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Report of the Fennelly Commission: Statements (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: In some ways, the report is a little like the much-awaited sequel to a Hollywood blockbuster: the second version never really cuts it like the first. That is not a reflection on Fennelly but it is a reflection on the fact that despite the hyping up of this issue, it was never a case of covert mass surveillance of the population ruthlessly organised by An Garda Síochána. That is...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: The Minister made the point that it would be foolish to deviate from the path of reform. It is much more foolish not to realise that we cannot get onto the path if the person riding the bicycle is peddling in the opposite direction. That is the problem and the situation which we are in. It is incredibly tiresome to be here again discussing this, but Nóirín O'Sullivan is not...

Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: What the survivors have always wanted is acknowledgement, apology and inclusion. The interim report goes some way to saying it warrants further investigation into including those who have been excluded. The decision on which institutions to include and exclude was very inconsistent. That needs to be addressed. There is an urgent need for the Minister to meet with representatives of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I welcome that the interim report is recommending further investigation into addressing the inclusion of those who have been excluded. I welcome that redress has been mentioned. This is obviously the reason we have had to wait seven months for it to be published. I am concerned by the response of the Minister to the report and her claims that the focus of the report is on children who...

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the use of Shannon Airport by the US military in view of the destabilising role played in the Middle East and elsewhere by the US, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18006/17]

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: As the Minister is aware, the US has been wreaking havoc across the Middle East for decades. It has taken a new departure with Donald Trump at the helm and his decision last week to drop 50 Tomahawk missiles on a Syrian airbase. We know the US media responded by saying things like "I think Donald Trump became President of the United States last night". People described it as doing the...

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I take it from the Minister's stock reply to which we have been listening for the past six years that the answer to the actual question is that the Minister is not prepared to carry out a review of the use of Shannon Airport by the US military. The Minister might consider that recent US air strikes have claimed the lives of 200 civilians in Iraq. Dozens were killed in separate strikes...

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I am beginning to wonder whether the Minister is going for the job of Garda Commissioner because his answers do not really match the reality. Will he tell us what he thinks all those aircraft are doing? Moving these aircraft from one corner of the globe to the other is not an inexpensive task. They are landing in Ireland roughly twice a day. What does the Minister think they are doing...

Other Questions: Military Aircraft (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: That reply is wholly unacceptable. This issue has been debated in the Irish media for some considerable period of time, with sources such as five alleged senior personnel in the Irish Defence Forces, personnel in the British Defence Forces or diplomatic corps confirming that such an arrangement exists and the Minister is telling us that national security prevents him from saying so in this...

Other Questions: Military Aircraft (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I think the Minister is playing with words. I did not ask him if there was an agreement. There are specific arrangements to be made if there is an agreement. If the Minister is saying there is no such arrangement, be it involuntary, informal or whatever way the Minister wants to put it, has he commissioned an investigation into the sources who are talking to media outlets, allegedly at a...

Other Questions: Military Aircraft (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: That is not what I asked the Minister.

Other Questions: Military Aircraft (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of his Department in regulating the activity of Royal Air Force, RAF, fighter jets empowered to carry out military operations in Irish sovereign airspace (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18005/17]

Other Questions: Military Aircraft (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: There is a sort of secret pact between the British and Irish authorities which allows the RAF to intervene in Irish-controlled airspace in the event of a terrorist incident involving civil aviation in our skies. This pact has been much speculated upon in this House since 2001 and in the media since 2016. When I raised it previously with the Minister, he said it was a national security...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank Deputy O'Loughlin for attending. It is a good example of new politics - which generally does not work in here - that we can work together to bring forward this Bill which is in all of our interests. A huge amount of work has been done since the Bill passed Second Stage. It is an excellent example of the coming together of Deputies, with some interested parties in academia, to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: One of the questions I was going to ask does not even come under this heading but that pinpoints a problem where 64% of the budget goes to the Garda, yet there are other substantial expenditures relating to Garda oversight and accountability which are also a strain on the justice budget. I refer to the cost of mismanagement and how that is reflected. An increase of slightly in excess of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: Is it prudent to provide nothing for this? Normally, an estimate is made. Presumably, that is what-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: Where is the 7% increase in compensation that has been budgeted for coming from? It is a massive cause for concern that €16 million of citizens' funds is being given as compensation. In some cases, this may be for work-related accidents but, in many cases, these are settlements with members of the service who have taken action against management decisions or members of the public...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: Does the figure only relate to claims by gardaí?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: We need a breakdown of which ones are medical claims by gardaí or workplace-related accidents. There is a substantial number of industrial relations claims with members taking action over management decisions and then members of the public receiving compensation because of Garda wrongdoing or maladministration.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: All the maladministration that has come to the surface does not just have a cost in terms of public confidence, it has a financial cost as well. The figure for this year is just in excess of €7 million, which is utterly shocking against a backdrop of services that could badly do with that money. In accounting terms, this does not reflect the lost hours as a result of that wrongdoing....