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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (22 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to concerns held by the Garda youth diversion programme independent network, IGYD, regarding the future funding of the programmes following a call for proposal by the Irish Youth Justice Service; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that IGYD is of the view that the upcoming call...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if there is to be a reduction in service at a day centre (details supplied); the reason this reduction is occurring; his plans to ensure there is no reduction in services for users of this day centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13432/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour (22 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to anti-social behaviour along the Royal Canal path between the Luas stop at Broombridge and Ashtown; the measures he will introduce to make this area safer for patrons using the path to access the Luas stop; if CCTV cameras will be installed in the area to make it safer; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank Ms Feehily and Ms Hall for whom it has been a long morning. I will go through the submission and refer to a couple of things mentioned in it. It states, "Since late March 2017, we had intelligence" and also that the concerns of the two Garda analysts "were already well known to us before their contact". Ms Feehily also stated: "I can honestly say that there was very little of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: It is still not on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: Ms Feehily has said the Policing Authority invited-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: Ms Feehily has said the Policing Authority had a meeting about the intelligence received. Is that the meeting at which they were on the public record or are they separate meetings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: We are taking a step back. The people who were uncovering the evidence and actually investigating the whole process were the two people who contacted the Policing Authority. I am not aware of anyone else who was actively pursuing PULSE system files at the time, apart from the two people who were actively involved and came before the committee. On a weekly basis they were uncovering new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: They had intelligence which the Policing Authority did not probe in a greater way. Does Ms Feehily accept that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: As such, the Policing Authority felt there was no need to probe it further.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: Ms Feehily mentioned that the Policing Authority was trying to shine a light on issues. From my perspective and that of others on the committee, the people concerned had a torch of intelligence that they wanted to provide for the authority on which to engage. Their perception of the response of the authority is that they hit a brick wall. Despite the assurances given, there is a difference...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: They have said they felt the Policing Authority let them down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is the same Garda delegation which, as Ms Feehily is aware, tried to get them to sign off on something retrospectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: When did the authority become aware that pressure had been put on the analysts to sign off retrospectively on the report it had rejected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: The authority was aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: That means the authority was aware of the pressure that was imposed on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: I know, but that is the conclusion from what Ms Feehily has said. It is a big concern if the authority was aware of pressure that was imposed on the analysts to change, retrospectively, something the authority had rejected. Did the authority attempt to get clarification from them so that it could pursue the matter of the pressure that was brought to bear on them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: I want to ask Ms Feehily about what happened on 1 August 2017. The analysts were informed by a member of management that a member of the Policing Authority had made approaches to them. Who in the Policing Authority contacted and phoned Garda management about the approaches they made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: Is there a record of that?