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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?

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: Did the former Commissioner in the days prior to the delivery of the report ask Mr. O'Driscoll to deliver the report to the Minister?

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: Was that shortly prior to 9 June?

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 his evidence to the committee, Mr. O'Driscoll said it was obvious Stepaside would be number one out of four. Why was it obvious?

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: Based on the criteria given to Mr. O'Driscoll by Government, was it obvious that it was going to be Stepaside?

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 am not asking about Mr. O'Driscoll's knowledge of other people's knowledge. Was it obvious when he looked at it objectively that, based on the criteria he had been given, it had to be Stepaside?

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 thank Mr. O'Driscoll.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (3 Oct 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report into the legislation regulating access by GSOC to journalists' phones, which was delivered by a person (details supplied) to the Government on 27 April 2017, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41685/17]

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to share five of my ten minutes with Deputy Anne Rabbitte.

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the people who are in the Public Gallery this evening. I recognise many of them from the sittings of the committee and the hearings that took place some months ago. I welcome the publication of the report. Deputy Jack Chambers and I were the Fianna Fáil representatives on the committee and we support the report fully and would like to see it implemented. When the history...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: The situation in Sligo may be significant, but there is also a very serious issue in respect of the outpatient waiting list at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in my constituency. At the end of August, a total of 2,486 patients were waiting for outpatient appointments at the hospital. As Deputy MacSharry noted, the Taoiseach - who formerly served as Minister for Health - gave an...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yesterday, Deputy Micheál Martin and I met representatives of the national Council for the Blind in Ireland to discuss its pre-budget submission. We also had a broader chat with them about the number of people, not just at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital but throughout the hospital system, who are on ophthalmology waiting lists. They brought to my attention that up to 75% of...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 14. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that will be given to reduce the waiting times for outpatient consultations at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital [40991/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: The final issue I want to raise is the breath test report that was prepared and published by An Garda Síochána. The Policing Authority is also preparing a report into that issue. When does Ms Feehily believe that report will be published? One of the points that jumps out from assistant commissioner Michael O'Sullivan's report is why are gardaí recording negative breath...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ms Feehily believes they should be maintained.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Feehily for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Feehily for attending the committee again. I will not ask any questions about the process for the appointment of the new Garda Commissioner that may involve identifying individuals. However, on 11 September, Ms Feehily put out a statement regarding the appointment of a new Commissioner in which she said she would be working with the Public Appointments Service and the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is it fair to say the authority has not made up its mind yet on that issue?