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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The joint committee is now in public session and we will record our decisions. The first petition for reconsideration today is Petition No. P00027/13 from Mr. Damon Matthew Wise, national secretary-CEO (voluntary) of the National Board, directors, shadow directors and executive committee. It was submitted by a corporate body. The petitioner is seeking to raise proposals to allow for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was alarmed to read the Irish Council for Civil Liberties' statement following Vodafone's publication of this international report. Ireland is the only one of 29 countries that denied them the ability to publish what the State had sought from them. The ICCL says that our interception laws are from a pre-digital age. They are archaic and need to be updated. More importantly, the ICCL...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a final question on what is referred to as the dark net, which emerged as a form of preventing surveillance. It was initially a benign development by journalists and pro-democracy campaigners who emerged in Egypt and elsewhere. Unfortunately, however, recent evidence in Britain suggests that the dark net is now being utilised by people availing of child abuse images. This debate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With regard to the decision of the European Court of Justice to strike down the data retention directive, the Minister will be aware that the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has welcomed the decision here in Ireland. There is concern over the need to find a balance between the requirement of a state to gather intelligence, monitor and identify threats to its security, which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the chaos surrounding the rolling out of the social inclusion and community activation programme; if he has received reports of the insufficient information supplied to voluntary and community organisations currently delivering local community development programmes; if he understands...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the directive he cites, 2004/18/EU, to justify the tendering of the social inclusion and community activation programme was repealed before the notice of the tender was issued; if the tendering of the programme still has a safe legal basis; if he will outline the nature of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the tendering of the social inclusion and community activation programme, if he has read European Directive 2014/24/EU; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is now the current law on public procurement in Ireland; if he has read preamble seven which sets down that the directive is without...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is the only country in the European Union which has put its national local community development programme or analogous programme out to public tender; the reason this is necessary in Ireland but not in any other member state; if he asked for or commissioned any...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As part of my preparation for this question, I read an article from the respected writer and columnist, Ms Elaine Byrne, which referred to the need for an independent audit of the capacity of the oversight agencies, namely, the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, the ODCE, the Garda bureau of fraud investigation, the Central Bank, Revenue, the national bureau of criminal investigation, NBCI, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation has the necessary resources to deal with all reports of alleged white collar crime; if there is a joined-up approach to tackling white collar crime with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, with the requisite resources deployed. [26923/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My question follows media reports on the Bar Council's annual conference. Mr. Remy Farrell, senior counsel, heavily criticised the lack of resources given to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. He expressed the view that there was never a better time for white collar criminals to get away with it. These were serious comments....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reports on the comments made by Mr. Remy Farrell, senior counsel, were most alarming. I will go through some of them. He referred to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. The director, Mr. Ian Drennan, had said the office needed five forensic accountants to keep up with the volume of complaints coming in, yet the office has only one. Clearly, this is not up to standard....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for her approach to this issue. I am conscious that she is new in the Department and that this is a fresh start. Later this year we will look at legislation to strengthen the powers of the ombudsman and make them clear. Deputy Niall Collins alluded to the meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence with the ombudsman in the North and the PSNI board....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the lack of co-operation at management level in the Donegal division of An Garda Síochána with a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation relating to the murder of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was murdered over two years ago on 17 June 2012. [26922/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In June 2012 Mr. Seamus Doherty was murdered at his home in Churchill, County Donegal. The family had very serious concerns from the get-go about the investigation by An Garda Síochána. I will go into that matter in more detail in my response to the Minister's reply. My concern is the apparent lack of co-operation from the management of An Garda Síochána in County...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: From my dealings with the family of the late Mr. Doherty, I understand his body was found in the early hours of the morning of 17 June 2012 in the bathroom of his home. There were signs of an assault on his body and the bathroom scene suggested a struggle. There were various items and water on the floor and it was clear that something had taken place which gave cause for concern. However,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Costs (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 103. To ask the Taoiseach the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which included confidentiality agreements or confidentiality clauses. [26565/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the case of a primary school which in 2013 increased its number of teachers to three, two mainstream and one base school resource, if the deputy principal will in the event of the school losing the resource post retain the deputy principal allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Culture (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will move to implement the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality that the State recognise the ethnicity of the Traveller community. [26781/14]