Results 61-80 of 622 for garda speaker:David Cullinane

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)

David Cullinane: ...people own farms. What I am saying is that this is the report I am working from. Over and over, the report I have cited documents, potentially, several breaches of different Acts by members of An Garda Síochána. Who examines that? Who investigates that? Who ensures that there was no criminal wrongdoing by anyone in An Garda Síochána in respect of any potential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: ...within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 1990. While I acknowledge that Mr. O'Connor has dealt with that, it is something we should do. The second is to place an obligation on members of An Garda Síochána to maintain a record of warnings, and the language used in the Bill should be "shall" and not "may". That is important from an enforcement perspective. When we see...

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)

David Cullinane: ...frustrating for us to sit here and put questions to which we do not receive answers. The Commissioner was given information, that in my view was very clear, that there were irregularities at the Garda Training College. All I am asking her to do is to accept that was the information she was given. It is a very simple yes or no question. When she was given information on 27 July, was...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: That is a mistake. Consulting GSOC was something the Garda should have done before establishing the unit. The serious issues GSOC has raised in recent days add to my belief. I spoke to the Chairman about a particular case in advance of the meeting. I do not want to name an individual, even though it is a case that was in the public domain and before the courts before being dropped. A...

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) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: It is section 45. It states:(1) The audit committee shall-(a) advise the Garda Commissioner on financial matters relating to his or her functions...(2) The audit committee’s duties under subsection (1)(a) include advising on the following matters:(a) the proper implementation of Government guidelines on financial issues; (b) compliance with section 22 of the Exchequer and Audit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (23 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the annual financial returns submitted to her Department by the Garda Training College in the years prior to the transfer of accounting responsibility to the Garda Commissioner in 2006 were signed by an Accounting Officer for the years from its establishment up to 2006; if the accounts or accompanying financial statements...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: ...right to withdraw them at that point. However, on reflection, I welcome that an Teachta Smith has tabled similar amendments with the same intent. From memory, the Minister's argument was that An Garda Síochána does not have a system to record these warnings in the first instance. There is a system to record an offence or a potential charge, namely, the PULSE system, but An...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Yesterday, I requested that the Garda Commissioner and the Secretary General in the Department of Justice and Equality should appear before the committee to discuss the debacle of the money that may need to be repaid because of the inappropriate fines. We also have very serious issues with the Garda training college in Templemore. We do not know who the Commissioner might be by the time we...

Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: ...40 of which are lived in by home owners, with the vast majority being rented, in particular by students. There have been major problems with students living in this estate. While, to be fair, the Garda Síochána and students union have done their best to deal with anti-social behaviour problems in the estate, the problem has, for some unknown reason, gotten worse. Often, more than 60...

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)

David Cullinane: ...that "the issues identified in this report are serious and present considerable risk to the organisation and should be dealt with in an open and transparent manner." On page 6 it is stated that Garda HRM would have to remind staff who are directors of Garda College Sports Field Company limited of their legal obligations to provide appropriate legal support to help them retrospectively...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: ...processes. My point is that there is no candour here in terms of giving the responses to the questions that have been asked. More importantly, we asked about the related policy and practice in An Garda Síochána for dealing with suspected fraud relating to sick leave and the details of it. The response noted that instances of non-compliance with sick leave regulations and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

David Cullinane: Mr. Waters had a discussion with Teachta McDonald about section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act and the advice the Minister received. My understanding is, because there was confusion when he was having an exchange of views with the Deputy, that the Garda Commissioner became aware of the alleged financial irregularities and the issues that arose from the audit report at a meeting with...

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)

David Cullinane: ...practice. Mr. Kelly used the terms irregular practice and maladministration, which I think we can accept. Earlier I asked questions about the culture of the force. What is the culture in An Garda Síochána when these types of issues come to light? How does the corporate body of An Garda Síochána deal with them? Are they dealt with in an appropriate manner? After...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: ...with a big rural base, he is aware of many of the issues which pertain. We can all give examples of services being lost in rural communities. An example of this today is that more than 100 Garda stations will be closed, the majority of which are in rural communities. There will be some impact on urban areas but rural communities will disproportionately suffer as a consequence of the...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: There is an obvious logic in what the Minister is saying in that, as Minister for Health, he does not want to involve himself in justice issues or operational issues that pertain to An Garda Síochána and, in general terms, that makes sense. He has to accept, however, that what we are talking about here are health regulations and a health Bill that is coming from his office, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

David Cullinane: I welcome the referral of the penalty points issue by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It took 14 months for this to happen and the Minister must explain why it took so long for the issue to be referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. In the past 24 hours a number of Ministers have...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

David Cullinane: ...There have been a number of high-profile sackings, resignations and retirements. They are called different things, but, in reality, people have been sacked and forced to resign. The confidential Garda recipient was sacked and the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Callinan, is gone. Mr. Frank Flannery had to resign from Rehab and now Ms Angela Kearns has resigned. Despite all of the controversies...

Other Questions: Garda Strength (16 Dec 2016)

David Cullinane: One of the consequences of not having enough officers in each division is that the Garda must make choices in allocating resources. The Tánaiste will be aware that the numbers in the drugs units dropped from 2010 right up to this year: in one division in Cork from 34 to 22; in another division in Cork from 32 to 21; in Waterford from 15 to five, which is a reduction of 66%; and in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...The second and most crucial issue is the need for people to be held accountability for failures, mistakes or worse. This committee has spent a lengthy time examining the issues surrounding the Garda training college. As Mr. Ó Cualáin will know, we have published a report. Who in An Garda Síochána has been held to account or sanctioned in any way for any of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (23 Apr 2024)

David Cullinane: In his response, the Minister of State said that there needs to be sufficient engagement with relevant stakeholders when considering funding events like this. He mentioned local authorities, An Garda Síochána and existing local businesses. One of the leading advocates of the Waterford bid was the CEO of the council. Local councillors and all of the Oireachtas Members were behind...