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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: It could have come in overnight, because it came in overnight in April 2016. The Garda waited months before it had an IT solution. A paper solution could have been introduced. I can see that the Garda are not going to give me any more meat in their answers. I want to come back to Assistant Commissioner Mr. Michael Finn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: Could Mr. Twomey answer the question that was asked, Chairman?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: The Garda introduced a system in April, which was a temporary measure, so that it could bring in the following system. On the question of data, which is of major significance, I noted at the press conference, Assistant Commissioner Mr. Michael Finn spoke about checkpoints. He told us there was a figure of 400,000 checkpoints carried out during the period. How can we believe that figure,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: In fairness it took a few years to do it, but what the assistant commissioner is saying is that is what is on the Garda system. How can we take solace from that? Will Mr. Finn comment on the fact that a former Garda made internal reports that suggested that it was an instruction by management. There is a difference, as the assistant commissioner knows, when a checkpoint is set up,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: Is Mr. Finn saying that no instruction was given on it? Is he totally confident that the number of checkpoints that was recorded on the system is the actual number of checkpoints that took place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: Mr. Finn said a minute ago that he was not sure. He said he needed to evaluate all of the data externally. He said that what is on the system-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: I know, but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: Yes, but the Garda does not know accurately whether the cancelled checkpoints were fully cancelled.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: Is Mr. Finn totally satisfied with that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: I want to deal briefly with the issue of fixed charge notices. The Commissioner's opening remarks were very brief. I suppose the timelines we were given constituted half-information in some ways, without being derogatory about it. The Commissioner spoke about fixed charge notices for NCTs. They accounted for just 6% of the incorrect summonses that were issued. Are the witnesses saying...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: Was that the review that was conducted in May? Was that review started in and around May?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: It was just fixed charge notices.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: Yes, but all NCT ones-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: For all fixed charge notices.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: I know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: We heard today - maybe it was in the timeline - that an IT solution was designed and rolled out to prevent summonses from being created in this circumstance. I know the Tánaiste gave a report to the Houses yesterday. She said that the Commissioner told her at their meeting that operating practices were in place "to ensure that these practices have now ceased". The Tánaiste told...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: That was provided for in July of last year. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: It happened in May 2016. I wonder how it was possible for me to be summonsed to the Criminal Courts of Justice on 12 December 2016 for an alleged motor offence that allegedly took place in March 2016 and in respect of which no fixed charge notice was issued.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: I do not think I am that special, to be honest. I know it is a fact because I have received a few fixed charge notices before. I know what they look like. If I had received one in this instance, I would have known. Coincidentally, on receipt of a fixed charge notice in October of last year, I was in Naas court and I met some people who were there precisely because they had not received...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Clare Daly: It gets to the heart of it. How can we trust what the Garda is saying when we have contradictory evidence of the opposite?