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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: As regards the deployment of personnel, I did a breakdown-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: I did another one last year. Mr. Harris referred to the sophistication of his deployment of staff, but it does not look very even. The east coast is significantly lower in terms of the ratio of personnel to population compared with the rest of the country, with the exception of County Kerry. Counties such as Meath and Kildare always feature at the lower end of the ratio and have done so...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: Not all of them have a rapidly growing population and are coming from a low base.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: I can show this in other areas as well. I am drawing the Commissioner's attention to it, as I always do, because he can see there is a trend in population growth and it does not match. Portlaoise was selected as the location for the divisional headquarters for Laois, Offaly and Kildare. Laois and Offaly combined have 73% of the population that Kildare has. Why was that location...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: If the superintendent was there, it got the division.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: I have a number of very brief questions, the first of which relates to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, and the statistics it issues "under reservation". What is the current status of that issue and how will it be resolved? Was a protected disclosure made in relation to the 999 calls issue? Is that investigation now completed? Is there an issue with staff retention? It has been...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: Is there going to be an issue with a number of senior people all retiring at the same time?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: I also asked about the protected disclosure.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Catherine Murphy: I do not want to know about the detail of the disclosure but is it about the 999 calls and has it been resolved at this stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: I agree with Deputy Carthy on the terminology and that the timeframe was late. This is not information that is unknown; it is known. The committee would not view this as an acceptable response. There will be issues and they are linked to this. For example, a precedent was set regarding the remuneration for the Secretary General at the Department of Health. Would that pay scale carry if...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: There are two things. I imagine it is the gross as opposed to the net amount.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Otherwise, that would be looking into the personal circumstances of tax and so on, which would not be appropriate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Regarding the terminology, I would be quite concerned if the Department is saying it will "consider". As a parent, I know what that meant when my children were growing up. You would say "Oh, I'll think about it" or "I'll consider it" and you knew full well you were never going to agree to it. We all did it. The word "consider" comes across as very paternalistic to me. Is there any good...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: It does, as does, "We will think about it", "We will consider it" and "We will get it done."
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: This is a very long contract. If it was to continue going as it is over its lifetime, it would make it way more expensive. My understanding is that the Department deals with the administrative side, but the technical side is where we have the serious questions. Providing these services in house may well end up being a better option than employing consultants if the consultants are there in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: As well as on the technical grades. That will give us some indication of the capacity that is being built. If all the posts are, for example, on the administrative rather than technical side, that will be an issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Obviously, this relates to officeholders and that can include judges, Ministers or whoever. It would be useful to get a rough idea of what was provided. It may well relate to CCTV, the building of a wall or something else. Will the OPW at any point remove the safety measures that have been applied? A bit more detail, rather than just the costs, would be useful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Who would notify the threat to cause the security review that would prescribe what is required?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: I would hope that when representatives of the UL come before us on 12 May, we will have some substance to discuss, although that may be the optimist in me coming out. I suspect that if the matter is subject to a legal review, we could be in for a very protracted process and I am not sure what can be done about it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Surely some of this will crop up in the accounts. Will the Comptroller and Auditor General not then have the benefit of a report that has been completed?