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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: That is another judgment call that officials make around whether a briefing is recorded or not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: In terms of transparency and openness of information, a selected minuting of particular briefings is concerning in that we do not know from the information that is submitted to us or that is openly given whether it is in response to media queries or parliamentary questions that we are not certain of what is a minute or what is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Which will enhance their awareness of the particular problem, which was denied. I want to address some of the other issues. I have general governance concerns. Last week the Department officials and the Minister for Justice and Equality were before the select committee and dealt with the issue of Garda overtime. The Minister was accompanied by two officials, Mr. Seamus Clifford from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: That is fine. On the issue of the criteria for the reopening of Garda stations, who drafted the criteria in the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Perhaps Mr. O'Callaghan can?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Who drafted the criteria?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Mr. O'Callaghan will not answer the question about who drafted the criteria.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: I think the officials have more knowledge about the criteria and how they were drafted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Did Mr. O'Callaghan discuss the criteria with the Minister when they were being drafted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Ms McPhilips said she was proud of the corporate affairs team's work over the last year in terms of the organisation's culture. What changes were made last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Was Mr. McKenna surprised by his sudden resignation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Or sudden retirement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Can the Department publish the discovery orders?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: The Department is telling us about them. It is stating it can give us a catch-all summary, but that it cannot publish them. As it is referring to them, why can it not publish them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Why are the officials talking about them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Did any of the discovery orders contain an order directing that any documents relevant to the tribunal's terms of reference should also be discovered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Okay. The Department has indicated that it received legal advice about the publication of the discovery orders. Who gave that legal advice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: Did it authorise the Department to discuss the discovery orders today?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jack Chambers: The witness got advice to say that she could discuss the discovery orders generally but could not specifically disclose what they were.