Results 4,961-4,980 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste said in her opening statement that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in April 2014 received a complaint from the Road Safety Authority. If my recollection is correct, the then Minister was Deputy Varadkar. He then referred that to An Garda Síochána. Did he at all discuss with or inform the Tánaiste that he had received a complaint and passed it...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste just said that the complaint was referred to An Garda Síochána by the Minister for Justice and Equality, yet in her statement she said it was referred to An Garda Síochána by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Which is it?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: No. I am asking who referred it to the Garda?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste might clarify that and correct the record.
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste also said in June of last year that her Department became aware that some discrepancies had been identified in the mandatory alcohol testing and that the Garda was commencing a national audit, yet we know that national audit started in November 2016 but the review into the discrepancies had begun in 2015. The Tánaiste also said that in that letter An Garda...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Given that the Tánaiste was made aware in June 2016 by An Garda Síochána that no issues stemmed from the audit, given that we have now discovered that nearly 1 million breath tests were falsified, given that the Tánaiste was not informed of that as the person responsible for oversight of our policing services, and given that the Commissioner who is accountable to the...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: When they expressed that concern in the letter in 2016 and said there were discrepancies in the southern region, did they tell the Tánaiste how many discrepancies there were?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Did the Tánaiste not ask?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: No. Did the Tánaiste not ask for the number of discrepancies?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: So the Tánaiste did ask them. That is what she is saying now.
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Did the Tánaiste ask for the number of discrepancies identified in the southern region? Was she given that figure by An Garda Síochána, yes or no?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste was not given the figures full stop. They were given to the media before they were given to the Tánaiste. Is that correct?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: First, in regard to the figures in the southern region-----
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Did the Tánaiste ask for those figures when she was told there were discrepancies? She said she asked for them but she was not given them.
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: I will ask the question again. Did the Tánaiste ask for the number of discrepancies which were identified in the southern region?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Is that a no?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Did the Tánaiste's Department ask for the number of discrepancies?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: Tánaiste, it is very clear. Given the scale of the discrepancies of nearly 1 million, the scale of discrepancies in the southern region would have run into hundreds of thousands. The Tánaiste is asking us to believe that nobody said to anyone in her Department that discrepancies had been identified but they were not going to say what level of discrepancies had been identified, and...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: There is a discrepancy in the discrepancies.
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Jonathan O'Brien: A final question-----