Results 821-840 of 8,073 for speaker:Peter Burke
- 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) Peter Burke: On the explanations for those transfers, we are all clear of the skills-gap in administration cited by An Garda Síochána, but we are not talking about a time in the dark ages. It is clear that common sense should apply in issues like this. Ignorance is no defence. I need assurance from the Commissioner on the changes that have happened in An Garda Síochána, that these...
- 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) Peter Burke: On the bar accounts, could Mr. Kelly say what type of entity it was? How was it recorded? What was audited?
- 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) Peter Burke: Mr. Kelly reviewed them.
- 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) Peter Burke: Has Mr. Kelly reviewed the actual accounts?
- 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) Peter Burke: Which is clearly off the wall.
- 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) Peter Burke: So how did Mr. Kelly accept it then?
- 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) Peter Burke: I am missing what Mr. Kelly is saying. Has Mr. Kelly seen the accounts?
- 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) Peter Burke: But seeing those audits would be seeing the accounts? Is Mr. Kelly just looking at a page where there is an audit report or is he looking at a complete set of accounts whereby all the figures are backed up and there are notes and so on. Could Mr. Kelly tell me exactly what he was seeing?
- 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) Peter Burke: If Mr. Kelly has seen the accounts, my question was what structure is this bar recorded on?
- 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) Peter Burke: This report is for €112 million of taxpayers money over a time, and I can see a bar that has amassed almost half a million euro in cash in a bank account. This is very relevant, believe you me. I need to know what structure it was under. Are we talking about an income and expenditure account on Microsoft Excel or a set of accounts? What structure are we talking 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: I am worried about the fact that business and community people face controls in running their businesses and they face the full rigours of the law if they do not follow them. We need to protect the reputation of An Garda Síochána and we cannot allow these practices to go on. Mr. Kelly needs to give as much information about what went wrong as he can, even though this is only an...
- 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) Peter Burke: I disagree with Mr. Kelly. One cannot accept the opinion of a person if it is wrong. We have to clearly find out what happened. A local GAA club would have better records than we have here. We are talking about An Garda Síochána.
- 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) Peter Burke: I would hope that An Garda Síochána would already have taken action if there had been incorrect behaviour among gardaí. Can Ms O'Sullivan give me an assurance on that point?
- Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 May 2017)
Peter Burke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this very important issue for discussion in the Topical Issue debate. The upgrade of the N4 bypass to Roosky is very important to the Longford-Westmeath constituency. The road is currently operating at 120% above capacity, which is a significant problem for infrastructure in the area. It gives rise to a major safety issue in terms of traffic...
- Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 May 2017)
Peter Burke: I welcome the fact the review process is under way and that the Minister is making a strong case for funding under this capital plan. The key is investing in infrastructure because when we do so it unlocks our potential. Since I was elected to the Dáil, my Fine Gael councillor colleagues in Longford have been on to me morning, noon and night stressing the importance of this issue. It...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 May 2017)
Peter Burke: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Longford can replace a caretaker or secretary who is retiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22515/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Peter Burke: As Deputy McDonald has said, this is a very powerful committee. My personal belief is that the power enjoyed by the members of this committee is accompanied by a great responsibility. We have a huge responsibility to assess the evidence in a very fair manner. We have to be very careful to focus on getting to the bottom of the truth here. I have concerns about some of the comments that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Peter Burke: Was the document re-signed? Was there any issue-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Peter Burke: It was not re-signed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Peter Burke: That is a totally different story. We need to be very careful here.