Results 41-60 of 680 for garda speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I understand the Deputy is referring to the policy in relation to pension increases for retired members of An Garda Síochána focusing in particular on the impact of changes in the treatment of rent allowance for retired members of An Garda Síochána. With effect from January 2017 there was an increase of €500 in the rate of rent allowance and this allowance was...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (22 Sep 2011)

Michael McGrath: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of files that have been forwarded by the Garda to the Director of Public Prosecutions in respect of the Anglo Irish Bank investigations; the number of files still under progress by the gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25528/11]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: There were announcements by his colleagues on the reopening of Ballinspittle and that Kinsale Garda station would be manned 24-7, all coinciding with his visit. The reality is the Minister acts hand-in-glove with the Garda Commissioner and there is a tie-in there, about which there is no doubt. Gardaí who have been assigned to the Togher district tell me that they are shocked when...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (17 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for an organisation (details supplied) and An Garda Síochána to provide a cost-benefit analysis for the establishment of a Garda anti-fraud unit under recommendation 26 of the report on the cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21882/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (17 Jan 2019)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on establishing a publicly funded dedicated insurance fraud unit in An Garda Síochána; if the Garda Commissioner rejected the idea of a dedicated insurance unit; if the Commissioner rejected the idea of industry funding such a unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2048/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Fraud: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: ...something does not quite match up, given the low number of referrals. Perhaps the companies have no confidence that cases can be taken through the system, but that is not necessarily the fault of the Garda. It could be because of the judicial system or the legal framework or that the burden of proof is so high. In any case, there seems to be an extraordinary mismatch between the level...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (12 Jun 2019)

Michael McGrath: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the factors taken into account by the national juvenile office in deciding if a file referred to it by An Garda Síochána should be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions or be dealt with under the Garda juvenile diversion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (25 Sep 2019)

Michael McGrath: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 17 September 2019, the number of Garda vehicles available in working order and operational in each Garda district within the Cork city division at the end of each of the years 2015 to 2018 and as at 20 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Crime Prevention (22 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...An official from my Department has been appointed to the council, as has an official from the Central Bank of Ireland. Ireland has a strong legislative framework to deal with economic crime. An Garda Síochána utilises the organised crime legislation, where appropriate, because organised criminal groups are behind almost all economic crime. Many of such groups are...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Michael McGrath: ...to the Minister's home today is utterly reprehensible and our leader has dealt with that issue in his opening remarks. The issues that have emerged in recent months on penalty points, the GSOC and Garda tapes have become so confusing and there is such a tangled web at this stage. Perhaps the management of these issues has perpetuated that confusion deliberately. We are led to believe...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Michael McGrath: Someone had to go, because a head of steam had been building up since the previous Thursday, when the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, publicly called on the Garda Commissioner to withdraw his "disgusting" remark made at the Committee of Public Accounts. He was backed up by a succession of Ministers in the following days. Of course, the sacrificial lamb would...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy may be aware, following a recent security review by Garda Commissioner Harris, it has been agreed to provide 2 Garda drivers to me. As I currently have 1 civilian driver assigned to me, interim arrangements are in place while the full plans are being mapped out. The aggregate total of salary and employer’s PRSI costs for civilian drivers in my department overall,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda National Immigration Bureau (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: In consultation with An Garda Siochana, the Office of Public Works has designed new accommodation for An Garda Siochana at Shannon Airport, including the relocation of immigration desks.  In order to progress these works further, preliminary structural work needs to be undertaken by Shannon Airport Authority. The Office of Public Works is awaiting confirmation from Shannon...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (10 Dec 2013)

Michael McGrath: 354. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the upper age limit entry requirement of 35 years for entry into An Garda Síochána; if he intends to consider making an allowance for persons who were on the successful 2008 panel, but are now aged over 35 years; if he will consider making an allowance on the upper age limit requirement for serving members of the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2018)

Michael McGrath: ...rightly being celebrated all over the world, including in the House. There is some irony therefore in the fact that we listened yesterday to two courageous female civilian officers working with An Garda Síochána, Ms Lois West and Ms Laura Galligan, give evidence to the justice committee of how they had endured 15 months of torment because they were doing their jobs. They claim...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: It is not. This issue arose after Christmas and a decision was made following a security review that was carried out by the Garda Commissioner. As a result of that, a decision was made that three senior Ministers, including me, would be assigned a Garda driver or close protection officer. The cost of that is not explicitly provided for here. It was a decision that was made subsequent to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (21 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: ...the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons whose work involves visiting different schools, for example, a yoga instructor, must undergo separate Garda vetting in respect of each school they visit; her views on whether this is a waste of public resources; if she will arrange to put a system in place whereby such persons can be Garda vetted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting Legislation (21 Mar 2017)

Michael McGrath: ...the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons whose work involves visiting different schools, for example a yoga instructor, has to undergo separate Garda vetting in respect of each school they visit; his views on whether this is a waste of public resources; if he will arrange to put a system in place whereby such persons can be Garda vetted...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Michael McGrath: ..., which we must take in good faith, and we have the story yesterday and today in the Irish Independent, which is very different. The central message is that the Minister was not co-operative with the Garda. I do not know whether to believe that but it was said that the Minister said to the garda on the night, “Don't you know who I am?”, that he did not say he was asthmatic,...