Results 201-220 of 760 for garda speaker:Catherine Connolly

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

Catherine Connolly: It was 22 retired civil servants and 12 retired members of An Garda Síochána. Can Ms McCaffrey clarify note 5.4 on page 17 of the appropriation accounts?

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

Catherine Connolly: ...from various reports, that of Mr. Justice Charleton being the latest, is that institutions are simply incapable of holding a mirror up to themselves. We know that from issues involving Tusla, the Garda and politicians. An effective oversight system must be in place. It is difficult to sit on this committee and listen to what whistleblowers go through. The word "punitive" is often...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (16 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: ..., but the lack of governance has also been highlighted. The Charleton report recently put the focus absolutely on Tusla and the HSE in the context of the absence of governance and the role of the Garda. Why am I mentioning all this in the context of this legislation? It is because this is an illusion, and that is putting it mildly. I hope Sinn Féin will not support the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (18 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau increased by 12.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53272/18]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: .... Mr. Griffin has told us that the strategy will be in place in the first quarter of the new year and that there will be an implementation plan. The memorandum of understanding with An Garda Síochána remains outstanding. It was envisioned in the national cyber security strategy. What will happen with it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: ...has not interfered with operations. I appreciate that, but there is a need for a memorandum of understanding, as Mr. Browne has agreed. He has confirmed that it was sent by the Department to An Garda Síochána in 2017. We are at the end of 2018. Where is the memorandum of understanding? When will it be in place?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency (7 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister is really the last hope in this as it is quite clear institutions have no ability to self-reflect. We knew this from the Garda and health service. We know it now about Tusla and the Health Service Executive. The Minister is the last stop in town, as it were, so what she sets up must be implemented. From the report I can see a high level of cases where a social worker has not...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: ...family are in the middle of this. I refer to pages 296 and 297 of the report. We have now gone through all of these tribunals, ending with the disclosures tribunal, to highlight the seven obligations on gardaí. Imagine it takes a tribunal to tell us gardaí should take pride in their uniform. The second obligation is for them to be honest. The third obligation is for them to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I was speaking earlier on the Charleton tribunal. One sentence from its report states "Public relations speak as a substitute for plain speaking is an affront to the duty of [the Garda]". I think the criticism of public relations speak as a substitute for plain speaking could be applied to every body including Deputies. I am looking at the Housing Agency. I am not being personal. It has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I have not been given to despair in a while. The last time was when representatives of the Garda were before us, and they actually improved. We have a major housing crisis and I see no element of value for money anywhere. I see a complete lack of value for money in terms of the HAP scheme and RAS. The Housing Agency is in the middle of a policy that is crazy. It is misusing language,...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I dtús báire ba mhaith liom dhá rud a úsáid a dúirt An Breitheamh Charleton i gcomhthéacs An Garda Síochána le déanaí. Dúirt sé nach féidir an dubh a chur ina gheal ach seal agus chomh maith leis sin dúirt sé áit éigin eile sa tuarascáil gur ionann an ceist ceart a chur agus a bheith leathbhealaigh...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: ...a woman's group on it. The Minister of State highlighted that it comprises representatives from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Courts Service, the Probation Service, the Garda Síochána, the criminal law reform division of the Department and so on. There was no mention of a representative from Women's Aid, Rape Crisis Network Ireland or the many other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (2 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles allocated to each Garda divisional drugs unit in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (2 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in a full year to increase the An Garda Síochána training budget by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39771/18]

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to go back to why we are here. I am finishing. I have less than a minute left. We have had various organisations before us, including the Garda in Templemore, and we put them under serious pressure in respect of internal audits and audit committees. We did so with the vocational education committees, VECs. That is part of our job. Mr. Fraser is here today, and this has not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Catherine Connolly: At no stage, going through 2013, 2014 or 2015, was it highlighted that it was not working properly. I am thinking in the context of the Garda, the education and training boards and the other organisations we have had before us. We were very hard on them in respect of processes and procedures. The first time I see anything about an audit committee is in Mr. Fraser's 2016 appropriation...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Catherine Connolly: On matters reported to the Garda, the Comptroller and Auditor General states at section of his report that NAMA has made three formal complaints to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. Where are we in relation to that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: ...- perhaps the Chair can correct me - that came up in respect of IT, is it? I do not want to get a company's name wrong. I may have mixed this company up with the company for the IT for the Garda station. It is a different company, is it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is that one and the same company about which questions have been raised in respect of IT and the Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That was the responsibility of the Garda Síochána in respect of procurement, but did it happen to be the company that benefited and got the roll-on contracts without procurement?