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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?

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

Jack Chambers: I am just asking, for the purposes of transparency, who contacted whom. Can we just have the names of the people involved?

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

Jack Chambers: Is there no record of that?

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

Jack Chambers: It was referencing a contact over the phone from a member of the Policing Authority.

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

Jack Chambers: Let us take a step back to the time before the establishment of the Policing Authority and imagine this was a layer in the Department of Justice and Equality. If people approached the Department of Justice and Equality about a file that was submitted to it and about which they had concerns and someone from the Department contacted the Garda about the contact that had been made, there would...

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

Jack Chambers: We have a circular issue here whereby the authority was involved with informal contact. How then, in the interests of the two people who appeared before us, can it provide the level of transparency for them when they feel they were rejected? Procedures within the Policing Authority need to be reformed to ensure anyone who gives intelligence will believe it will be dealt with in such a way...

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

Jack Chambers: I am just saying a telephone call should not be seen as an official channel. The process should be more formal than that, particularly for an authority, and removed in terms of the need for regulatory oversight. I know that this is a procedural aspect, but when the authority will not meet people who wish to present matters to it, it should provide for the same distance and level of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (20 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on the costings of pay equality and a timeframe to achieve it as called for in an amendment to section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Severe Weather Events Response (20 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is advice or assistance for schools on clearing snow following extreme weather events such as storm Emma; if there are guidelines for schools to link in with local authorities to clear snow after extreme weather events; his plans to introduce such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (20 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cuts that have occurred to the capitation fund for primary schools since 2008; the cost in monetary terms of these cuts to the primary school sector in each of the school years 2009-10 to 2017-18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12574/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (20 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a direct relationship between the cuts to capitation grants in primary schools and the consequent shortfall in primary school funding to the need for primary schools to seek voluntary contributions from parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12575/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (20 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 797. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at least one waste collector (details supplied) is now charging per lift and per kilo on green bins; his views on whether recycled waste should be subject to pay per lift and pay per weight charge structure; the way in which this charge structure will encourage persons...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Loans (20 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 1026. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an unsuccessful application to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by persons (details supplied) will be examined; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a condition within the scheme is resulting in many applications being refused; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (20 Mar 2018)

Jack Chambers: 1043. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been received for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number of these applications that have been successful and unsuccessful to date respectively; the number that were unsuccessful as a result of income earned through overtime payments; and if he will make a statement on the...