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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It was extraordinary that the document was presented at a public meeting. The document was relevant to the work of the analysis service but it did not have the chance to sign off on it. I believe this to be a very serious error. I asked Ms West and Ms Galligan whether they thought the statement that it was an oversight was credible. Ms West responded that she was not sure she could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It seems there are two possibilities. There is the possibility that it was an oversight. I will allow people to judge whether that is a likely possibility. It is difficult perhaps to put ourselves in that situation. It was either a conscious or an unconscious decision. If it was an unconscious one, it was an oversight. If it was a conscious one, there was a deliberate decision not to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It goes to the heart of the matter. I will move on to the pressure that was put on them. It came somewhat after that. They had not all signed off on the document at that stage. I am referring to the Garda data analysis service on key data issues. My understanding is that at 12.20 p.m. on a date in May of last year, Mr. Singh was furnished with a document and the data analysis service was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Whatever about from here on in, and people can have different views of different engagements and conversations, but certainly it was felt severe pressure was put on them and clearly there was a request, at the very least, for the analysis service to sign off on a document with which they were not happy, within a period of two to three days of having sight of it. Obviously, that is not a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will move on from this matter. It is in the context of the pressure that was felt, that for some reason, which we cannot quite establish, they were not consulted for a statement even though their concerns were widely known. When this issue was first debated in the public domain, nobody came back and checked with them if they were okay with this. They certainly felt at a later date that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: With respect to the progressing of the ongoing review, Ms McPartlin referred to an interim report being available relatively soon, if I understood her correctly, but that it is not yet possible to put a date on the final conclusion of the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It accept that it is important that this is done right, rather than rushed. We need to have this concluded as soon as possible but it is important that it is done correctly. In the context of a big concern in this regard, at our last meeting the witnesses were firm in trying to put people's minds at ease that, in so far as they are aware, all the cases that had been potentially incorrectly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is Mr. Sutton satisfied that of the 12 that have been concluded-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: They are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: During the middle part of 2017, a number of documents were produced month by month that showed there were ongoing issues with the recording of homicides and that there were still data quality issues. Does Mr. Sutton believe there are data quality issues relating to the recording of any homicides relating to February or March 2018?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: So it is not possible to say definitively but there definitely could still be data quality issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To finish off on that particular issue, my next question concerns ICT staff. I am still not totally satisfied with the explanation as to how things transpired. Particularly for that first meeting but also subsequently, I do not understand how these people were not consulted about how this transpired. There was a discussion on "This Week" on Sunday about documentation. I do not have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will take the opportunity to say that we need two more community gardaí in the Togher district, if the witnesses will look favourably on that. I know Assistant Commissioner Finn has good support of community policing in Cork. I hope that those two vacancies can be filled as soon as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Fabulous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very good. I am glad to hear it.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We will be supporting this motion. It is a shame on this and previous Governments, as Deputy Brady has outlined, that this has dragged on for so many years. It is absolutely appalling that it has been let get to this situation. I do not think there is any other category of workers in the public or private sector that would be treated as contemptuously as this in respect of its pension...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to resource a school (details supplied) to enable it to obtain three extra teachers to alleviate issues with overcrowded classrooms. [17569/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (24 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a proposal from a school (details supplied) for an upgrade of the school buildings; and the position regarding the proposal. [17587/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (24 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he has taken to avoid further underspending of EU integration funding; if he has acted on advice from the EU Commission to strengthen Ireland's administration of the funds and make use of available technical assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17391/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (24 Apr 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 539. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a model here similar to the children's panel that exists in Scotland (details supplied); and if not, her plans to put in place such a panel. [17533/18]