Results 141-160 of 342 for garda speaker:Marc MacSharry

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: The previous Chair of the Committee on Public Accounts, Deputy John McGuinness, furnished a disclosure to the Department which alleged misappropriation or theft. That was not referred to the Garda.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: The criminal issue was not referred to the Garda.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (3 Mar 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next intake of Garda recruits will occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11648/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (23 Nov 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional financial supports and resources to deal with the issue of human trafficking that have been or will be provided to An Garda Síochána, particularly in the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36456/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (14 Dec 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of all Garda stations within urban centres with populations in excess of 20,000 persons which are not capable of holding prisoners due to the cells being condemned and below legal standards within the regulations which govern persons in custody. [40202/16]

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

Marc MacSharry: That is grand and that is 365 days a year. I will come back to that in a few minutes. I am told that there is a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation into the area of gardaí colluding with prison services in relation to prison staff. Can the witnesses confirm that?

Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...and provision of new stations which are "critical to delivering effective policing". I could not agree more. As Deputy Micheál Martin stated earlier, there is a serious issue in the regional Garda station in Sligo where an assistant commissioner sits.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I am asking about the current position. I understand we all want to get to an integrated system where a garda will be able to find out from his handset that Marc MacSharry, for example, has a long charge sheet and he should spend some time finding out where he is going.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (12 Feb 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to details relating to a complaint made by a member of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) providing evidence of alleged assault, bullying and intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7006/19]

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Marc MacSharry: ...Sligo where somebody sitting in his home was tied up, beaten and left to die for a number of days. It shows a lack of fear among criminals that this crime took place yards from both the regional Garda headquarters and the seat of law and order, the courthouse, and near my own office. The victim was respected and he was no different from people in all our communities who could be killed...

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 (4 May 2017)

Marc MacSharry: In terms of the Vote of €1.503 billion in 2015 - it is a bit higher now - is the Government saying to An Garda Síochána that when it gets the job done with the 200 or 300 people, it will give it resources to recruit the required professional staff? Has the Commissioner been given that undertaking?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (10 Oct 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the location of the site for the new Garda headquarters (details supplied) in County Sligo; if it has been procured; the status of the project; the timeframe for planning, construction and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42318/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...referred to, apart from my own personal and private research, relates to the previous question. I have outlined and read into the record what I will do in that regard. It will be sent to the Garda Commissioner today. The current question is not related to that documentation at all.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I understand that. We do not want the reviewer to judge it, but if an external reviewer had a term of reference to exclude that, it might prevent the Department from referring that to An Garda Síochána after the fact, which is actually a condition of the Act. Is that not the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: If I had a charge sheet the length of my arm for various offences and I was stopped by a garda on Kildare Street, would the officer be in a position to identify me as Marc MacSharry, a person with a serious record, and decide, on that basis, to spend more time questioning me?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (13 Dec 2016)

Marc MacSharry: 387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe targets his Department is working to secure a site, design, planning, building and operation for the provision of a new Garda station for Sligo town; and if he will provide a date-by-date breakdown of deadlines that his department has adopted in this regard. [40188/16]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Marc MacSharry: This is the problem, is it not? Who makes the internal decision on whether or not to refer to An Garda Síochána? In this instance, a decision not to do so was obviously made. According to the paper trail, the terms of reference were drawn up by the internal audit unit and the relevant external investigator. The investigation was boxed off.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Marc MacSharry: ...all else, real leadership is required. In this context, I agree with Senator Quinn and others, in that I hope the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform have sent for the Garda Commissioner this morning. What we heard yesterday was reprehensible. Such words from gardaí were disgraceful. There is no question but that we are in difficult times in terms of...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Marc MacSharry: On Senator Pat O'Neill's point about the Garda Commissioner, while on a personal level I wish her well and hope she will do a good job, Senator Mark Daly was perfectly within his rights to make a legitimate point. It is a fact that the person in question was deputy commissioner when many of these issues came to light. That is worth noting and remembering.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (27 Feb 2018)

Marc MacSharry: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provision has been made in budget 2018 for essential renovations to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the fact that funding was originally allocated for the renovations in the budget 2017 and the work did not commence that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9908/18]