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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the Commissioner and the other witnesses for attending. My first question will deal with issues that were asserted in the other House on 24 June and relate to issues we discussed earlier in response to other questioning. It was asserted in the Seanad on 24 June that "I just want to put on the record that this was a case of entrapment." Will the Commissioner explain the difference...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: The Commissioner stated at the justice committee that controlled delivery is very sensitive and important policing methodology. When a controlled delivery is undertaken and when there is a bail application that might arise flowing from matters that took place where there is a controlled delivery, is there a standard, procedure or instruction for how An Garda Síochána deals with...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: In the experience of the Commissioner or deputy commissioner, when a controlled delivery has taken place, can those matters be disclosed to the court in the context of a bail application? Have controlled deliveries been disclosed to courts in the context of bail applications?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: It would be safe to say that if it was germane to the application or if there was an obligation on An Garda Síochána in respect of its obligations to the courts to disclose matters relating to controlled delivery in the context of the bail application, it would either be put before the court if it was germane or if there was an obligation that the Garda would inform the court about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the deputy commissioner. I had not intended for this to be as long as it is. I have one other question that I will put to the Commissioner, which relates to Garda juvenile diversion programmes. No Minister has ever issued regulations under the Act to say that certain offences are exempted from being considered for inclusion in Garda juvenile diversion programmes, for example,...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: The deputy commissioner might be answering my final question. Do we need more CCTV in Dublin? It seems to me, based on the figures supplied by the witnesses’ office, that the numbers of CCTV cameras in Dublin are exceptionally low compared with other cities across Europe.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: At last Thursday's meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts, the Garda Commissioner confirmed that he had reported to the Minister for justice on the controlled delivery operation that related to the late Evan Fitzgerald. The Commissioner went on to say that he took note of the comments made in the Seanad by Senator McDowell with regard to what was or was not said in the currency of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank all the witnesses for their testimonies. It has been enlightening. Is the AI council neutral on whether we should have more data centres in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: What is the debate in terms of AI, its evolution, its implementation and all the things we have been talking about? How does this relate to whether Ireland does or does not have data centres?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I have my own views on this issue, in terms of what data centres can bring and the energy demand they can bring that therefore in turn one hopes will result in greater investment in renewables from the same people who are creating that demand. If one has their NIMBY hat on and says we have done our bit with data centres in little old Ireland just put them somewhere else; does that impact how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: Are you looking at the job potential from AI? There is a lot of discussion about the disruption in the labour market that is going to be caused and is being caused by the integration of AI. From an Ireland perspective, is the AI council looking at how many new jobs could be created in Ireland relating to all of the innovations, adaptations, etc., that are taking place? Sticking to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the Commissioner and everyone for all the time they have given today and the clarity they have given us in terms of their answers. Returning to the €40 million in cash, the Commissioner mentioned that the management of evidence and assets is something the organisation is already under scrutiny about from the Policing Authority. There are presumably security risks associated...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

James Geoghegan: I have only one other question. It is on Operation Encompass, an operation that exists in the UK in relation to gender-based violence. It is set out in the national strategy for gender-based violence that there should be an arrangement whereby when members of An Garda Síochána carry out a house visit and are aware there is a child in that house and perhaps domestic violence...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the witnesses for attending. Ms Nugent said that in hindsight, CHI should have engaged with the Comptroller and Auditor General and the NTPF on these issues. Ms Hardiman has confirmed that the report was not furnished to the HSE and mentioned the loose language that was used in a letter to the Minister for Health regarding the level of engagement with the HSE on the matters...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Regarding the Garda referral, Ms Nugent is familiar with what the threshold is for referral. I presume it is under the Criminal Justice Act 2011. Ms Nugent has said that CHI should have referred it to the Comptroller and Auditor General, the NTPF and the HSE. Should it have referred it to An Garda Síochána as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Just to be clear, it is the job of An Garda Síochána to investigate matters. There is a report and the threshold is exceptionally low. Ms Nugent has been very clear, in hindsight, on the others. Should it have been referred to An Garda Síochána, all things being equal, right now.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: I am not talking about the legal advice. I am asking Ms Nugent's opinion. It is not about legal advice. It is about the facts on the reports, the information in front of Ms Nugent. She has been exceptionally clear that more should have been done in every other entity. What about An Garda Síochána? What is Ms Nugent's own view?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: That is not the question. Should the report have been referred to An Garda Síochána or not? Yes or no?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: That is not my question. It is really a yes-no question. Should it have been referred or not? The witness has been very clear-----