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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Has the ombudsman commission inquired as to whether any of the staff have expertise in surveillance? If one is trying to find the root of the problem these are questions which would obviously be asked. They are questions I would definitely think of asking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: So within the organisation are people with knowledge of this type of surveillance. From what I know it seems to be common knowledge there is a history of leaking to the press by members of the Garda Síochána. I am proof of it. Does this not worry the ombudsman commission? One third of its staff are former members of the Garda Síochána. The members of the public to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Did Mr. O'Brien state he has confidence in all members of staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: That is an excellent comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Will GSOC respond to the four demands the Garda Commissioner made in his press statement on Monday? Will this correspondence be published? To provide background, the Taoiseach and the Minister stated yesterday that GSOC should give these answers at this committee hearing. This was obviously inappropriate of them as they cannot instruct GSOC to do anything. GSOC is not answerable to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I have questions on the issue. How can GSOC work when in public the Garda Commissioner orders it to do something? GSOC does not need to have a good, bad or indifferent relationship with the Commissioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: There is the question coming out of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: GSOC does not need to have a relationship with the Commissioner. Why does it need to have a relationship with someone it could potentially investigate and why is it having private conversations with someone it could potentially investigate? Public confidence is not helped by this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I am happy with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: With respect, seen by whom?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. What percentage of GSOC is made up of former members of the Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: A question was asked earlier as to whether there is any expertise within the organisation on covert surveillance. With one third of the staff being former members of the Garda Síochána, would it not be amazing if none of them had any past experience in surveillance? Is it one third or two thirds of the staff who are former gardaí?

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: This is a debate about child care. One part of the child care debate that needs to be aired is the fact that there was a time in this country when one could stay at home and rear one's children. I do not mean that was done by a woman or a man but it was done by one of the parents or perhaps shared between them. When I was growing up my father, as a carpenter and as a man who brought home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

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Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Environmentalism is a broad church. One does not need to be a fundamentalist to be an environmentalist. One must also listen to people. Supporting environmentalism does not mean keeping people cold in their homes. People need to be encouraged, whereas the Government is discouraging them. If a farmer's land is flooded in the middle of the summer as a result of action by the National Parks...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I welcome the opportunity to talk about this. It is great to hear that a load of money will be spent, but there has to be a little bit of accountability as to how this money is spent. The Minister can throw figures out there, but if the money is wasted at the end of the day, that is not much use to anyone. I know of a situation in Athleague, County Roscommon, whereby a successful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (12 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will issue a clarification regarding the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission's non-compliance with its customer charter, specifically sections 1 to 4, inclusive, and 7 of that charter, which assures members of the public they will be provided with a prompt and comprehensive response to their communications (details supplied);...

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I say, well done, that this matter has been included on the agenda so the House can debate it. My fear was that the Government would run away from it. The fact that I have speaking time shows that many of the Government Deputies who had an opportunity to speak in this debate ran away from it. The Minister, Deputy Shatter, regularly accuses Deputies Mick Wallace and Clare Daly of being...

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I wish to ask a question before they go. There has been much discussion on the logo. Perhaps the witnesses can clear up the matter. Was the €20,000 spent on the design alone or on a suite of elements? To whom is Irish Water trying to sell the water? There is no competitor. What is this branding about?