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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: The Commissioner said in response to my question about when his first contact with the Minister that he had contact with her. Was that via text, email or speaking to her on the telephone? If the initial contact was by text, when did he first speak to her last Thursday?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive their Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52685/23]

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Gardaí, particularly those who received training in Templemore, do not need to be told about their powers under the public order Act but they need to know that the organisation and the Government have their back because they feel that they do not. I ask for the Garda Reserve regulations to be implemented. We heard 20 minutes ago at the Joint Committee on Justice, where we have been...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom labhairt mar gheall ar gach aon duine a bhí gortaithe, na leanaí, an triúr laoch sin agus na daoine a chabhraigh leo, agus laoch eile, Leanne, a bhí ag obair ar Chearnóg Parnell Déardaoin seo caite lasmuigh de Ghaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. Tá aithne agam ar an scoil sin mar bhí mo bhean chéile ag múineadh ann...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: We had asked last week for the Dáil to be reconvened to have a proper discussion on recent events. That was not agreed by the Government. We also asked for questions to the Minister for Justice, not statements. Our requests in that regard was also not agreed. We ask for the Order of Business to be amended in order that the Minister can take questions. We have asked for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views in regard to the “Working to Change” programme; what plans, if any, she has for continuing it beyond the current timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52055/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries would qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for the purposes of eligibility to apply for long term residency in the State. [52490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries would qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for the purposes of eligibility to apply for naturalisation in the State. [52491/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: 428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether and which immigration permission temporary protection beneficiaries reside in the state under and how, following any cessation of the temporary protection directive, this would interact with the criteria and terms of stamp 4 permissions [52492/23]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: The Department is going to launch a recruitment campaign for the Garda Reserve. When is that going to start? I have spoken to business owners and those in the higher echelons of the Garda. Those senior members have told me they want to recruit and that there is a need for a Garda presence in the north inner city of Dublin, in particular. They have not been able to provide that presence....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: When was the Garda Reserve most recently able to recruit? When was its most recent intake?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: It is understandable that people in the communities of the north inner city are frustrated at the level of the Garda Reserve and that the level of its presence on street corners is so low. The Minister of State will understand that frustration.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: Would the Minister of State accept that at the very least, the pace of the review, the production of the regulations and recruitment have meant the process not been as speedy as it might have been?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: The Minister of State mentioned there was a pause in recruitment during the pandemic. This committee visited the Garda College in Templemore last week. I must say, I was very impressed by the level of professionalism in the college. Ethical and human rights priorities are interwoven into every aspect of the training. Some of the people there were keen to impress on us that the Garda...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: But the college itself did not close. That is correct, is it not?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: The Minister of State said there were lower levels of recruitment than expected in 2023. At what stage of the year was it realised that the target of 1,000 additional members was not going to be met? We had a stream of senior Ministers come into the Dáil to say that there was going to be 1,000, even up to July. The numbers did not seem to stack up, to me. There was a saving in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: I have one final question. I want to be associated with the Minister of State's comments on the bravery of Garda members, the emergency services and, indeed, all those who were injured and also who assisted those who were injured last week. Does the Minister of State accept that there was a loss of control of Dublin in-----