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- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: At present it is, and he is the boss.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is the Deputy Leader fully confident in him?
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The issue is the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and whistleblowers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It feels like it sometimes. My secret is out. In all seriousness, does the Deputy Leader agree that the Minister's position is untenable as has been stated by our deputy leader, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, because I certainly think it is? I think there are serious questions to answer. Public confidence in the Minister has been seriously damaged and the Labour Party needs to act.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is his actions that are questionable.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an bhfianaise a thug an Seanadóir Mulcahy dúinn inné nuair a tharraing sé aird ar an gceist seo. Spats aside, it is important the whole issue of domestic violence has been put back on the agenda. I would welcome a debate on this issue again. We have already had several debates on it. It is a very serious issue to which I have drawn...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This is the official record of the House which we have to go by.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The commission did not refute it in its reply. It did not say,"No, we are sorry. We are wrong and we exonerate the Garda".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Perhaps it was a particular interpretation of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Please clarify, Minister, with regard to the specific question. Did the Cabinet, therefore, consider sanctioning the inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 2004?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister. I noted his comment that one of his reasons for attending the meeting was to try to renew confidence in the Garda, etc. Deputy Clare Daly's point on exoneration was important, given the evidence provided for the committee. Notwithstanding what has been stated in the media, Mr. Simon O'Brien told the committee that the people of the State were and should be horrified...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On the basis of the Minister's evidence, one would conclude that the sweep carried out by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was routine. Having listened to the evidence given last week, it is my understanding that the three commissioners took it upon themselves to leave GSOC office and speak in private in coffee houses to avoid any electronic or e-mail contact. When the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Does the Minister believe-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: No, our time is limited. Does the Minister believe an issue arises in respect of the competence of Mr. O'Brien who spent €18,000 of taxpayers' money on Verrimus to assess what would appear to be a spurious threat to GSOC's security?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Given the covert nature of surveillance, does the Minister agree it is difficult to prove covert surveillance has taken place? We understand that Verrimus, a company with extensive experience across the world, stated it believed there was a threat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister did not answer the question as to whether the company specifically identified the anomalies as threats in the report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Our understanding is that the commissioners had to get out of the building because they believed-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Does G2 or the Garda Special Branch have access to an IMSI catcher, or stingray, as it is known? It seems one of these devices was used to snoop on GSOC. If so, what safeguards, if any, surround the use of such equipment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is it not the case that the dial can be changed?
- Seanad: Greyhound Racing Industry: Statements (19 Feb 2014)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá an-áthas orm bheith in ann labhairt ar an díospóireacht seo maidir le tionscail na gcon. Tacaím le cuid mhaith den mhéid a bhí le rá ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Ó Domhnaill, agus ba mhaith liom cur leis. As we know, the greyhound industry is a substantial employer. It is not yet on...