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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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 460. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will move to implement the 2013 proposals from the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on changes to our laws on prostitution. [26785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 461. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will move to implement the 2013 proposals from the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on penal law reforms. [26786/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 462. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to update incitement to hatred legislation. [26787/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (24 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 463. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she will take to tackle the rising gun crime in parts of Dublin city after the shooting of a six year old recently in the city; if she has met with the superintendent in the area and all public representatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26788/14]

Cooke Report: Statements (19 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the shadowy world of modern surveillance, it is extremely difficult to definitively prove that surveillance has taken place. As said in various media interviews, it is not like in the old movies where one can unscrew one's telephone and find a bug or take the mirror from the wall and find a bug behind it. It is very difficult to prove but what we can say with certainty is that such was...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment ) Act 1998: Motions (19 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Here we are again. At the same time every year we debate this. Every year we in Sinn Féin oppose it and argue for more time to debate it and every year we are denied and the motion passes. We all will be aware of the background to the Offences against the State Act and I am not going to rehash it yet again today. This legislation undermines human rights, civil liberties and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Proposals (19 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the conveyancing laws regarding the legal requirement to acquire the written permission from those persons who share a lane or road, before a person can sell a site with access onto that lane or road. [26430/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce significantly the fee for a certificate of naturalisation. [26433/14]