Results 41-60 of 342 for garda speaker:Marc MacSharry

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 (4 May 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...the evidence, we seem a highlighting of problems in 2006. It came up a different places. Mr. Kelly said that at one stage, the Commissioner wrote to the then head of administration to say that An Garda Síochána had to deal with it and send it to the Garda Síochána Inspectorate and the Comptroller and Auditor General. We all seem to have established that this did not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (31 May 2016)

Marc MacSharry: ...Nos. 60 to 74 of 18 May 2016 and the consequences of leaks from the National Asset Management Agency, in particular, Parliamentary Question No. 70, which stated that the agency notified An Garda Síochána of the identity of the debtors in the leaked information, reported to be 800 cases, and given that a person has been convicted and that available information suggests An Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Marc MacSharry: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 16 be taken before No. 1." As we have seen in recent days in the fallout from the Garda conferences there is the threat of suspension, as I mentioned yesterday. Rather than it being diffused, it appears to grown further legs where the Minister, the Garda Commissioner and other authorities have got involved and that those involved...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...responsible for stores in the Prison Service was selling items on the Internet from those stores for personal gain, and whether that person was allowed to retire or resign without the appropriate Garda investigation. If the answer is "I am not aware of that", I am simply asking whether the Department will carry out the necessary inquiries. I have a number of questions along these lines....

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: There are questions to be answered. To correct something that was said yesterday, Senator Jim D'Arcy must have misunderstood me when he implied that I was trying to implicate the Garda in some way - far from it. I am sure the Garda had nothing to do with it and I wish to have the Garda completely vindicated in this regard. However, clearly there is something here and we must find out about...

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)

Marc MacSharry: Having read the documentation in detail, and I did not have much more time to do so than the Commissioner, I suggest that the date trail shows that, notwithstanding what the CAO has said, it was in Garda hands since 14 June. It was not given to us, even though it was suggested that it should be, until we sought it, and it was provided to us this morning by the gentleman sitting on the...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements. (29 Apr 2004)

Marc MacSharry: ...encouraging and directing local authorities to have another look at the speed limits, we should closely examine the system. The enforcement of penalty points is one of the most important tasks the Garda Síochána has to perform. In terms of its effects on Irish people and the benefits to society, few Garda activities have as great an impact on Irish life as penalty points enforcement. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: The letter was provided to us at the meeting the other day. I knew there had been suggestions, somewhere in evidence, that the Garda College may have been seeking charitable status but I did not realise the magnitude of what this could mean. I asked whether there was any correspondence. There was not. During a break, the secretariat approached the CAO, who provided the correspondence,...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the acting Garda Commissioner for being here. It seems to me the same criteria were used to open as to close. We are still considering which six to open although Stepaside is already agreed in isolation. The acting Commissioner was giving us a report and then he was not. The Secretary General of the Department, which is not the acting Commissioner's fault, is telling us we can...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...the kind of thing we need to be recommending. I am sure the Comptroller and Auditor General agrees. I want to move over to Harcourt Square for a second, where we have the ongoing debacle with An Garda Síochána. We had an issue with the lease some years ago. We had to try to get an extension to the lease and it was changing hands for approximately €40 million or...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...the normal day-to-day work of a Minister. This is not to defend the Deputy or to take the side of those promoting issues in the Lower House. However, receiving a briefing of this nature from the Garda is reminiscent of a regrettable era that is gone and that we do not want to see in this nation again. It is a concern that gardaí or the Garda Commissioner are holding files or...

Seanad: Illegal Moneylending (6 Oct 2010)

Marc MacSharry: ...family home repossessions group, and having been further informed by a community group in Sligo called Communities Against Illegal Moneylending, the members of which comprise representatives of the Garda Síochána, RAPID, elected members, members of the regeneration project at Cranmore, the money advice and budgeting service, MABS, the credit union, various community groups, social...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Marc MacSharry: ...could contribute to the ongoing preparations for NAMA by further examining it. I ask the Leader to raise with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the embargo on promotions within the Garda Síochána. It has come to my attention that issues have arisen in several divisions on foot of retirements in supervisory ranks. While the number of gardaí is adequate, there are...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Marc MacSharry: ...as public representatives in taking a view, when we can, on proposed legislation that comes in from Europe. When we adopt new laws, I am always conscious of resources that are available to gardaí. I would like to take this opportunity to put on record the fact that we almost pass laws here willy-nilly without considering the impact on the potential for gardaí and authorities...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...has been in contact with the OPW to advance that as quickly as possible. In terms of the timeframe following that, is it fair to say that it has taken precedence over the capital investment in Garda stations which, for example, have been partly or fully condemned but which are still operational? I refer, for example, to stations where cells cannot be used. In Sligo Garda station, for...

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Marc MacSharry: ...as the Minister can at least concede that it is a poor response to constructive criticism. As someone from regional Ireland - Sligo town in the north west - I have raised the issue of the Garda fleet of vehicles well in advance of the recent criminal tragedies. I am not being opportunistic in raising the issue again this week. There are eight detectives in the unit in Sligo, which is the...

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

Marc MacSharry: ...airwaves this morning. I was at most of last week's meeting, except for the end, but there were contradictions before that, particularly in terms of assessment of potential for criminality. The Garda Commissioner clearly stated there was no question of that but Mr. Barrett was less sure. I agree very much with Deputy Kelly in his sentiments about how deep we can go. As Deputy Connolly...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Marc MacSharry: All families with three children will have ¤18 less per month. Let me examine the details that are coming, as I speak, from the other House. One hundred Garda stations will be closed. Did the backbenchers know that? Did the Senators know that?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Marc MacSharry: The Minister needs to discuss this issue in the House because people are entitled to know why such information is being passed around by the Garda, regardless of whether it was a throw-away remark during a briefing. I am concerned about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Marc MacSharry: The Government should bring in the Garda Commissioner and have a criminal investigation.