Garda station closure gagging order
Deputy Healy-Rae raises whether restrictions preventing gardaí discussing station closures came from the Justice Minister, but is told the Order of Business cannot address that question; the related criminal justice Bill is expected next year.
At yesterday's meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality I asked the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan, about the gagging order that has been imposed on all gardaí to prevent them from speaking about the closure of Garda stations. I wanted to find out if this was a directive from the Minister for Justice and Equality.
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Perhaps the gagging order will be extended to the Deputy and his colleague, Deputy Mattie McGrath.
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I put my question in the context of the criminal justice Bill.
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It is due to be published next year.