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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with my colleague and we have discussed this before. We need not only to do an examination but to try to get to the root of this. We need to establish what is necessary when it comes to oversight, good governance, tracking and so on. We can go from one case to another lamenting their various failures but having already done a lot of high-profile, sometimes controversial, work, our...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are two interim reports. The final report is due on 31 July 2017.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Before we suspend, we should wish Deputy Kelly a very happy 50th birthday.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: I suggest that a phone call be made to the Garda procurement section and that it be asked to forward the information by fax, email or carrier pigeon.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the witnesses. This is a familiar scenario for all of us now. Like other speakers, I have a number of questions for the witnesses and so I would appreciate brevity in their responses. Some of the questions can be answered with a "Yes" or "No". I want to cover a range of topics. I share the frustration of colleagues, in particular Deputy Cullinane, that as of yet we are...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Was it Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll who communicated the message to Government that it should be one of the stations to be re-opened?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Commissioner have sight of that report before it went to Government?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Commissioner have sight of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Was this recommendation made on the basis of crime statistics and need in the community?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Can we have a copy of the report that recommended the reopening of stations and the methodology, the matrix and everything applied to differentiate between Garda stations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: It is clear that it has reached a point where the Garda was in a position to make some recommendations to Government. I want to see the background, the data and the analysis of that please.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Can we even see the interim position, as far as the report has been done? When might we have that? Would it be reasonable to expect it within a day or two?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: On procurement, the witnesses can see how easy it was to produce the list we needed. It was just a matter of a phone call, which is good. One item jumps out at me: uniforms. I assume this category refers to the uniformed officers and the clothes the witnesses have on their backs. It is from Cara Ireland. Who is that and where is it based? Is it in Howth? It is item 46. What period...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: In 2015 it was just over €40,000. Who are these people?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Where is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: I went looking for it as I was listening intently to the witnesses' contributions and I could not find it. I did find a Cara Ireland Limited which is a transport security outfit based in Howth. I just want to know, for example, who these people are. If those connected with the company are listening I am not casting aspersions on it. I just want to know where it is and who it is. The...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: I suggest it might have been as long as ten years ago that it went to competitive tender.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Garda not have control of tendering for Garda uniforms?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Does it have expertise in uniforms?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: Does it have expertise in tailoring?