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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. I will follow that up.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. Nugent. I will follow up with the Office of Public Works about the other matter. Going back to reputation and the lovely word "learnings" - a word I detest because I do not know what it means - I want to discuss fixed penalty charges and the breath tests. It is in the Garda report as a significant risk to reputation and a significant risk financially. Where are we with that?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is all laid out there. My question is about the 146,865 cases that were incorrectly taken. I have actually forgotten the point on why they were taken inaccurately.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What was incorrect about it? They were all incorrect.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I had forgotten that. When they went to court, a penalty was imposed in 14,700 cases. Were the others all discharged or what happened?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: No. Some 14,700 were left. However, with regard to the big number, were they just discharged?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I understand. Some 14,000 ended up in court. The Garda is working its way through those now and is appealing them with the consent of the person, and over 2,000 have already been sorted out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Of the 14,700, 2,274 have been dealt with and the Garda is working through the rest.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It would be very helpful to get a full note.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: An update would be very helpful. The mistake was made by gardaí and the people were innocent in regard to this matter. That is important. The next point for this committee is the cost implications of the process. The Garda has taken over 2,000 people to the appeal court. What are the legal costs to date or are there legal costs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It should not have happened but it did happen and the Garda is dealing with it. However, there has to be an end to it and there has to be an update. What is it costing in terms of manpower and womanpower and in terms of the cost of the legal eagles? Let us have an update on that. On the breath tests and the hugely significant discrepancy, which I will not go back over as that is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The Policing Authority.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: My final question relates to my personal interest in the protection units relating to domestic and gender-based violence. These are being rolled out and I welcome that. Where are the cost implications? Where can I see that in the accounts? It is accounted for separately. Are there sufficient funds to fulfil the objectives of the Commissioner regarding the protection units?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I understand all that but where would it be reflected? It would not be-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Tá an cheist atá agam inniu ag díriú isteach ar athrú aeráide, go háirithe na bearta práinneacha atá ag teastáil ó d'fhógair an Dáil seo éigeandáil an Déardaoin seo caite. Tá mo cheist ag díriú isteach ar na bearta práinneacha atá ag teastáil go háirithe ó thaobh cathair na...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The report has singled out that one city should be picked. It was in that context that I raised Galway. On security, in February, the then Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Philip Lane, warned that if the pace of transition to a low-carbon economy was too slow, a sharper adjustment would ultimately be required, posing macroeconomic and financial stability risks. We have any number...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I fully support the Bill. It is almost 71 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25.1 of which sets out that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself or herself and of his or her family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care. We are failing utterly on all of these issues. With...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (14 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in a full year if the earned income credit increased from €1,350 to €1,500 for those in receipt of a gross income up to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20809/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory (14 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when construction work on the new forensic science laboratory at Backweston Campus will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20804/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (14 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age of each truck attached to the Garda water unit; if funding will be provided for the replacement of the oldest age truck in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20806/19]