Results 561-580 of 9,148 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Does the Commissioner accept that that was done, on occasion, dishonestly by members of An Garda Síochána?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: The reason I am concentrating on this is the Commissioner's apology in her statement for mistakes and wrongdoing. Clearly, somebody inputting information inaccurately or inadvertently would constitute a mistake. However, the Commissioner has also apologised for the wrongdoing. What I am asking is, does she agree that one of the examples of wrongdoing for which she is apologising is the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Who in the individual stations had responsibility in that regard? I am not in asking that question seeking the names of individuals. When gardaí return to a station following a checkpoint and say that they carried out 40 breath tests when they only did 20, who in the station is responsible for inputting the information into the system? Is that the function of the traffic inspector or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: In regard to the figures, it is apparent that the input of incorrect figures was systemic throughout the country. Would the witnesses agree with that? For example, in the south eastern region, there was an increase of 153% and in Dublin, the least offensive region, there was an increase of 68%. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: As such, this was an issue throughout the country and not limited to one area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Based on Mr. Finn's experience in the force, what was the reason for this dishonesty on the part of An Garda Síochána? Would he agree that the reason for this was, in part, a desire of particular Garda regions to present themselves as being more efficient than they were?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Each division produces a policing plan which sets out a number of key divisional actions and performance indicators and the person responsible in that regard. I have looked at a number of divisional plans. In regard to the indicators of performance on the road traffic issue one of the indicators in many of the divisional plans was that there would be an increase in the number of persons...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Is not that an indicator that the number of people who were breath tested was reflective of how well a division was performing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Did senior management look, on an annual basis, at how many breath tests had been conducted by divisions within the force?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: The assistant commissioner must accept, or does he recall that a number of divisional plans contained references to wanting to increase breath testing and that this was an indicator of performance in the division?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: In July 2014 the Medical Bureau of Road Safety contacted the Garda about the discrepancy in breath test numbers. Was the Garda Commissioner aware at the time in 2014 that this issue had been raised with the force?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: In July 2015 a working group was set up to examine this matter. Was the Commissioner aware of this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: An audit of the southern region reported on 11 November 2015. Was the Commissioner aware of this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: I note that the southern region audit concluded on 11 November 2015 but that the nationwide audit did not commence until 2 June 2016. What was the reason for the seven and a half month delay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: When did the Garda get the results of the national audit? Having looked through all of the papers, I have not identified a date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: The Garda recommenced a review of the national audit on 14 February 2017, but prior to that it had results of a review that led it to change the IT system. When did the Garda get the results that led it to compare them with the information it had received from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: When did it finish?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: When did the Garda get the results that led to the comparison with the medical bureau figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: I find it interesting that there was a flurry of activity after an article was published in The Irish Timeson 20 February. The question to which I want to find an answer is when did the assistant commissioner have information from the national audit that satisfied him that there was a problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Jim O'Callaghan: Is Mr. Finn stating that prior to that date, he did not have an indication that his data were problematic?