Results 21-40 of 178 for garda speaker:Josepha Madigan

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Josepha Madigan: ...position of enormous responsibility and I am sure she can appreciate the difficulties that members of the public have with the breadth of issues that have arisen. If people cannot have faith in the Garda Síochána to be above reproach, what faith do they have? The Commissioner is here to try to answer some of those questions for the committee. In terms of Ms O'Sullivan's opening...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ...public service is multifaceted and full of nuance: there is rarely a time when there is an absolute right and an absolute wrong. Others have suffered in the face of a lack of commitment to truth and accuracy. Former Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan is one such person; she embodied qualities of leadership necessary for good public service. As Oscar Wilde wrote,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gorse Burning (27 May 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...’s understanding that where there is sufficient evidence to indicate that lands have been illegally burned, DAFM will withhold payments to individuals. This sends out an important message. Officers of An Garda Síochána are also authorised to take prosecutions under the Wildlife Acts. All the penalties for breaches of the Wildlife Acts were recently reviewed and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I would really like to see this dealt with expeditiously. The public will want to know why this culture seems to be at play in the Garda, which Mr. Barrett has raised and Deputy MacSharry has raised, with regard to a cover-up. Many witnesses are involved, and whether we bring former Commissioners before the committee will be up to the committee. We must be mindful of Standing Order 186 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (31 May 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to address repeated concerns (details supplied) in the O'Higgins report regarding proper investigation by An Garda Síochána; and if these areas have been examined and improved. [12939/16]

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Three other charities have Garda investigations. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: How many Garda are seconded at present?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. O'Brien for coming in this afternoon. Forgive me if I am confused about this and I ask the Chair to correct me if I am wrong - I think Mr. O'Brien said earlier that the Garda was first contacted in February 2015. Is that not correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I am sorry to cut across Mr. O'Brien but what about Grace? When was that case reported to the Garda?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Am I correct in saying that it was as a result of a protected disclosure made to the previous Committee of Public Accounts, of which I was not a member, on 5 March 2016, that on 6 March 2016 the Garda was contacted about the treatment of Grace?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Is Mr. O'Brien saying there was no contact with the Garda on 6 March 2016?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: And then the Garda was contacted by the HSE the following day.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: The Garda was not contacted at all.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Was there any contact at all by the HSE on 6 March 2016 with the Garda?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: So there is confirmation that the HSE contacted An Garda Síochána on 6 March 2015, directly after the protected disclosure. I just wanted to confirm that for the record.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Is Mr. O'Brien saying one section of An Garda Síochána was asking the HSE not to interfere, while another was stating it should?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: The commission will probably look into that matter further as it is quite worrying if Mr. O'Brien is saying one part of An Garda Síochána is giving advice which is in direct conflict with that given by another.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (20 Jun 2017)

Josepha Madigan: 909. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the announcement that Stepaside Garda station will be reopened on a trial basis, the date on which it is expected to be operational. [28915/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Was the Commissioner not aware of any issues in the Garda Síochána when she took up her current position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Did she know anything of any wider issues of impropriety rather than specifically in regard to the Garda College?