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Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State is again quoting the Attorney General. As Deputy Wallace stated, we have read the Fennelly report. I would not be too keen on quoting the Attorney General at any length. In any case, we would like to see any opinion the Attorney General had because the references to this area in the Constitution are quite limited. It does not get away from the issue that, if the...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: This is an important part of the Bill. It is utter lunacy that we are discussing 74 amendments together, but we will try to do our best. This critical section deals with appointments. It was one of the key parts of the Bill in terms of all the submissions from NGOs, statutory human rights bodies, other organisations and policing experts who were consulted. Let us examine the current Bill....

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: We certainly will not be withdrawing it. I am a little surprised the Minister of State did not deal with the issue raised, which concerned why the Government removed the proposal from the heads of the Bill concerning the section in question. I know from what she said that the Attorney General, who popped up in another scenario similar to this one, is being used but she did not say the...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: The reason we are going on about this amendment is we believe it to be a particularly important component of what we are trying to achieve in the multiple amendments we have tabled. Unfortunately, many of the really important amendments to be moved later in the context of the composition of the authority itself, amendments we believe are critical to its independence, have been ruled out of...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: The amendment deals with a new section on the idea of policing principles, which is welcome. However, it also gets to the heart of one of our objections to the Bill, which is the way in which the Government has rowed back between the publication of the heads of the Bill a year ago and the final product before us now. The idea of a code of ethics to guide gardaí in carrying out their...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 7:In page 7, to delete lines 28 to 30 and substitute the following:"(b) the principle that effective and efficient policing is dependent on the confidence, support, engagement and cooperation of local communities and every member of the Garda Síochána or member of the civilian staff of the Garda Síochána should, in carrying out his or her...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: It is ironic that the Minister of State refers to our amendments as confusing when one of the key problems with the Government's Bill is that it itself is confusing. The Bill envisages a model where there is an equal division of accountability between the security and policing work of An Garda Síochána. Accountability is directly to the Minister in relation to security while in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the large number of injuries inflicted on, and fatalities suffered by, hares during the 2014-15 hare coursing season, as noted in the coursing cruelty catalogue report submitted to her by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports in May 2015; and if she will clarify that muzzling does not prevent injury to hares, as stated...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the development of a code of ethics for the Irish Prison Service, against the backdrop of the signing of the Council of Europe code of ethics for prison staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Provision (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given the findings of the inspector of prisons that the vast majority of adult male prisoners, and all female prisoners, are accommodated in closed medium-security prisons, with only 8% of males in semi-open or open low-security accommodation, her plans to convert some of the existing accommodation to lower security arrangements. [39835/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Investigations (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken in relation to the standard operating procedures, and governors' or chiefs' orders, operating in the Irish Prison Service, following on from the reports into prison deaths commissioned by the Inspector of Prisons in June 2014; and the deficits outlined in the same. [39840/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Government’s promise to establish a scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; when the new scheme will be put in place; his views on whether it is acceptable that a new scheme has yet to be put in place, given the two and half years since the schemes were closed to new applicants; if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties that nurses are experiencing in registering and seeking a licence as a result of delays and incompetence by the Irish nursing board; the action he proposes to take regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39919/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to improve the situation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin where students have not been able to choose an appropriately balanced arrangement of second level subjects. [39839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in cases where the original owner of a property dies, if the person who succeeds in ownership of that property is entitled to access the pyrite remediation scheme. [39926/15]

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: Last Christmas, there was absolute uproar in Britain because waiting times were the worst in a decade, with only 88.7% of patients being seen within four hours. This motion is calling for a period of six hours, yet the Government cannot even accept that. What does that say about this Government? The reality is that, under its stewardship, we have seen a massive erosion of our health...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: We are confused by the grouping because we are operating with the earlier grouping we received and are not sure which group of amendments is being discussed now. That is a consequence of the manner in which the issue was handled this morning. We will operate off the initial grouping. We are discussing an attempt to move away from the Minister being the final arbiter in these matters....

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: Yes.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: I remind the Minister of State that the Government scheduled this debate. The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, was not in Valletta yesterday. She was having another press conference on the same-sex referendum. If the Minister's problem was that she had to attend the Valletta summit, we could have discussed this Bill yesterday. That is a very important point. The Minister of State did not...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: I echo Deputy Wallace's points. It is almost exactly a year since the Government published the first heads of a Bill on a policing authority, and while this version is radically different and inferior, the one we got in November of last year was not any great shakes either. That said, I find it quite shocking that the Government has on more than one occasion lauded this as one of its great...