Results 81-100 of 291 for garda speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (14 Jul 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) can confirm that works to repair the render of Store St Garda Station are due to commence shortly, followed by painting of the rear façade of the building under our planned maintenance programme . OPW have not received any request from Garda Estate Management in relation to the refurbishment the of the backyard area of Store St Garda Station, and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: I refer the Deputy to the responses to questions Nos 302 to 304, inclusive, in which he will note that access by private operators to the swimming pool is a matter for An Garda Síochána and the College Authorities in Templemore. The matter of running costs and decisions around the opening and closing of the swimming pool at the Garda Training College Templemore are a matter for An...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Mar 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...to comply with the provisions of Public Spending Code where it is considered that the acquisition of a property is required. It is the responsibility of the Sponsoring Agency, in this case An Garda Síochána, to prepare this Business Case. An Garda Síochána are preparing an initial Business Case for nine sites, including Castletroy, throughout the country and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The swimming pool in the Garda Training College is primarily for use by the trainees at the College but has been made available to local schools and community/voluntary groups, where appropriate. Arising from an audit relating to the Garda College in 2017, the Garda College and the OPW put a licensing system in place in order to continue this practice and regularise the licensing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: In regard to the report that was produced by the UK company, you stated that it indicated that such surveillance may have originated with An Garda Síochána and, if so, a member of An Garda Síochána may have committed an offence or behaved in a manner that justified disciplinary proceedings. Did you at any stage think this was a matter that should have been referred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (27 Oct 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Office of Public Works manages a property portfolio in excess of 2,500 properties ranging from heritage buildings, commercial office blocks, green field sites, warehouses, Coast Guard Stations and Garda Stations. As would be the norm in such a large portfolio, at any given time, there will be a number of properties being refurbished or vacant. The State will always retain a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Expenditure (11 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details, since 2007, of the number of collisions involving Garda vehicles, where the cause was attributed to another vehicle and driver and where the Garda vehicle was withdrawn from service; the numbers of these incidents which were pursued by the State's Claims Agency with a view to recouping the cost of replacing the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (5 Oct 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...in Ireland (CPW), on behalf of the State, manage a large and diverse property portfolio of over 2,500 properties. These range from office accommodation to heritage properties, visitor centres, Garda Stations, among others. The Commissioners own two properties in the centre of the villages referenced in the question. These are - the former Garda station and Telecoms Exchange in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy will appreciate that these are operational issues for the Garda. The specific needs and asks of gardaí, in respect of refurbishment or additional accommodation, routinely come to us in the OPW and we often have to get either temporary or permanent accommodation for them. This depends on whether there are new units in the Garda or there are elements of the organisation that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (9 Sep 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that An Garda Síochána notified the Office of Public Works (OPW) on the 6thAugust 2021 that there are no plans to redevelop the Garda station in Ashford, Co. Wicklow.  The Garda station has been unoccupied since it was extensively damaged in 2003. In line with the OPW’s policy for vacant and surplus properties, the Garda...

Juvenile Crime: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann:" and substitute the following: “notes that the Interim Report from the Garda Commissioner to the Policing Authority on the handling of youth crime cases during the period 25th July, 2010 to 28th July, 2017 has identified serious failings within An Garda Síochána, including failure to process the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of Public Works (27 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can confirm that the Office of Public Works has scheduled refurbishment works to Garda Stations within the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) to be carried out in the next six months. The Garda Stations and the nature of the works is outlined in the table below and include only works valued in excess of €150,000. The works outlined relate to works funded by both OPW and An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (29 Jun 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works has not carried out a security assessment on Garda Buildings at Harcourt Street. The Office of Public Works can however confirm that works were carried out in 2018 and 2019 to the Garda Buildings at Harcourt Street, which included the tinting of a limited number of windows identified by An Garda Síochána. The cost of the tinting cannot be ascertained...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: For the benefit of the committee, I can say that 36 are former Garda stations, eight are other former Garda stations that predate the closures that are historic, two are former Garda residences, eight are Coast Guard properties, two are former customs properties, one is a former Met Éireann property and there are several other properties. Of the sites, seven are decentralisation sites,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (11 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works (CPW) that the following Garda Stations are surplus to requirements in counties Sligo and Leitrim: County Property Current Status 1. Sligo Former Garda Station Cliffoney Intra-State Transfer to Sligo County Council 2. Sligo Former Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (5 May 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: With regard to the proposed redevelopment works for a Divisional Garda Headquarters Station at Portlaoise, which is being designed by the Office of Public Works, Major Projects, I am pleased to confirm that the Commissioners of Public Works have recently approved the proposed scheme, subject to standard planning conditions. A design team has been put in place and work has commenced on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: Planning for the new Military Road development commenced a number of years ago and the design of the building is based on the  numbers of An Garda Síochána personnel which  existed back then. The OPW  understands An Garda Síochána’s evolving workforce planning needs and is being very pro-actively engaging with An Garda Síochána in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: In the intervening period, it is at the discretion of the Garda Commissioner and An Garda Síochána to develop as they see fit new units, new mobile units and new specialised units - all of which happened. The Garda is a fluid organisation which grows and changes all the time. In the intervening period, from the time a major made development of this nature is initiated, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Dec 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of Public Works (OPW) manages a property portfolio in excess of 2,500 properties ranging from heritage buildings, commercial office blocks, green field sites, warehouses, Coast Guard Stations and Garda Stations.  As would be the norm in such a large portfolio, at any given time, there will be a number of properties being refurbished or vacant.  The State will always retain a...