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Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As I acknowledged earlier, there are errors in the drafting of this amendment. Of course, the Garda Inspectorate is not relevant to this debate. I will not be pressing the amendments because they are not worded properly. However, the objective of the amendments is to ensure that the issues Deputy Wallace and Deputy Daly have outlined do not continue. People are having to wait crazy...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...x201c;Amendment of section 73 of Principal Act 3. Section 73 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): “(4) The Ombudsman Commission and the Garda Inspectorate may, for the purposes of an investigation, recruit a pool of independent investigators in place of designated officers.".".The objective of this amendment is to...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister would be familiar with the Kieran Boylan affair. GSOC submitted a detailed report on the case and the significant lack of co-operation it received from the then Garda Commissioner on matters of the utmost seriousness. It submitted a 500-page report to the previous Minister and published a seven or eight page summary of its concerns. One of the key issues was the lack of...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...Éireann and Seanad Éireann recommending their appointment.”.”.This amendment relates to the ambition of me and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality to move from having a three-person Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission with a chairperson to having a single Garda Ombudsman, as is the case in the North of Ireland, for example....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...is on GSOC. The Government has asked it to examine the penalty points issue. A major investigation has to be undertaken in that respect. We will also be giving GSOC additional powers when the Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill is passed today. That will entail the provision of more resources. Is the Minister satisfied that the resources provided to GSOC will enable it to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (4 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My final question is on Garda numbers. There are 300 recruits in Templemore. If one factors in the number of gardaí that will retire this year we will not exceed the 13,000 threshold. The previous Garda Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan, famously said that if the number went below 13,000 he would not be able to deliver what was required. Are there plans for further recruitment this year?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (28 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to recruit 1000 new members of An Garda Síochána. [4008/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...of the issues the witnesses are raising. As an Oireachtas justice committee, we must try to find a balance between the different perspectives. As the witnesses know, representatives of the Garda Síochána and the Department attended the committee before Christmas and now we have the witnesses. The witnesses said they had engaged with the Department and the Garda. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The witnesses will probably be aware that when senior members of An Garda Síochána made a presentation here before Christmas, they circulated photographic examples of weaponry, and a number of times they used the phrase "military-type weapons". These would obviously cause concern to the public. Why would anybody need military-type weapons? I note that Mr. Slattery has particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The practical issue as I understood it from the Garda was that it did not want anybody to have possession of a weapon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...used for weapons and firearms, most people do not see a difference. It is not the most important point. On the issue of automatic rifles and weapons that might be used, the concern of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces is that they do not want anybody to have possession of a weapon that would give him or her an advantage against gardaí on the streets. If someone has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (21 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving and former members of the Garda who have been disciplined for telling lies to the forensic division; and the sanctions that are placed on members who are found to have been lying. [2928/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parliamentary Questions (20 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on response times to parliamentary questions submitted to her and forwarded to the Garda Commissioner; and if she will ensure that all parliamentary questions requiring a further detailed reply are dealt with within a 15-day limit similar to the way other Departments operate. [2681/15]

Other Questions: Garda Strength (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to draw the attention of the Minister to the fact that in the past week the Garda Representative Association, GRA, issued a serious statement with regard to Donegal. It is concerned about staffing issues in the county. Gardaí based in rural areas are being drafted to Letterkenny, which is the main town in the county. In fairness, for operational reasons the GRA has not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the progression of the work of the independent panel of counsel tasked with reviewing hundreds of allegations of Garda malpractice; and if she will address the concerns of many of the complainants at this stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1490/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... I would like an assurance from her that by March or some time in the next couple of months this will be ready so that families can be assured they will have a decision. My question concerns Garda malpractice, but some of the concerns relate to the wider criminal justice system. The independent panel may decide there are issues regarding Garda malpractice, but this issue may need a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that the Criminal Justice Working Group recommended by the Garda Inspectorate in their report The Fixed Charge Processing System- A 21st Century Strategy has now been established; if the group has been established, the progress of its work in implementing the Garda Inspectorate's recommendations; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recommendation from the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality that there would be one Ombudsman for An Garda Síochána rather than a three person GSOC led by a Chairperson. [1327/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan on 2 August 2011; if she will instigate a commission of investigation into the person's death as the issues raised by the person's family go beyond allegations of Garda malpractice and indeed encompass much of the criminal justice system in this State. [1321/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (15 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the criminal justice service group recommended by the Garda Inspectorate in its report on crime investigation from October 2014 has now been established; the progress of its work in implementing the Garda Inspectorate's recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1326/15]