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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Apr 2014)

Niall Collins: 451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the impact of the Garda recordings on future cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15411/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Apr 2014)

Niall Collins: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the terms of reference for a commission of investigation into the recordings controversy will be completed; the expected timeframe for the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15417/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports (1 Apr 2014)

Niall Collins: 447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms his Department has to assess Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission reports and recommendations contained therein; the number of GSOC reports his Department has received since March 2011; if he has seen same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15406/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Resignation (1 Apr 2014)

Niall Collins: 449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in correspondence sent by the former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan, being handed to the Minister. [15408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (1 Apr 2014)

Niall Collins: 450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms in place for the transfer of information and correspondence between the Secretary General of his Department and him; if he has previously raised concerns over delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15409/14]

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: I will confine my questions to the issue of the Garda Inspectorate and the report. I flagged two issues when I spoke earlier. First, there was what we would describe as the premature leaking of the report. Can the Minister give us an undertaking that the next time important reports are due - important reports such as the Cooke and the Guerin reports are due and they will be discussed -...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this very important debate on the report of the Garda Inspectorate. As a question and answer session will follow, I will use the opportunity to offer some questions which I hope the Minister will deal with. I thank the chief inspector of the Garda Inspectorate, Mr. Robert Olson, for his clear, unambiguous and very concise report. Having read it,...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: It is bizarre and the Minister for Justice and Equality should shed some light on the issue. My party and I support the recommendations made in the Garda Inspectorate's report which seek to rectify a number of problems uncovered in the system that cost the State almost €8 million per annum. The report recommends that the summons service process be reviewed to establish why so many...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: GSOC reported in 2013 and the Attorney General set up a working group in November of that year. The Garda Commissioner advised the Department of this by way of letter sent by courier over 16 days ago. Are we to believe the Minister knew about none of these events when, at the same time, a garda can pull alongside Deputy Mick Wallace at the Five Lamps, wag his finger at him for allegedly...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: It is laughable and the public will ask what the Minister was doing. We have heard that he is a great reforming Minister, but it is clear that there is incompetence at the root. Who is taking responsibility? Will the Minister ever take responsibility for the oversight of the justice system within the Department?

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: On the penalty points issue, the whistleblowers were at fault, while in the bugging of GSOC, the chairman, Mr. Simon O'Brien, was at fault.

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: The Attorney General is a member of the Government. Is it not the case that she should have informed the Minister or the Government of these matters? Did she do so? A working group was set up, but who was on it? How many times has it met, if it has met at all? Since the Attorney General became aware of this issue in November 2013, how many Cabinet meetings has she attended? The Minister...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: The Garda Commissioner is gone and the whistleblowers and GSOC have been blamed. It always seems to be somebody else rather than the Minister.

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: With regard to the commission of investigation-----

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: The Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, is completely irrelevant to this discussion.

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: The Minister should restrain himself.

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: Why are we not having a commission of investigation to investigate the bugging of GSOC or the dossier produced by the whistleblowers? People died because of related issues, but we will not have a commission of investigation to examine that dossier. The public finds it difficult to reconcile all of this. The Minister did not indicate why he was circumventing GSOC with regard to the policy...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to these statements. The administration of justice under the Minister's watch is in crisis and has been for a long time through a series of the Minister's actions, inaction and incompetence. That makes the Minister unfit to continue to hold office. We need to recap on the catalogue of events the Minister has overseen. We had the completely bungled...

Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: That is a sad day when it is the Government's job to protect its citizens in the first instance. We then had the situation regarding the Garda confidential recipient and the scandal of his departure. It has never been explained by the Minister or anybody else what exactly the former Garda confidential recipient, Mr. Oliver Connolly, was referring to in those taped transcripts. That is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (25 Mar 2014)

Niall Collins: 156. To ask the Taoiseach the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13038/14]