Results 221-240 of 632 for garda speaker:John McGuinness

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: ..., Mr. McDonagh is aware of the content because some of it has been reported in the newspapers and there is hearsay. Have any of those documents referred to in the Oireachtas been handed to the Garda?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: If those files, or any files, have been passed to the Garda and there is a special liaison officer there, is it not strange that there has not been more contact or a more definite position from NAMA on it? People would expect that with so much being talked about, true or false we do not know, the liaison garda would be in regular contact with NAMA by now, that Mr. McDonagh would know what he...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: ...Darragh O'Brien. It has been raised as an issue that is central, as Mr. McDonagh rightly acknowledged, to the economy and the State. I would have thought that when the papers were handed to the Garda, it would have to examine them, but surely it would have contacted NAMA before now. Certainly, regarding all the other information in the media, and if there is a liaison officer appointed,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: ...work the committee has done with the agency and intends to do in future. I have some brief questions which develop on the earlier discussion. Mr. McDonagh indicated there are two cases with the Garda Síochána. When Deputy Deasy asked about internal complaints in the National Asset Management Agency, we learned that no internal complaints have been made. Is there a mechanism...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: ..., we will deal with the business of the committee now. I remind members that we have scheduled a private meeting this evening at 6.30 to take legal advice on the information we received from the Garda whistleblower. As agreed last week, we will publish our report on banking stabilisation as an interim report as soon as the clerk has finalised it, which will be in the next few days. We...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: ...2013. Will the Taoiseach ensure that Bill comes before this House as quickly as possible? As I asked him previously, will he ensure the spirit of this legislation is applied in the case of the Garda whistleblowers and the FÁS whistleblower who is being treated very badly by that organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: ...It seems to me that we are examining fresh information which has come forward and which relates to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. Clearly, we should examine this and get back to the Garda Commissioner as soon as possible on it. There is a public interest here, as Deputy Ross has said. We should not forget that. If we can conclude all of that investigation, particularly...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: ...from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the same type of issue, the committee acted on it. I understood at the time the Comptroller and Auditor General had received information from Garda sources; perhaps this information should be given to the Comptroller General. It is relevant to our discussion because it is information above and beyond what the Comptroller and Auditor...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: ...will depend on the legal advice that we receive. I agree with members that we should deal with this as quickly as possible. It is a matter of public interest. It is a matter of concern to the Garda Commissioner. It is also a matter of concern to the whistleblower, who claims he was within his legal rights to present this to the Oireachtas. In fact, he says he was encouraged by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (13 Nov 2013)

John McGuinness: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in providing Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [48421/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (22 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in providing Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44716/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: ...screen. A meeting has been scheduled with the Department of Social Protection for 12 December to examine Chapters 19 and 20 of the 2012 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. We will also meet An Garda Síochána on 23 January 2014 to examine Chapter 7 of the 2012 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Our meeting next week will be in private session and will...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: ...be adhered to in the context of what might be happening now, even though it might not be fully in place. I would like to believe one would be treated fairly, whether one is a whistleblower in the Garda Síochána, FÁS or in the Office of Public Works, having brought the issue to the attention of the particular Accounting Officer or Department. There is evidence to suggest...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: ...the concept of presumptive liability for directors. We also asked them to review the structures involved in investigating white collar crime, which are currently spread across three bodies - the Garda, the Central Bank and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. That is part of what we have said.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Some of that amount was probably made up of donations, which I acknowledge. I am interested in knowing if the Garda investigation, in terms of the €150,000 and other spend processed through Pobal, will go ahead. A considerable amount of taxpayers' money has been spent on that building. We accept that. The Committee of Public Accounts wants to know how the money already spent will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Nos. 3A.3 to 3A.5 will be dealt with next Thursday. No. 3A.6 is correspondence, dated 25 June 2013, from Chief Superintendent Orla McPartlin, personal assistant to the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, re providing additional information requested at our meeting of 16 May, to be noted and published. No. 3A.7 is correspondence, dated 25 June 2013, from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: ...correspondence with Mr. John Fallon, Ballina, County Mayo, to be noted. No. 3B.5 is correspondence dated 19 June 2013 from Mr. Eamonn O'Neill re previous correspondence with the committee regarding An Garda Síochána, to be noted. As this issue is before the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, we have no function in the matter. No. 3C is correspondence related to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons Issues (2 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: ...unit; if he will or is funding ongoing collaboration with other specialist units outside of Ireland to assist in the investigation of these cases; if there is a joint approach in place by the Garda and Health Service Executive to give ongoing assistance to those families traumatised by such an event; the actions taken to date by the Garda in the Jo Jo Dollard case; if he will confirm that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

John McGuinness: ...assistant national director, parliamentary and regulatory affairs, Health Service Executive, re examination of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the health and local authority fund - Garda investigation of SIPTU fund. The correspondence is to be noted and published. The committee is scheduled to examine this matter today. Does it have any impact on the hearing?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

John McGuinness: ...since the meeting on 23 May: 4.1, National Treatment Purchase Fund; 4.2, Higher Education and Training Awards Council; 4.3, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland; 4.4, Arts Council; 4.5, Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; 4.6, Pensions Ombudsman; 4.7, Dublin Institute of Technology; 4.8, Letterkenny Institute of Technology; 4.9, Health Service Executive; 4.10, City of...