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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: How many uninsured cars does Ms O'Sullivan believe there are? She must have some estimate.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: We mentioned communications costs a while ago, but I see the Garda mast income has gone up by €1 million in the year, from €0.5 million to €1.5 million. What system is in place? What company is it paid to? Is that not an OPW issue? Does it not own the stations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Yes, because a number of the masts are located on Garda stations.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Which company is it for? Is it for Vodafone or-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: The Garda is not directly involved.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Was there some arrangement in place where the Garda got free mobile telephone calls for official Garda use? There used to be some arrangement whereby, in return for the companies' use of the masts, the Garda did not get bills for official mobile telephone calls. Is that arrangement in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Given that a company was covering the cost of the official mobile telephone calls and now it is not obliged to do so, was there an increase in the fee payable to the Garda because the company was saving in having to pay for the mobile telephone calls?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: There was an arrangement in place under which the Garda received income from a mobile telephone operator for having the masts on the Garda stations. Part of that arrangement was that the mobile telephone company covered the cost of mobile telephone calls and did not bill the Garda for them. Mr. Culhane has now told me that the second part of that equation does not arise anymore. Was there...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Approximately how many gardaí have official mobile telephones?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Gardaí use the one they have-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Was there some issue with regard to having excess quantities of those because of the reduction in Garda numbers? When the Garda Síochána appeared before the committee previously, was there not talk of trying to sell off excess quantities of those radios?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Culhane will understand my asking the following question. There is a receipt of payment in the accounts for non-public-duty services rendered by gardaí of €4.125 million in 2012. The breakdown of that figure is as follows: €1.954 million for covering sporting fixtures, €738,284 for concerts and festivals, and €1.4 million for other events. Will Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Was that particular condition, that the applicant would pay for the policing of the open area as well as the area immediately in the vicinity of the stadium, included in the recent licence issued for the Garth Brooks concert?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Does the charge adequately cover the rate per hour? What is the rate for a regular garda, as I am sure the salary and overheads must be taken into account?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: That is good from the point of view of the force. Could Mr. Culhane list the types of events for which the Garda Síochána would be paid for policing the event? Does it include sporting fixtures, such as the all-Ireland and Munster finals of the GAA, the Tour de France and other sporting fixtures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Is there an additional charge to cover anti-social behaviour that may result from the extra events being on? Perhaps some concerts would require higher policing levels depending on the type of music being played, for example, the tragic events that arose when a Swedish group played in the Phoenix Park? Does the Garda Síochána conduct a risk assessment? Does it have a different...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Would the Garda Síochána decide on the policing plan and the promoter accept the recommendation of the Garda without negotiation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: I am from Laois and a couple of months after the Electric Picnic, the local newspapers are full of stories about drugs. In addition to the uniformed policing, does the Garda Síochána always have plain clothes staff searching for drugs? Does the Garda charge for plain clothes gardaí or is that a private matter the Garda does without alerting the event organisers?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Would the organiser have to pay for the covert policing as well?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Seán Fleming: Is the Acting Garda Commissioner happy overall with the way events are policed?