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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: We are looking forward to that. It will be a good engagement. We will move swiftly on because the Minister is due to join us. I thank the Commissioner and appreciate him giving of his time today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: We are still in public session. I welcome the Minister and her team to the meeting. The Minister is familiar with procedure here so I do not need to go through that. Time is tight as we have an absolute cut-off point of 7 p.m. because the meeting will have lasted three hours by then and that is the cut-off point. I propose to allow members five minutes each for their contributions. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: The last member to speak is Deputy Ó Riordáin and following his contribution, I will invite both of our guests, Deputy McGuinness and Senator Keoghan, to come in at the end, with a five-minute slot between them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: I ask the Deputy to respect the rules about mentioning individuals in the committee meeting. Has this individual been mentioned on the record before?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: That concludes our consideration for this evening. I thank members, the Minister and her team and the other witnesses. Before we wrap up, I ask if it is agreed that we publish the opening statements on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed. That concludes our formal business. The committee will reconvene tomorrow at 3 p.m. in private session for a briefing on the general...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many people availed of the Activation and Family Support Programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has examined the provision of a statutory bereavement leave, and the costs associated with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the future provision and timescales for the delivery of additional ASD units in Clane, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46122/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46241/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: 350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the current difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) trying to renew their public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when funding will be made available to assist landowners in dealing with ash dieback disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46057/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: I propose that we go into private session as there is a bit of procedure to go through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: Before we move on to the main business of the meeting, on behalf of the committee, I wish to read the following statement into the record. At its meeting on 4 July 2023, the committee engaged in pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the defamation (amendment) Bill. Following the meeting, the committee received correspondence from a solicitor acting on behalf of Mr. Stephen Rae...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. The purpose of our meeting is to discuss policing matters. A range of matters will be traversed. The discussion will cover three main topics: challenges relating to rostering and recruitment and recent industrial relations issues; the policing of Dublin city; and the policing of protests. Those are three quite distinct topics but I am sure there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: I allowed some latitude on the time. I did the same for the GRA because of the matters to be considered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: I thank Mr. Gallagher and all our guests. That concludes the initial opening statements. Quite a breadth of topics were covered. Topics 1 and 2 were mentioned but topic 3 perhaps did not get quite the same degree of attention in the opening statements. That is important and perhaps we will touch on that in the toing and froing over the course of the meeting. I will invite members to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

James Lawless: There is a short window left for responses to the Deputy's questions. There will be time over the course of the meeting for the witnesses to come back in. To keep it fair, I will stick to six-minute slots for each member. Does Ms Cunningham wish to respond to that set of questions?