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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Therefore, it has not been assessed to date.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Have members of the force been asked whether they are of the view that it is an effective mechanism?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Does Mr. Callinan support such an approach? Does he support occasional or frequent reviews of the efficacy of the system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Clearly, members of the force have made certain allegations and do not appear to be satisfied by the efficacy of the service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: I have made that clear. It appears members of the force may not be satisfied.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Following completion of the report of the Assistant Commissioner, Mr. O'Mahoney, Mr. Callinan requested a further examination of some of the issues discussed today through the Garda professional standards unit. Will he tell me what that involves? Is it a commentary on the fact that he is not satisfied that there are no gaps in the report of Mr. O'Mahoney? What does he hope the investigation...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: The professional standards unit will be looking at the possibility of tightening some procedures not within the terms of reference of the report of the assistant commissioner, Mr. O'Mahoney.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: I draw the attention of Mr. Callinan to one aspect of the report, that 81% of terminations at the Bridewell, for example, were in respect of offences detected outside the district. That rate strikes me as particularly high, notwithstanding the explanations Mr. Callinan gave previously and his efforts to address some of the shortcomings. How does he account for this? From reading the report...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: I understand there would be a higher number of terminations outside the district. The Commissioner dealt with the issue of allegations in the public domain in respect of family members and relations of members of the Garda Síochána. Some seven identifiable family members had terminations and there was no direct link made between a family member intervening on the PULSE system and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Is it made with corroborating evidence, which is required?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: This is third-party evidence.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Commissioner and his colleagues for their contributions thus far. I want to focus for a moment on the confidential reporting mechanism that is available to members of the force. When was that mechanism first introduced?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Is the Commissioner in a position at this stage to confirm to the committee how many members of the force would have accessed that mechanism to date? This is a discussion we have had previously at the committee in a small number of cases that the process has been exercised.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Some 90% of passport applications are made through the Passport Express system. I note that one of the footnotes on programme B, on page 6, in terms of key output targets, identifies that 83% of Passport Express applications to receive passports within ten days are successful. There is a gap in that regard. I assume that the idea is that the expenditure on new technology this year will...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for their presentations and for engaging with us this afternoon and I thank their officials. The living cities initiative is welcome and appears to have worked quite well in Limerick and Waterford during its pilot phase. The initiative will now be extended to other urban centres, but will the Minister elaborate on the criteria the Department has...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: That is right. She was from Faughart.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (21 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the refurbishment works at St. Joseph's, Ardee, County Louth; when same will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2295/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (15 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that school canteens providing meals on school premises are adequately regulated; his Department's current responsibilities in terms of the regulation of the school canteens system/service; if he is considering any new regulations in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55239/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (15 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: 318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency client/potential client visits that were made by the IDA to Drogheda, County Louth in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; if the IDA will engage in developing a regional manufacturing base or advance units in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1259/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (15 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: 319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency client/potential client visits that were made by the IDA to County Louth in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1260/14]