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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does Mr. Nugent agree or disagree with her statement, that it "is a conflict of interest"? Does Mr. Nugent leave the room when the audit committee is discussing ICT issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: Moving on to the issue of public procurement, in 2016, there were 94 breaches of public procurement amounting to €27.8 million. In 2015, there were 73 breaches. Can Mr. Nugent tell me how many breaches he expects for 2017?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: As a matter of interest, when can we expect that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank Mr. Nugent. Finally, on the emails, Mr. Nugent states today that a report was sent to the Policing Authority on the use of email but that "this report related to organisational use of email and not email use by any individual within An Garda Síochána." Last year, Mr. Nugent told me:I do not know if I did a specific report. I certainly looked at emails about 12 months ago....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: Today, Mr. Nugent is telling us that he did not examine specific emails, but last year he told us that he had looked at specific emails.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: Did Mr. Nugent not say in his contribution today that he had not examined specific emails?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is Mr. Nugent telling us today that he did not examine specific emails?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank Mr. Nugent.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in either the national policy plan or the national mitigation plan that deal with the necessary reductions in the areas of manufacturing combustion, industrial processes, F-gases, waste sectors or in energy industries other than electricity, including petroleum refining, solid fuel manufacture and fugitive...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Data (24 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reliability of the route profitability figures published in the rail review 2016; if his attention has been drawn to anomalies in the figures; if so, the assurances he sought or was given that the figures were robust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to overcome ownership issues at Rosslare Europort following advice from a company (details supplied), other consultants and the Office of the Attorney General regarding the ownership structure of the port; his further plans for the future of Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health and Safety Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specifications of the glass blocks used in cells and holding cells in buildings (details supplied); his views on whether the glass blocks used may be in breach of health and safety regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17555/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of a modular cath laboratory which would allow for the performance of PCI in addition to or to replace the mobile diagnostic unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17014/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: 95. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care service provision by HSE disability services in County Wexford; if he is satisfied that the needs of vulnerable families are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17013/18]

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: One could be forgiven for suspecting that the Government and some Departments simply either do not understand privacy and data protection issues or choose to ignore them. I say this because some things the State has been up to for the last years in the knowledge that the GDPR is on its way, including the public services card, PSC, the single customer view, CCTV schemes and the Health...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Ceann Comhairle started by saying Peter was not a conventional politician.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: I would like to think it was to his credit that he was not deemed to be conventional.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: He was a bit fancy with the dress all right. We all agree that he was incredibly idealistic, but it came as a bit of a shock that he was so idealistic that he would go to Fianna Fáil and think he could change the way it looked at things. That was a new one on me. I am amused that the Taoiseach was receiving the long text messages along with the rest of us. I do not know how he found...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: On the same issue, not only is it unfit for purpose, it is costing a fortune and I wonder to what extent the Minister and the Department are on top of it. On breaches of public procurement rules, I acknowledge these figures are an estimate and I do not expect the Minister to know how many breaches will take place in 2018. Is there any indication that the issue is being addressed properly?...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is the Minister confident that there will not be breaches of procurement guidelines in the new year?