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Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Since last Sunday, the Government has engaged in a co-ordinated strategy that has served to undermine the Office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. On Monday, the Taoiseach took to the media and demanded that the GSOC level with the Minister for Justice and Equality. He further chose to repeatedly misquote section 80 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and misinform...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: It is difficult to figure out what the Labour Party stands for. The Tánaiste is continuing the narrative that the Government has been peddling all week. The message is that there is nothing to see here and we should move along. I asked the Tánaiste whether he was concerned that the Taoiseach publicly demanded of an independent office that it level with a Minister. Is he not...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: The committee heard exactly the opposite of what the Government has been saying all week.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: It is not good enough. What does the Tánaiste stand for, if not for the independence of the ombudsman and supporting the individuals in question who were appointed by the President on the nomination of the Government? There is a real problem at the heart of government which is interfering with this independence by engaging in a strategy that has been co-ordinated.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 16. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP dispensing facilities that have been withdrawn by the primary care reimbursement services since the start of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6937/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the PCRS is unilaterally withdrawing dispensing facilities from GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6936/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take to deal with the call made to him by parents of the outreach classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in respect of the proposed closure of this school with particular consequences for the two ASD classes; if he will appreciate the serious concerns of the parents and the community; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (13 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: 251. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action he is taking to ensure that all Health Information and Quality Authority report recommendations into Tallaght hospital are now implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7301/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Was the Garda Commissioner informed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: He was not aware that this investigation was going on. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Last night statements were made in the Dáil, of which I am sure Mr. O'Brien is aware. The Minister said that no evidence of unauthorised technical or electronic surveillance was found. He went on to say that it was unfortunate that An Garda Síochána has found itself during the last 48 hours the subject of what appears to be completely baseless innuendo. He added that no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Just to be clear because I am having difficulty ---

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: I am having difficulty reconciling what the Minister said last night with what Mr. O'Brien is saying today. Mr. O'Brien has told us that when he briefed the Minister on Monday he informed him that he opened a section 102(4) investigation into An Garda Síochána. Is it the case that GSOC is now conducting an internal investigation to ascertain the source of the leak? In other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: I would like to thank the commissioners for their presentation and for the timely fashion in which they came to meet the committee. I thank them for the work they do and acknowledge they have a very difficult job. With regard to informing the Minister of their concerns following the checks made, has the commission previously had to inform this or previous Ministers of concerns that arose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Is it custom and practice to inform the Minister of all public interest investigations the commission initiates under section 102(4), but which it did not do in this case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: Mr. O'Brien said in his opening statement that the commission opened the public interest investigation into An Garda Síochána on 8 October 2013. Was that investigation into the Garda body as a whole or into one or two members or a group of members? Was the Garda Commissioner informed at the time the commission had commenced that investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: If the investigation was not into an individual or a body of individuals within An Garda Síochána, is it fair to say that the investigation was into the entire body of An Garda Síochána?

Judicial Appointments Bill 2014: First Stage (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the selection, appointment and promotion of members of the judiciary, to establish a judicial appointments board with responsibility for recommending to Government who should be nominated for appointment to judicial office, to give effect to the declaration of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary on...

Judicial Appointments Bill 2014: First Stage (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: It might be a bug.