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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for agreeing to look at consulting with Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. It would be appropriate that that body come in on it and also that there be a balance for the priorities for the policing service. There is concern among members of An Garda Síochána that complaints are being made against them. I know they do not have trade unions but there is...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I am just-----

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I am just saying that a counterweight to IHREC would be issues and concerns about the behaviour of gardaí and An Garda Síochána. There is the issue of a counterbalance with regard to coming up with the priorities for the policing service in that there needs to be representation in some way, shape or form of the rank and file. There are many concerns regarding the lack of...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I will come back on that point around whether we are going to put in something like IHREC. The Minister spoke about the policing priorities. I am sure Members were listening to "Morning Ireland" this morning when people were talking about the structured retail theft that is going on at the moment, whereby gangs now are going into shops and literally clearing out sections. As was explained...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I am sticking to the Bill in terms of-----

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I am saying that gardaí are being portrayed as not doing their jobs and that is because things like organised crime with regard to retail are not being prioritised. There are things that are not being prioritised. We have all sorts of other issues on which gardaí are saying resources are not being put into because the priorities are not there. A person from the retail authority...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: Section 61(8) states: "The Authority shall, from time to time as it thinks appropriate, review the policing priorities and make such revisions thereto as it thinks fit". I ask that the Minister consider an amendment to or the setting out of a timeline on that. If something is not being measured, it is not being done. If we do not have a timeline, it might be enacted-----

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: It states "from time to time". We would normally have something every five or two years or an annual report. However, we are not having, at this moment in time-----

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: We are debating an entire section on setting priorities by the authority for police services. All we are told is that there will be a report, but that the authority will only, from time to time, as it thinks appropriate, review the policing priorities and make such revisions thereto as it thinks fit. I am discussing the section.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: Regarding having a timeline for publishing something every year or five years, the Bill leaves it up to the Garda Commissioner, the national office and other groups, as the authority believes appropriate, to do that at a time of its choosing rather than at an appropriate time, as done by the Oireachtas. It would be appropriate for the Department to outline and make clear when the authority...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: Section 63(1) states: “the Garda Commissioner shall, at the request of the Board and in accordance with this section, within 6 months after the coming into operation of section 11 and not later than the expiration of each subsequent 3 year period following that coming into operation, prepare and submit to the Minister a strategic plan for An Garda Síochána in respect of the...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: As all politics-----

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I will repeat what Senator Ardagh said, because all politics is local and Garda John O'Sullivan is from Kenmare, so I thank him for all his work.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I accept it is not relevant to the section. My colleague, Senator Chambers, raised the issue of the evaluation of the performance by An Garda Síochána. It is not clear how the evaluation would be done, what the strategic benchmarks would be or who would do it. Independence is needed for the evaluation but also in putting together the strategic plan and main objectives. I suggest...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: May I follow on from Senator Ardagh's appropriate proposal to make the plan available in a Garda station? The plan should also be made available in libraries throughout the State because people could study it there. While we are living in a digital age, the number of people who could access the plan on a website, in the knowledge it is available, is relatively limited. People will need to...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: Yes. That is why I am asking about the libraries and supporting my colleague, Senator Ardagh, on her proposal on Garda stations.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I take the Minister's point. That is why I suggested that libraries also be made available.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Mark Daly: I take the Minister's point on not putting into primary legislation where a report should be placed, but the point I was making was that there is no provision for making printed copies available to the public. Senator Chambers made a point on section 64(4), which states the board, in consultation with the Garda Commissioner, shall provide the Minister with reports on the implementation of...