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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Did Dr. Singh communicate to senior Garda management his inability to sign off on the report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: There was a subsequent meeting of the Policing Authority on 29 June 2017 which Dr. Singh attended. Again, the homicide review was raised. In fairness to Dr. Singh, it was in the context of issues related to dangerous driving causing death. However, I think he did say the database had been rectified. In that reference was he trying to indicate that the homicide review issue had been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: On 29 June the Policing Authority was informed that the report was close to conclusion. Was Dr. Singh's unit involved with the report at that stage? If so, who in Dr. Singh's unit was dealing with it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I will move on quickly because I am conscious other colleagues want to come in. There was a further meeting of the Policing Authority on 28 September 2017, prior to which a report had been sent to the authority. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Had Dr. Singh's unit signed off on that report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Was the signing off in respect of the 12 missed classifications and the 41 cases? The report had been signed off on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: For the purposes of clarity, at that meeting the chairwoman of the Policing Authority asked for confirmation that the report had been signed off on by the analysis side and the investigation side. Is that correct? It was signed off on by both sides?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I know, but confirmation was given to the chairwoman of the Policing Authority that the cases investigated were all Article 2 compliant. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: That obviously concerns the report that was sent to the committee on the misclassifications. On homicides between 2003 and 2017, can Dr. Singh assure the committee that they have all been investigated and are deemed to be in compliance with Article 2?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Yes. Did Dr. Singh see the investigation files for the purposes of the report sent to the Policing Authority prior to the meeting held in September?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: The objective behind this is to ensure there is accurate information on PULSE on homicides. What happened between September's meeting and the previous meetings in April and June? Was the methodology changed by the Garda?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: It appears that what was said in April was not the case, because the review is not just completed. I have no problem with going back and I do not want to criticise the witnesses in this regard. What is the status of the report at present? When will we have a full report on homicides between 2003 and 2017?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Does Dr. Singh agree that the representation made to the Policing Authority in April was not accurate, because in fact this is a much more complicated process than was communicated at that time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I am not trying to criticise people; I am just trying to get to the truth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Was that June?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Does the Chairman wish to go first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: I want to be straight with our guests. My concern, and I believe it is one shared by other members of the committee, is that there was a deliberate attempt to exclude the analysis section of the working group in the lead up to the meeting with the Policing Authority in April 2017. I also have a concern that there was a deliberate attempt to push through the report that was referred to at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: Was any pressure brought to bear on Dr. Singh to agree to, and not to question, the report that was referred to in the policing committee meeting of April 2017?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)
Jim O'Callaghan: If there was pressure brought to bear on Dr. Singh, I presume he would have been aware of it. Would he?