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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (27 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: 696. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel, Garda vehicles and Garda reserves for the DMR North district and sub-districts broken down by station in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23090/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (27 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: 977. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for the appointment of members to the board of a given transport co-ordination unit; the measures he has taken to ensure fair and transparent representation on each board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22613/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (27 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: 987. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the workings of the expert group established to review the Irish airlines superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/14]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: Deputy Mattie McGrath is scheduled to speak now but he is not in the Chamber. I call on the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: May I ask-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I was going to ask Mr. Toland the same question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I just want to hear Mr. Toland's view as a result of his experience accumulated in the past three decades. He mentioned that he was in the UK forces. Forgive me, but I am mistaken about having 30 years' experience. I ask for his view on CPD, ongoing professional development training for members of the police.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Toland for his response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I have a supplementary question, one I neglected to ask the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors. It relates to a matter Deputy Corcoran Kennedy touched on and one I touched on this morning, that is, continued professional development, ongoing training and training that is available in Templemore. One of the basic issues referred to is service level failures. These are the small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: Can I assume that is a budgetary constraint?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: Does the inspectorate have a view on the matter from an operational aspect, using all the experience which, I have no doubt, comes from the combined decades of the three people present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: What is the view of the inspectorate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I agree completely with the sentiments of all contributors in respect of the longevity of whatever corrective legislative changes or changes to organisations that we put in place in the next seven months, as is the ambition of the Minister. I too would have a concern that we would-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: -----rush through something rather than analyse it properly. My point, particularly to the AGSI, is that the drip effect of those reports on morale in the coming months will have a detrimental effect. My next question is for the Garda Inspectorate which relates to its existence. Given certain similarities, I thank Mr. Olson for his line-by-line assessment of the legislation in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: My last question is on PULSE. Has the Garda Inspectorate had access to PULSE in respect of certain investigations since its establishment? Given the level at which it operates, why would it have a need for access to PULSE in terms of investigating structures of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I would have to take from that answer that accessing PULSE is not an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Olson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for coming before us. The discussion about doctors on-call is very interesting. It occurs to me that if a doctor from the panel was uncertain about an issue on the basis that a person's medical records were not available from the general practitioner because it was 4 a.m., he or she would surely refer the patient to hospital for tests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: Dr. O'Flaherty is the expert. Many of the questions I had prepared for this group have been asked and answered. I recognise the need to balance the need for the suggested reform of the Defence Forces, the Garda Síochána and across the justice administration, with the need to rebuild trust as a result of the drip-drip nature of the various incidents that have emerged in recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Alan Farrell: A number of submissions refer to deficiencies in the Act. To be fair to those who drafted the legislation, it may be more appropriate to refer to omissions from the Act, which are the cause of many of the current problems. A number of reports, investigations and so forth have been commissioned as part of the current corrective process. To repeat a question I put to the witnesses who...