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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are in the last few minutes of the meeting and I call Deputy Ó Snodaigh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He has clarified the following - if I am wrong, correct me - the Garda Commission has already publicly clarified that the Garda has not and the Minister has clarified that he has not. He has not asked-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let me continue. The Minister has not checked with the Defence Forces and, in fairness, is not in a position to confirm with them. He has wondered why Revenue would do so but stated he did not know. These two-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are going to move on to Deputy Clare Daly's final question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Through the Chair, please. Could we return the meeting to order, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It has been a long session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can we make our comments through the Chair, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let us have an answer to that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before I call Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, the Minister requested that we only have one round of questioning. The committee tried to compromise by allowing ten or 15 minutes at the end for committee members only. The remaining members are Senators Susan O'Keeffe and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh and Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh who will ask for clarification on any point that is unclear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The international mobile subscriber identifier, IMSI, technology.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I cannot allow that question, as it is not related. I have given the Deputy a little latitude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will you?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I gave the Deputy a fair degree of latitude concerning the surveillance. We will get a response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is the Deputy's question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have shown latitude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister has answered, "No."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The remaining committee members will address points of clarification. We have allowed 15 minutes maximum for this segment and the meeting will conclude at approximately 8.13 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is our difficulty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Our difficulty is that three threats were identified to us. Let us focus on Nos. 2 and 4. The second one refers to the chances of it being a coincidence as being next to zero while the third refers to government-level technology. If the Minister has an assessment from Rits that unravels that, we need to know in respect of our deliberations as a committee. Can the Minister give us a...