Results 1-20 of 651 for speaker:Albert Dolan
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: Fáiltím roimh na finnéithe. I thank the members of An Garda Síochána for their service to the people of Ireland and to the country. My uncle was a superintendent in Tallaght. My other uncle was a sergeant in Galway. I know from my own family that we have a huge appreciation for the work and service that all the members of An Garda Síochána give to the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: While we are talking about rural Garda stations, do they have set opening hours?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: It gives the garda that connection to the community too.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: That is okay. My team has done work on purchase order data throughout the country across all State entities and Departments. One interesting thing about An Garda Síochána is that in 2024 more than 80 purchase orders were raised by Accenture to the tune of €30 million. It was one of the force's largest suppliers. Similarly, in the first few months of this year, €5.9...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: Specifically, what function does Accenture fulfil that the Garda cannot?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: On the cybersecurity element, what assurance does An Garda Síochána have over its own cybersecurity and protection?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: That is perfect. My next topic concerns - the witnesses can tell me if I have this wrong - the fact that €17.5 million was charged to the Garda Vote for Rosslare terminal 7 in 2023, but only €6.6 million was actually spent. What happened there? Does this tend to undermine the accounting side of things or what is the story?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: Was it discharged for that purpose? Was it discharged for the purpose it was given?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: That is okay. With regard to the stockrooms, and I am aware this topic was hit on previously, does An Garda Síochána keep a live asset register of its stockrooms? What stock controls are in place for the stockrooms? Where there are really high-ticket items or high-value items, is there an annual reconciliation to check those items still there? What controls are in place for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: So it is almost on a station-by-station basis, or a division-by-division basis.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: There have been repeated shortfalls in recruitment targets, particularly for the Garda Reserve and the Garda College. What specific new initiatives are being introduced to attract and retain members? How is An Garda Síochána measuring the impact of these efforts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: This is my last question, briefly. The Garda Commissioner mentioned that one of the four areas of criteria to get into the Garda college is a drug test.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: What percentage of applicants fail that drug test?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Albert Dolan: I thank Mr. Harris.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (26 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 59. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the significant growth in procurement expenditure by the HSE in recent years, rising from €1.29 billion in 2020 to over €4.19 billion in 2024,and to explain what mechanisms are in place to ensure value for money, transparency, and oversight in light of the fact that the HSE has confirmed it cannot currently track whether spending...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (26 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the cross-Border healthcare Directive does not cover inpatient treatment for chronic Lyme disease, given that patients suffering from this condition often require specialised care not readily available domestically, and that directive is intended to ensure access to necessary medical treatments within the EU; if there are plans to amend the...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (26 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is examining ways to improve accessibility and fairness in the application process for the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, particularly to support community groups and clubs in areas of higher deprivation that may lack the administrative capacity or resources of organisations in more affluent...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (26 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 315. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the HSE’s confirmation that it has not been in a position to meet the Government’s 15-day prompt payment target or to produce the quarterly compliance reports required under Government Decision S29296; the way in which this has been allowed to continue for over a decade, given that all other departments and public bodies have been...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of what stage the tendering process is at for an installation company to carry out installation works on behalf of a supplier (details supplied) under the SEAI Medically Vulnerable Solar PV System; the duration expected for the tendering process; when customers of said company can expect installations to...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 17 June 2025, to provide a statistical breakdown of applications and approvals since the commencement of each of the home ownership support schemes currently in operation (details supplied), in tabular form, and if the Minister will outline whether this data is used for internal...