that clarification?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To be helpful, would it be possible for the assistant commissioner, subsequent to today's meeting, to forward us a single paragraph with the detail he shared with us rather than for us to have to go through the entire transcript?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It would be helpful because we will have to address it subsequently.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate that. I thank Deputy Brophy. I call Deputy Clare Daly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Please Deputy-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is noted. I call Deputy Wallace.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Brophy wanted to make a final point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To follow on from Deputy Brophy's searching question, could the assistant commissioner give us the holistic picture in the response he will offer? That would be important. We are seeking to establish the validity of everything coming before us. It is all an influence on what we will ultimately recommend, therefore, it is important that we are dealing with accuracies. I welcome that very...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ms Justice Ring addressed both, as I recall very well from her evidence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Mr. Corcoran. We are taking no more questions. I will hold my thanks to immediately after this but, at the closure and given that some members concentrated on particular areas of what I emphasise again is public concern while others of us dealt with issues of structural accountability and corporate areas, it is important to reflect that the views expressed and concerns voiced were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are in total agreement. Again, we thank Ms O'Sullivan and each of her colleagues for their participation. I offer an invitation to the Commissioner and her front-line colleagues. If I invited them all, the camera might not be wide enough to take them all in. I thought that the HSE was entering at the outset of the meeting. I am more than familiar with that from the health committee...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There will be one for the Deputy.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Budget 2017 provided the Government with an opportunity to invest in and create a fairer economy. It could have been about cutting the cost of living and improving our public services and infrastructure. Ar an drochuair, a mhalairt a bhfuair muid. The budget is not about what is best for our people, economy and services. It will not end the crisis in health and housing, it will not...
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yet another budget has passed, although it is not needed as the mechanism to address my issue. People with disabilities and real difficulties are still asking where is the replacement for the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant. There is nothing there and it is one of the critical areas this budget has failed to address. What can the Taoiseach tell the Dáil in respect...
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of all of those affected, I urge the Taoiseach to do so.