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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: The primary purpose of vetting carried out by the Garda National Vetting Bureau is to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults. The Deputy will appreciate the importance of this task and the need for it to be carried out thoroughly. I believe the many organisations centred around the safety, enjoyment and comfort of children and vulnerable people understand that they must take...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. I spoke to a person last year who told me she had to be Garda vetted five times, not only because of her involvement with sporting organisations but also as she moved job within the same organisation. She still had to be Garda vetted because she was moving to a different department. While we have to strike a balance in protecting vulnerable people and...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: I appreciate the challenges that people are facing. One of the issues that has been flagged with me as the work of the review group has been under way is that each individual group wants to be certain that the system is robust and that the people it is hiring or taking on and who may be engaging with young children or vulnerable people in their care have that certificate. At the same time,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Pa Daly: I received great assistance from the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, which suggested the card system in place in Scotland may not be appropriate here. However, I ask the Minister to take that register of general consents into consideration.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: I have not tied the hands of the review group as regards any recommendations it may make. If it has looked at what works and does not work in other jurisdictions, I am happy to take that into consideration. I know we are also to discuss Private Members' legislation here in the coming weeks.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)
Restorative Justice
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)
Pa Daly: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what restorative justice initiatives her Department is currently undertaking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26262/24]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)
Pa Daly: What restorative justice initiatives is the Minister's Department currently undertaking? Will she make a statement on the matter? From my time in the courts, I remember a case in which the person I was representing had been involved in a burglary in a certain part of Dublin. Communication with the victim of the crime was opened up at the door of the court, which alleviated the fear of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)
James Browne: I thank the Deputy for raising the important issue of restorative justice initiatives. As he will be aware, restorative justice is a process that evidence shows can support victims to recover from the impact of crime as well as serving to reduce reoffending. It is an integral part of the work of the Probation Service, which established a restorative justice and victim services unit in 2018....
- Prelude (20 Jun 2024)
- Prelude (20 Jun 2024)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 09:00 a.m.
- Prelude (20 Jun 2024)
Prayer and Reflection.
- Prelude (20 Jun 2024)
Paidir agus Machnamh.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (20 Jun 2024)
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
An Garda Síochána
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish an independent inquiry into the alleged accessing of certain phone records by An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. [26602/24]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The question relates to GSOC secretly and unlawfully accessing journalists' mobile phone records.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is an independent statutory body established in 2007 under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. Its primary role is to provide independent investigation of complaints against members of An Garda Síochána, as required, and to undertake other investigations relating to the conduct of Garda members. This is...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I was referring to the newspaper article written by John Mooney in The Sunday Times last weekend. There have been follow-up articles as well. It came about as a consequence of journalists receiving information they requested from GSOC about themselves. There appears to be solid evidence that the accessing of certain phone records is happening. Does the Minister accept that this is...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: There is nothing to suggest that this is widespread or current. In fact, the information I have seen very clearly indicates this relates to a particular case in 2016 and prior to that. In 2016, when this issue was raised, and my understanding is that this is potentially the same issue and the same case, a review was instigated. Mr. Justice Murray undertook to review the overall process...