Results 641-660 of 696 for speaker:Albert Dolan
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: That is okay. My team has done work on purchase order data throughout the country across all State entities and Departments. One interesting thing about An Garda Síochána is that in 2024 more than 80 purchase orders were raised by Accenture to the tune of €30 million. It was one of the force's largest suppliers. Similarly, in the first few months of this year, €5.9...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: Specifically, what function does Accenture fulfil that the Garda cannot?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: On the cybersecurity element, what assurance does An Garda Síochána have over its own cybersecurity and protection?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: That is perfect. My next topic concerns - the witnesses can tell me if I have this wrong - the fact that €17.5 million was charged to the Garda Vote for Rosslare terminal 7 in 2023, but only €6.6 million was actually spent. What happened there? Does this tend to undermine the accounting side of things or what is the story?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: Was it discharged for that purpose? Was it discharged for the purpose it was given?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: That is okay. With regard to the stockrooms, and I am aware this topic was hit on previously, does An Garda Síochána keep a live asset register of its stockrooms? What stock controls are in place for the stockrooms? Where there are really high-ticket items or high-value items, is there an annual reconciliation to check those items still there? What controls are in place for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: So it is almost on a station-by-station basis, or a division-by-division basis.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: There have been repeated shortfalls in recruitment targets, particularly for the Garda Reserve and the Garda College. What specific new initiatives are being introduced to attract and retain members? How is An Garda Síochána measuring the impact of these efforts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: This is my last question, briefly. The Garda Commissioner mentioned that one of the four areas of criteria to get into the Garda college is a drug test.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: What percentage of applicants fail that drug test?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: I thank Mr. Harris.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: I want Ms Nugent to set out clearly what has changed since witnesses from CHI were last here, which I am conscious was just over a month ago. What concrete improvements have been delivered and where can we now show that the issues raised here have been addressed or are in the process of being addressed? We need evidence of progress; we do not need the same problems. Families and children...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: On how CHI does its business, how is it planned to change the culture within CHI? The culture being toxic seems to be the number one issue pervading all reports, all media and presentations to us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: I really appreciate that and the engagement with the HSE to try to improve the culture because that is a serious concern. I raised a matter previously and asked CHI to review it. CHI said that the consultant who had caused a lot of this havoc was out on paid leave and that it was voluntary. I thought it was wrong that that person was still being paid and that it was voluntary leave....
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: To clarify, is there a difference between administrative leave and voluntary leave?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: Did the individual go by choice or was that person told to go?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: Okay. The next question should not jeopardise that process. Do the witnesses know how much the person is being paid monthly even though that person is not there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: The person is still on the full pay scale as if showing up at work even though that person is not. A HR process is ongoing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: When Ms Nugent said it was completed with the Medical Council, are we talking about the same individual?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Albert Dolan: I thank the witnesses. If possible, will Ms Hardiman provide me with an outline of how she came to be appointed to the strategic director role?