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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (14 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars assigned to each Garda station in County Westmeath in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form. [54178/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (14 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars assigned to each Garda station in counties Longform and Roscommon in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form. [54179/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (14 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars assigned to each Garda station in County Tipperary in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form. [54180/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (14 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars assigned to each Garda station in County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form. [54172/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Incidence (12 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported cases of domestic violence in each of the six regions of the Dublin metropolitan region for 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52700/17]
- Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Before I speak on the Paradise Papers, on my behalf and on behalf of Fianna Fáil, I welcome the joint report published this morning by the negotiators on behalf of the European Union and the United Kingdom. It is a very contentious issue, but I welcome the fact the report has indicated that the position of Ireland, as a result of the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (7 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has written to each applicant to the Magdalen restorative justice scheme that was rejected and asserted a longer duration of stay than was accepted by his Department to advise them of their right to reapply in view of the Ombudsman's recent report, Opportunity Lost, on his Department's administration of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting. I congratulate Ms McPhillips on her appointment as acting Secretary General which is not an easy job. I disagree with her statement that there is a prevalent view about the competence and even probity of the Department. I do not believe that view is prevalent and I certainly do not accept the simplistic political narrative that all of 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)
Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister stated in the Dáil last week that approximately 230 documents were discovered. Were they discovered in the affidavits of discovery?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Was a claim of legal professional privilege made in the affidavits of discovery in respect of documents generated in 2014, 2015 or 2016? Does Ms McPhillips know if that was the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Was there any claim of privilege made in respect of documents that would evidence paragraph (e) of the terms of reference?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Something that jumps out at me is that they state that the discovery orders were fully complied with but we know that the emails of 15 May and 4 July 2015 were not discovered in those affidavits of discovery. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Do I take it then that when the Department got the order for discovery, the reason these two emails were not discovered to the tribunal was because the Department believed they did not come within the terms of the discovery order?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Do I take it therefore that those two documents were considered in February, March, April of this year but a decision was made that they were not relevant?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Is it correct that a decision was made at some stage that they were not relevant?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: As far as Ms McPhillips and Mr. O'Callaghan are aware, these emails were not discussed in the Department at the time the affidavits of discovery were being sworn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Do they have any explanation as to why those emails were not considered for discovery?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Do they accept now that those two emails come within the discovery requests that were made in February-April and September?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: But from the Department's point of view, it was asked by the tribunal to discover documents in a discovery order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality (6 Dec 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: There were specific categories of documents requested.