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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Okay Deputy. I call Senator Martin Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let me clarify, it had not been advised and I consulted with the secretariat that if the acting Commissioner was happy to respond, as he has already addressed this issue at another committee, I was happy to let him proceed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Senator Conway and call Deputy Clare Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: All right, Deputy Daly. We have been here over two hours at this point and, while members are able to leave and use the facilities whenever they wish, our witnesses cannot do the same. I will suspend for exactly five minutes to allow for a toilet break.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not think it is appropriate to force the acting Garda Commissioner to fill in the application form here at the committee. It is sufficient to note that Deputy Fitzpatrick has great confidence in Mr. Ó Cualáin, as I am sure we all do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you very much. Deputy Wallace is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Deputy to try to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This will be the final response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will allow two brief supplementary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Deputy Jack Chambers and the assistant commissioner. I call Deputy Brophy. As night follows day, I expected his hand to rise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Deputy Brophy. There is no response to that. I have a couple of final points myself. In his opening address, the acting Commissioner stated:All of us in An Garda Síochána must now take responsibility to change our systems, practices, behaviours and culture so these issues cannot happen again and confidence is rebuilt. It is a collective issue and can only be fixed from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the assistant commissioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They are not necessarily special sittings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the assistant commissioner. On behalf of the committee, I thank acting Commissioner Ó Cualáin - or Assistant Commissioner Ó Cualáin or whatever designation Deputy Fitzpatrick wants to apply to him in the future - and his colleagues for their engagement with us and for their informative contributions. I have no doubt there will be some aspects that colleagues will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 286. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment. [42490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover available each day of the week on a 24- hour basis at each of the ambulance stations across counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42921/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (10 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out to all businesses and households in Glaslough, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42592/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (10 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a mortgage repayment to a lending institution paid by person living apart from their spouse on a property in both their names and in which the spouse lives would impact on the calculation of the spouse's entitlement to jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (10 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason disability allowance for a person (details supplied) was not backdated to the actual date of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42820/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Budget 2018 was an opportunity for the Government and Fianna Fáil to make a real difference in the lives of those who are living with a disability in Ireland. Priority should have been given to increasing disability incomes to help move disabled people out of poverty. It should have been about increasing personal assistant hours, so vital for the independence of those living with a...