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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is that 130 in total within the service?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Sorry, 1,141.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: There has been a review.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: It did not appear like a lot of them were equipped. Two gardaí were on bicycles in the middle of that situation.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: There is a clip of six or eight on a very wide street trying to stop people going down it. It did not look like they had batons. They were public order gardaí. They were soft caps, I think is the term. You would have needed 26 or 28.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I brought up the issue of e-scooters at the local joint policing committee meeting last week. I received a reply to a parliamentary question about the legality of the use of e-scooters. I do not have a copy with me, but I did give one to the local superintendent for distribution at the meeting in question. The reply indicated that the use of electric scooters in public places is not legal...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I will put it like this. I do not want to be unfair to those who use e-scooters to travel to work but drug dealers are also using them. It is not just drug dealers in Dublin; I see them locally as well. Pending the introduction of legislation, which I believe would prohibit their use on footpaths - although I am not au fait with the legislation - why can the approximately 10,000 or 11,000...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I appreciate that. We shall suspend now for a short break for ten minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Dillon.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Deputy, we discussed this earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. On the issue of staffing, according to the website, a number of assistant commissioner posts are vacant. These include four key regional operational commands, namely, the northern, western, southern and Dublin metropolitan regions. It appears that has been going on for a number of years. To clarify, is the information on the website correct regarding the assistant commissioner posts...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: What is the Commissioner's observation at this point as to what went wrong? What are the three things?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Harris said "under investigation". Sometimes investigations, reviews and examinations take a long time. There need to be at least interim findings implemented quickly.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is the Commissioner confident that if something like that arose this evening, the Garda is better equipped to deal with it?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: That concludes questions from members. I thank the witnesses and staff of An Garda Síochána and the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform for preparing for today's meeting and the information supplied. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, and Ms Keane for attending. Is it agreed that the clerk will seek any follow-up information...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us this afternoon is minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, the work programme and any other business. The minutes of our meeting of 7 March have been circulated. Do any members wish to raise any issues with them? Will I take it that the minutes are agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be published on the committee's webpage. Because a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of funding that has been allocated to Laois for 2024 from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII); and what percentage is that of TII's total budget for 2024. [13333/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (21 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of funding that has been allocated to Offaly for 2024 from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII); and what percentage of that is TII's total budget for 2024. [13334/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (20 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason none of the €3 million active travel investment grant was allocated to Graiguecullen despite this being the third largest town in County Laois and an area that would greatly benefit from further safe travel initiatives seeing as there are no cycle lanes or e-chargers present there at the moment. [11828/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (20 Mar 2024)

Brian Stanley: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of current vacant and void properties identified in County Laois, in tabular form; to list the towns and villages where these properties are located and to provide, in detail, the efforts that are being made to make these properties habitable, particularly those owned by Laois County Council; and if he will make a...