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Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: Is it a direct financial measure or is it done through the tax system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: It would be an interesting thing for the Comptroller and Auditor General to provide. Perhaps the Minister could provide us with the information.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: It is a fairly topical issue at the moment.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: That is a matter for the Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: The Minister of State's time has expired.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: The Minister of State can come back in.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: On the question, Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: No, speak on the question on the Order Paper.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: The next question is from Deputy Calleary.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: As we have only three minutes remaining, I ask the Deputy to forgo her introduction of the question to allow more time for supplementary questions and answers.

Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter, which deserves attention within the Departments of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Health, for discussion. It relates to the proposed Lusk community 2020 sports plan. This is a community-based collaborative effort involving representatives of local sporting groups and the support of local primary and secondary schools in Lusk, north...

Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: I very much welcome what the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, has had to say. I imagine the community-based activists involved in this programme will be thrilled to hear his encouraging remarks. The material was written up and prepared well in advance of the budget and was not contingent on it. Regardless, the sports capital grant announcement from the Minister of State is most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: That is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: That is no problem. I thank the representatives of the inspectorate for coming in again. It is good to see the witnesses who we have met a good few times over the years. I will be as brief as I possibly can. I am conscious that the witnesses have been sitting for a while now. A number of statistics were identified in the opening statement and in the various reports of the inspectorate....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: What was the number involved in non-operational activity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: While we have done the closure of rural Garda stations to death, I am conscious of Mr. Toland’s background experience in the UK. Comparatively speaking between ourselves and the United Kingdom in size and population, we have a massive number of Garda stations. I listened to Mr. Toland’s comments on people’s perceptions as opposed to his own and the fact we have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: Where should a Garda station be located in a growing community?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: Every time I ask a question of the current Garda Commissioner and Minister on technology, I get the reply that we are giving €30 million, or whatever, for improvements to the PULSE system. Clearly, PULSE is an out-dated system which one is constantly adding to but not actually addressing. Members of the Oireachtas would compare it with the system we use which is equally antiquated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: Earlier Mr. Toland referred to the recording of walk-ins and reporting of crime. While I do not like to bring up personal matters in the committee, I have personal experience of this. It is something people talk to me about fairly regularly. I have done it myself. When I finish work late at night and take my dog for a walk, I have often seen people dipping into bring banks and clothing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: That point about the production of discs and licences is an interesting one. I recall how, when I was in Mayo a few years ago, I was asked to produce my tax disc because I had forgotten to put it in the car window. Of course, I do not live in Mayo, so when I went home, I checked and found my tax was up to date. If they had checked the system, they would have been able to prove it. I got...