Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
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)
2:00 pm
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Garda reserves do not have a representative body and consideration needs to be given this, since there is a considerable number of them. A senior officer in the Phoenix Park is their contact person. The officer goes around and meets them individually or in groups. If the Minister is thinking along the lines she has outlined, a mechanism will have to be worked out to afford them representation in a structured format.
She highlighted in her opening contribution that a number of courthouses are progressing in Letterkenny, Drogheda, Mullingar, Limerick city and Wexford town through PPP arrangements. Have those projects travelled a journey through the National Development Finance Agency? Are the PPP partners signed up and ready to go? Is the finance available once the tender process is completed?
Will the Minister outline the process she will follow to head hunt for the vacancy in GSOC at commissioner level?
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