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Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Fleming: ...will deal with those amendments as we discuss the legislation on Committee and Report Stages. Given its topicality, I wish to deal with the recent public debate about the whistleblower from the Garda Síochána who appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts. It is very germane to the legislation being discussed now. I was conscious last week, as a member of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the Commissioner and the representatives of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and the Garda Representative Association. The general issues have been well discussed so I will ask specific questions. Do many members of the force have to use their own cars and telephones? What is the position on mobile telephones? Perhaps I am wrong but I often assume gardaí...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)

Seán Fleming: ...that the Minister may prescribe it if he feels like it will not pass muster. In the light of everything that has happened, the Minister would do well to make one exception. He was leaving the Garda out of this legislation altogether. He has agreed with my suggestion on mainstreaming, but he should go the full distance. If GSOC is to be the first body to be prescribed as a public...

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...am not even talking about the old VEC, just this one. I will leave it at that. I thank the witnesses for attending. It is a difficult kind of meeting when there is a report that has gone to the Garda but I am satisfied the meeting was conducted properly. Nothing was said there that could compromise any investigation by the Garda or any case, if it arises in due course. That was the...

Other Questions: National Procurement Service (21 Nov 2012)

Seán Fleming: ...public sector and private sector comparators to decide which route to be taken? Was that done in respect of SUSI, Student Universal Support Ireland? My final question is the hardy annual one about Garda cars. The Minister is familiar with the requirement that the cars be taken off the road at 300,000 km. I asked the chief superintendent at the joint policing committee in my...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...that the clerk to the committee will seek any follow-up information and carry out the agreed actions mentioned during the course of the meeting. We will adjourn until 9 May when we will meet An Garda Síochána in regard to the appropriation accounts for 2017 for Vote 20, An Garda Síochána; and the Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on the Accounts of the Public...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Seán Fleming: ...responsibility for the Department of Defence. This is coming home to roost now. I want to talk about the Minister with responsibility for this area. He was in the House last week talking about Garda stations. He said that Garda buildings did not matter. He is embarking on a programme to close Garda stations; he has commenced a process to close Army barracks and he has already closed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: The last sentence in Mr. Kelly's opening statement here today was, "There is also evident a culture that thinks An Garda Síochána is different from other public sector bodies and that the normal processes of financial procedures and transparent democratic accountability do not apply, for example in Deputy Commissioner Rice's letter of the 18 September 2009." The witness is saying...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: I know it was not Ms McCaffrey's intention. I am raising it to clarify it in case some people watching take the other meaning. What is the position involving the Garda and the Irish Prison Service regarding security when transferring prisoners? There are 41,000 transfers per annum. Obviously, the Irish Prison Service has to have a serious protocol. Is the Garda always available at the...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Apologies have been received from Deputy Josepha Madigan. Before we proceed to our normal business we will hear from acting Garda Commissioner, Mr. Dónall Ó Cualáin, on a commitment given to the committee at a meeting in July to provide a copy of the interim report on the reopening of certain Garda stations. The committee has still not received the report and is concerned...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...open. We expect them to assist us. The point is well made and we will come back to it. That is the OPW situation. The next item is No. 625B, correspondence received on 30 June 2017 from An Garda Síochána. The document provides an analysis of expenditure relating to the Garda College division from 2009 to 2016 as requested by the committee. We note and publish that and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, dated 18 April 2018. Following receipt of the minute provided by the Minister to the committee on our report on financial procedures at the Garda College, Templemore, the committee requested further information. The item provides an update on the implementation of the interim audit report, a copy of a communications protocol between, I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Allow me to finish. There is a complete distinction between suspected fraud and instances of non-compliance with procedures. Suspected fraud cases mean a potential loss to An Garda Síochána as money would be paid out in a fraudulent manner. Fraud is a criminal issue, not a HR issue. Do members understand the distinction I am making? I am not trying to muddy the waters, but...

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...Committee of Public Accounts may wish to consider what I have to say as Chairman. Our function as a committee is to ensure good value for money for the Department of Justice and Equality and the Garda Vote. Our priority should be the same as that in the Garda Síochána in ensuring the force has the resources it requires, gets the best value for money and can deal with crime in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...as well. Today’s main meeting will deal with this. We will note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 2449 B is correspondence from Ms Marie Broderick, superintendent, An Garda Síochána, dated 9 October 2019, in response to a request from the committee for further details on information provided by the Garda Commissioner at the meeting on 9 May 2019....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Accounting Officer is here today, who is the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, as well as the Acting Garda Commissioner. No other Accounting Officers are involved. It is the role of the Accounting Officer to give an answer to the particular question that has been asked. The two Accounting Officers have answered. The only Accounting Officer who has not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I think it is clear for next week. Thirteen documents that were requested from the Garda Commissioner are listed in the minutes of today's meeting. We will confirm with the Garda today that we want those documents by the end of next week. A full fortnight will have passed by then. If Deputies are seeking any other documentation that is not included on that list, they should contact the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...is the only financial summary in the report. The final sentence on page 7 of the internal audit report states that the total expenditure in the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 March 2016 from the Garda Vote relating to the Garda College was €112 million. As the Committee of Public Accounts, we need to have a better understanding of the flow of the income. It is stated on page 8...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...with our queries on this matter about local authorities. That is the last paragraph of that letter. One can see in a previous paragraph that this matter was decided under the SI 289 of 2006 - Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order 2006. We will write to the Department of Justice and Equality asking it to give us a report on where agreement has been reached on a local authority-by-local...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Two common themes have emerged today. The Garda Síochána and the HSE are possibly the two biggest and most powerful organisations in the State. The Garda Síochána is responsible for our safety and the HSE is responsible for our health. We were given commitments by both senior officials who attended meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts before the summer break...