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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: What was the Senator's second question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: The committee's penal reform report published earlier mentioned and highlighted the issue of tagging. Members travelled to Finland and saw it in operation there. I understand it is in operation in some sense here at present as a pilot. When she responds to the Senator, the Commissioner might comment on that as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: We have to be careful not to name anybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: We will hear the answer to that question first and come back to the other two.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: I know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: Permission granted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: Does the Commissioner wish to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: A number of people wish to contribute a second time and I urge them to ask brief supplementary questions. I call Deputy Farrell to commence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: I am not sure if the Commissioner wants to respond to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: I call Senator Bacik.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: The Deputy has raised a number of questions with the Commissioner.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: Forensic marking is in use in the UK and other countries. Is it being looked at as a tool to track individuals and stolen property and to prevent crime, and what is the Commissioner's view of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: I believe what the Commissioner referred to is Farm Watch. Are there ways of measuring morale in the Garda Síochána? People state from time to time that morale is not very good or is very good. Will the Commissioner comment on this? It is an important matter. She mentioned it earlier in her statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: With respect to the new vehicles, is it at the Commissioner’s discretion as to how she spends the budget on, say, high-powered vehicles?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: In relation to the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, is the Commissioner satisfied that it is resourced sufficiently?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: Will the Commissioner agree that it is always important to report crime? Now and again, people say it is not worth reporting a crime because nothing will happen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: All crime or attempted crime should be reported to the local Garda station.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: The tracking of crime is also another issue that comes up time and again. In other jurisdictions, victims can make contact with the police officer to find out where an investigation is at. Is this in place here? For example, can someone e-mail a local Garda station in such circumstances?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: With the advent of new gardaí, every so often we get requests about a garda who would like to transfer. How many gardaí have applied for transfers? Will it be easier to manage with more gardaí coming on stream?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)
David Stanton: It would be remiss of us not to comment on the Garda Reserve. Will the Commissioner gives an idea of how it is going?