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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: How did the Minister for Justice and Equality respond when told by Mr. Noel Waters, a senior civil servant in his Department, about the existence of an email with Sergeant McCabe's name in it? He told the Dáil last night that he did not ask Mr. Noel Waters about the email regarding Sergeant McCabe, nor did he ask who sent the email.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, treated the email as if it did not exist.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: For seven days, the Minister ignored the existence of the email. He did not even tell the Taoiseach about its existence. Is that credible? Neither I nor the public think so. I was alarmed to hear the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, tell the Dáil last night that two trawls for documents by the Department of Justice and Equality failed to turn up-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The trawls failed to turn up the relevant emails that led to the resignation of Deputy Fitzgerald. The saga continues. We then discovered from the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, that, amazingly, none of the emails of senior officials around Deputy Fitzgerald, including her, had been checked. Why were the emails of these key people not checked? These are pertinent questions which I believe the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Its Members require respect. I call on the Leader to invite the Taoiseach to this House to answer those questions.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: An amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: That is unusual.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: We have gone over time. That is all.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: It is.

Seanad: Garda Overtime Budget: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I welcome the speed with which the Minister was able to come to the Seanad to discuss issues, albeit only to deal with statements, to which Senators never get answers. It is in stark contrast to the time that has been spent trying to get the Taoiseach to come to the House. It is good and correct to have the senior Minister in the Chamber. We are usually fobbed off with a junior Minister...

Seanad: Garda Overtime Budget: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: The stability of An Garda Síochána may be a bit wobbly because it has an acting Commissioner. Where are the reforms that were promised? It needs a good anchor. That will be some time coming. In the interest of front-line workers doing a job most of us would find far too difficult and demanding, why are the gardaí, like other front-line workers, filling in the gaps with...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Senator Coffey is always attacking Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: I second Senator Gavan's amendment to the Order of Business. I will take no lectures from Senator Coffey. He says the same thing day in and day out.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: He is more disgruntled than usual. I suggest that Fine Gael Senators did not wish to get out of the bed this morning because of the news, and perhaps that has been the case for the past week. Perhaps Senator Coffey should just go back to bed because his disgruntlement is a bit unnecessary.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Perhaps they need a bit more of a rest given the rattling they had over the past week. I wish to raise the issue of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions. There has been an increase, not a decrease, of 3.5% according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This is having a grave effect on public health. Fifty years of progression in public health and disease elimination is threatened as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Fianna Fáil is on the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: Happy together again.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Máire Devine: That was corrected although the email was received by gardaí.