Results 221-240 of 843 for garda speaker:Seán Fleming

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

Seán Fleming: I am horrified at what I am hearing. Take County Laois as a typical county. There is one 24-hour station in Portlaoise. Are you saying there will be no PULSE available in any other Garda station?

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

Seán Fleming: ...to Government accounting procedures and not a matter of procurement but I am at a loss to know who needs to learn lessons from this. Mr. McCarthy is telling us there is €11 million concerning the Garda Síochána. I hope that never creates a problem. I am sure, now that we have raised the issue, we will be coming back to the Comptroller and Auditor General to find out its...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...has come up before. Item No. 1318 is correspondence from an individual on the committee's hearing on cervical cancer. The individual feels this would be more appropriate to be dealt with by the Garda. We will just note that remark. Item No. 1327 is correspondence from UCC on a request for information by the committee on a specific retirement package which was raised by Deputy Kelly....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will ask that question and we will have an answer for next Thursday. At this stage, we will adjourn until our next meeting on Thursday, 31 May 2018, when we will be meeting An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: .... We want to start with that particular group early in the morning and the rest of the day's work programme is unchanged from the previous week. In the following week, we will have in the Garda Síochána in connection with an internal audit report on the IT contracts. The 14 June meeting is to be confirmed. That is it, essentially, for the next week or two. We will note the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: For the Deputy's information, the Garda and the Revenue Commissioners normally get copies of these reports if there are relevant matters. They are free, based on that, to investigate and prosecute if they see fit. However, they have to establish their own evidence trail if they are going to court. The documents are not locked up. The Garda and Revenue Commissioners have followed through...

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: Committee of Public Accounts Annual Report 2017 (26 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...Eagle. The committee published a report on 11 July on the examination of the third level education sector. A report was published on 18 July 2017 on matters around the financial procedures at the Garda College, Templemore. This is a summary of the work carried out by the committee in 2017. The full report will be published and laid before the Houses early next week.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: Is it the Garda Vote? It is not the Department's Vote at all. I will reserve that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...'s were provided and the Health and Safety Authority has verified that all concerns have been addressed by the contractor. It appears that this matter is subject to a High Court action and a Garda Síochána investigation. I propose that we forward the correspondence to the Department for its consideration and further action, if any is required by it. We should ask the company...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...correspondence from Accounting Officers or Ministers, follow-up to previous meetings of the committee and other matters for publication, item No. 1150B is from Mr. Joe Nugent, chief administrative officer, An Garda Síochána. It is the audit report on the ICT directorate payment process which was requested by the committee. It is proposed to note and publish the report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: We have scheduled a meeting with An Garda Síochána on 31 May and I will ensure the matter will form part of that discussion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: Does the Policing Authority have a role in considering other expenditure by An Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: If the Policing Authority does not have a role in dealing with financial matters, this committee will have to deal with the issue. The reopening of Garda stations raises financial as well as other issues.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will have the relevant part of the transcript circulated for the information of members. As I stated, representatives of An Garda Síochána are scheduled to appear at our meeting of 31 May and we will raise this issue at that meeting. Item No. 1155B is correspondence, dated 8 March 2018, received from Ms Hilary Murphy-Fagan, chief executive, National Shared Services Office,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...a number of allegations are made. If he believes the allegations, he should pursue the matter further through the courts. If he believes there are criminal actions, he should report them to the Garda. That is not our function. For our part and with his agreement, I propose that we forward the correspondence to the HEA for whatever action it deems appropriate. Beyond that, I suggest we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: Therefore, it predates 2014 and is now in the hands of An Garda Síochána which is where we are leaving it. The committee is not the Garda ombudsman. The next item is No. 1160C, correspondence, dated 26 February 2018, received from Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, thanking the committee and the secretariat as she has stepped down from the committee. We shall note and publish the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...relating to a document he received on the GoSafe speed detection contract, which we discussed at our last meeting. We will note the correspondence and inform the Deputy that we have written to the Garda and the Department of Justice and Equality.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: He was justified in his perseverance. The next item is No. 1166, from Deputy Catherine Murphy on Garda compensation payments. We will hold that over because the Deputy is not here today. She has proposed that we write to the Garda Commissioner for further information on the costs of, and a breakdown of the figures for, legal advice and to explain the notable differences between the amounts...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...on the Twenty-first amendment to the Constitution on 7 June 2001. That removed the provision from the Constitution for capital punishment, that is, the execution of a person for the killing of a garda, one of the most serious crimes in our Constitution. It was a very difficult time but, out of compassion and respect for human life and regardless of whether they thought a person was the...