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- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 6:In page 7, line 16, to delete “the Minister” and substitute “a member of the judiciary”.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will argue along the same lines as Deputy Wallace. Dr. Vicky Conway made a submission to the justice committee in respect of authority in this area. It is appropriate and in order to do so. Respected analysts in the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, have been mentioned. It is important to take stock of why we are here. We have had a number of crises and scandals in my county...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am. Everything I have said is connected to-----
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is very unfortunate that whoever makes these decisions has batched together a very large number of amendments.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I can speak only in general. I do not have time to go through each amendment.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If the Chairman is willing to work with me, I am willing to take as long-----
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that. I will take my time. The Chairman is correct. I probably should have been more specific. Amendments Nos. 9 to 21, inclusive, deal with the Garda Commissioner. Amendments Nos. 23 to 35 refer to the deputy commissioner. Amendments Nos. 37 to 62 deal with the issue of directly appointing officers from sergeant up to superintendent. A provision in the Bill allows the...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is fairly self-evident what I did. My amendments deal with seven separate issues. The Government is severely undermining the independence of the policing authority with the powers it is retaining. Our amendments aim to give the authority the independence it needs. If these are rejected, then the Opposition could not stand over the claim that there is an independent policing...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is an issue on which our committee did a good deal of work. We went to the North and to Scotland to examine their models and made recommendations. One of the issues we engaged with was separating policing from security responsibilities but what has come to pass now is that because An Garda Síochána is unique in the developed world in that its members retain responsibility...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Would the Minister of State be agreeable to receiving a submission for deliberation by the Minister ahead of Report Stage?
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If the Attorney General receives the submission but continues to hold the position that her analysis is correct, I assume the Minister would take that guidance and continue on this course, as is the intention, but the implications are profound. We have a unique situation where the Garda is responsible for policing and security. I cannot emphasise the seriousness of that. Given the way we...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to respond to Deputy O'Dowd's point. I said earlier - we can check the transcripts to verify this - that the dishonourable behaviour of a small minority of members of An Garda Síochána had undone the very honourable, patriotic, decent service given by the vast majority of members of An Garda Síochána. That is a stand alone statement. In terms of accountability-----
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am responding to a point made by Deputy O'Dowd and I have a right to do that.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, but with respect, the comments were made.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is no problem with the overwhelming majority of gardaí. We all live in this State and have seen the issues that have emerged since the Morris tribunal. We have seen a range of issues emerge that have been the subject of commissions of investigation, independent review panels and so forth. Unfortunately, this is not unique. Police services all over the world have these issues...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I go back to the issue which is true independent oversight on the part of the authority. I will leave it at that and will make a submission outlining a different view of Article 28 and the implications.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 9:In page 8, lines 7 and 8, to delete “shall, upon the nomination of the Authority, be made by the Government” and substitute “shall be made by the Authority”.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 10:In page 8, line 9, to delete “nominate” and substitute “appoint”.