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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. I thank Mr. Finn.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (10 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure proper and effective regulation of insurance companies on the issue of refusing flood cover; if it will be ensured that cover cannot be refused after adequate flood defence measures have been put in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government will give consideration to granting refugee status to persons fleeing the ongoing persecution within Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42523/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (10 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a commencement order will be signed to commence the operation of Part 12 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42611/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if steps can be taken to alleviate the pressure on District Courts that are hearing contested family law matters late into the evening; if plans are in place to improve the determination of family law disputes before courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42615/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in each Garda division, in tabular form. [42218/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (10 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the situation will be remedied with regard to the renewal of taxi licences in circumstances in which when a taxi licence is renewed it is done only by reference to the applicant’s driver’s licence and therefore does not capture criminal convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42613/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mechanisms that will be put in place for persons who suffer from health conditions which require heavy water usage such as Crohn's disease in view of the fact he has indicated that a charge will be applied for excessive use of water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Travel Information and Authorisation System: Motions (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for attending. I think we should consider it and refer it, as we are required to do. I agree with the Minister that we should opt in. The only question I have for him is whether the UK is opting in as well or whether the Brexit discussions have had any impact on regulations and directives such as this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an gCoimisinéir gníomhach as an bpost an-dúshlánach nua atá aige. Níl obair éasca le déanamh aige. Tá súil agam go mbeidh sé an-rathúil sa phost sa bhliain atá le teacht. I welcome the acting Commissioner and congratulate him on his new position, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. O'Sullivan looked at an eight-year period from around 2009 to 2017. There were approximately 520,000 checkpoint incidents during that period. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: For the purpose of the report, he looked at a sample of approximately 2,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: After each checkpoint incident, is a member of An Garda Síochána not required to contact the Garda information services centre, GISC, and provide it with information about the checkpoint?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are all of those recordings still available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is completely unrealistic to expect gardaí or anyone to go back and listen to all of them. Part of Mr. O'Sullivan's explanation for why the figures are inflated is that, after a checkpoint incident, a garda phones up the Garda information centre and is asked how many cars they stopped in an evening. They may reply that it was 20, 30 or 40. Was there such a level of unscientific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: It easy for us now to go back and be critical but were the gardaí who did these checkpoints apprised of the importance of accurately calculating the number of cars that were stopped, irrespective of whether there was a positive breath test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: In fairness, when gardaí stop cars to check tax and insurance, do they count the numbers of cars that are validly taxed and insured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: How is the current situation changed? When An Garda Síochána states in some future report that in 2018, it stopped 1 million drivers for breathalyser tests, how can the public be satisfied that the information would be accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I shall now turn to holding gardaí accountable for this. What has An Garda Síochána proposed? Is it feasible to go back and start examining some 502,000 checkpoint incidents that took place over a period of eight years to see who did perform their functions accurately and who did not? Is that feasible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I ask the assistant commissioner, Mr. O'Driscoll, about the report he delivered on the reopening of Garda stations. He delivered that report to the Minister for Justice and Equality on 9 June. In the days and weeks prior to that did he or anyone else in senior management in An Garda Síochána get a request from anyone in government to deliver an interim report?