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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like Mr. Purcell to answer the question, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a question to be answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a farce.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With all due respect Chairman, this is farcical. There is a situation in which-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----there will be a commission of investigation into the Guerin report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay, but it is absolutely farcical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While I have great respect for Senator Zappone, what has happened thus far is farcical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee has had the opportunity to deliberate on the petitions before us today and I will read out our decisions. The first petition for consideration is P00009/13 from Mr. Hugh Rance, calling for an independent process of appeal in the Department of Education and Skills through which a teacher who is employed by a vocational education committee and has been refused qualified pay and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a few other questions for the acting Garda Commissioner. In regard to all of the recent debacles and, in some cases, scandals that have emerged, what are the learning curves for senior management in An Garda Síochána in terms of dealing with whistleblowers and serious allegations? I am sure the acting Garda Commissioner has had an opportunity to read the Guerin report, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The acting Garda Commissioner will be aware that there is a legal responsibility on senior Garda management to protect whistleblowers. It is reported again today in the media that Sergeant Maurice McCabe is very isolated, unable to attend work and has made repeated complaints about how he is being treated. I spoke to him today on the basis of the article in today's Irish Independent. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can the acting Garda Commissioner personally take responsibility for dealing with this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It made a lot of sense to me that at our previous hearings GSOC suggested that the more minor complaints from the public or from members of An Garda Síochána should be dealt with in an informal resolution process. I note that Ms O'Loan's detailed submission also includes that recommendation. I am interested to hear the views of Ms O'Loan and of the acting Garda Commissioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At last week's committee hearings, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Amnesty International, Transparency International Ireland and other contributors raised the issue of security oversight. Unlike in the North of Ireland, An Garda Síochána has responsibility for intelligence, security and policing all under the one roof. The contributors last week made the suggestion...

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why can the Taoiseach not give it to us today? Just tell us.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Death Certificates Issues (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to be furnished with a death certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23444/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (27 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if their application has been refused; if so, on what basis; the options available to appeal this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22347/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (27 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Mica Action Group which is active in County Donegal on the issue of defective blocks used in the building of homes that are leading to large cracks appearing in homes; the steps he has taken on this issue; if he will consider establishing a redress scheme similar to that which has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding (27 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 672. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal. [22607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding (27 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 673. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the figure for outstanding adjudications from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal which have yet to be paid. [22608/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding (27 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 674. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the failure to appoint the membership of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is a budgetary measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22609/14]