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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not agreed. I was not expecting this. This was the proposal that was referred to the joint committee yesterday, which was to be taken after the committee meeting next week. Is that correct?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am not sure I can agree to it. Reservations were expressed, although not by me, in private session of the committee yesterday and the matter was to be discussed further at a committee meeting next Wednesday. I am not sure we can-----

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have listened to the recent statements of Fine Gael Deputies and Ministers on this issue. In typical Fine Gael manner, three common themes emerged. One could call it a three-point plan. The first is that Sinn Féin councillors are objecting willy-nilly to local authority houses. That is absolutely untrue, as Fine Gael Deputies know. For all the criticisms they or local authority...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Overtime (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am disappointed by the response and fairly sure that people listening in will also be disappointed. At the end of the day, the Minister is the paymaster. There are budgetary issues for An Garda Síochána, some of which may relate to its management of resources. There has to be a better way to approach this than the blunt instrument that has been put before us. The Minister may...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Overtime (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Táim sásta go bhfuil an tAire sinsearach, the senior Minister, is here to deal with this issue. The Garda Commissioner announced a ban on Garda overtime two weeks ago. That caused considerable concern among gardaí, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and the public. Something like this occurred in December last year as well but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Dr. Connolly for attending. I was anxious that this issue would be addressed. I am a big fan of the community policing model where it operates properly. In my experience it has made a big difference in some of the communities I represent, which have had some excellent community gardaí. It is an issue that has been neglected, however. I tabled a number of parliamentary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with that. It speaks to what is in the Commission on the Future of Policing report and treating policing as a profession. This is a skill. I take on board the point made by Dr. Connolly. I have said that every garda should view himself or herself as a community garda and be community-oriented. My concern is at the other end of the equation. Where there is a good community garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: May I ask one last supplemental question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I did ask for the topic. I thank the Chair. Would there be any value in a voluntary system of central registration, where the Garda or another organisation would maintain a register? Marking equipment is a sensible precaution but people might sell stuff. If gardaí go to a market or find someone who is selling ill-gotten goods, it is not necessarily easy to disprove a claim that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Will Mr. Garvey send the committee some correspondence on that?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of thefts of vehicles in the Cork city policing division in each of the years 2013 to 2017. [40295/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (3 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours of overtime by gardaí in 2017, by division. [40296/18]

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Sinn Féin will support the Bill on Second Stage albeit issues have been identified for examination on Committee Stage. The intention behind the Bill, which is positive, is to provide that where a court has dismissed a personal injury insurance claim on the basis that it is a fraudulent action, it will be referred automatically to the DPP. Many of us have been lobbied by businesses,...

Regulation establishing Internal Security Fund: Motion (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I address the substance of this proposal, the importance of co-operation between states, Governments, police forces and security organisations is evident if we are going to tackle serious crime, threats to society and international terrorist organisations. There is scope for significant co-operation. While there has not been an incident of this nature in Ireland in recent years, we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Garda Commissioner last week announced a ban on Garda overtime causing concern among gardaí, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and the public. That is with three months left in the year. Due to a lack of front-line gardaí, overtime has become a fact of life and an essential part of keeping a station and district functioning. Much of the recent success the gardaí...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I understood the debate was to take place today. Will the debate and division take place on Tuesday?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget that was given to private companies to run direct provision centres in each of the years 2012 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided for immigration integration services in each year since 2011; the services provided with this targeted funding; the amount each service received in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (27 Sep 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of Mosney direct provision centre in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of residents living in Mosney direct provision centre as of 1 September in each of the years 2011 to 2018; the details of expansion to the centre since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39247/18]