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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: We have moved away from the focus of the meeting. I ask the Deputy to get back to the Act that we are supposed to be talking about changing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: The Deputy should carry on. He mentioned paragraph 6.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: The Deputy should listen to what the Chair is saying. He should carry on with his question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: Again, Deputy, this is completely-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: I know but we need to focus on changes to the Act. However, I will allow a brief response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: I know. The Deputy has agreed to head up some work on this area and we are going to focus on it specifically as a committee. We need to spend time today discussing the Act because our time is quite limited, as the Deputy will know. I call the acting Garda Commissioner to reply briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: We will carry on this matter in the autumn when we will focus on this area specifically. Deputy Finian McGrath will head up a sub-committee on the subject.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: Does the acting Garda Commissioner wish to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: I understand that, but this might not be the forum for that. I invite you to meet with the acting Garda Commissioner afterwards and have that conversation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: You may disagree, but that is my ruling. We must respect the privacy of the member in question. You can have that conversation afterwards with the acting Garda Commissioner.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: The member of the Garda you mentioned.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: Continue your questioning, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: Okay. Next question, please, or I will call somebody else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: I must ask everybody to check their mobile phones are switched off as they interfere with the broadcasting system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: The acting Garda Commissioner might respond to Deputy Mac Lochlainn's question in the context of the 2005 Act and any changes that might be made in the future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: While I will allow the acting Garda Commissioner to respond to the issue raised by the Deputy, it is not strictly a matter for today's agenda. I accept, however, it is a matter of public interest.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: If I may interject in order to be helpful, this matter was raised in the context of the establishment of a Garda authority, a policing authority and whether the security element would be removed and how it would be dealt with, bearing in mind the significant connection between organised crime and security elements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: I thank Mr. Brady and greatly appreciate his contribution. In the spirit of his contribution, is it okay for the joint committee to publish the opening statements, as our media friends are anxious to see them? Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now proceed to questions and I ask my colleagues to be brief, concise and to the point. The entire point is to elicit information and if people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
David Stanton: I thank the Acting Commissioner. I ask the next contributor to make his opening remarks.