Results 241-260 of 504 for garda speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the Commissioner, as a matter of law, has a legal responsibility and obligation to inform the Secretary General and the Minister in circumstances where there is jeopardy to the reputation of An Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: She was informed and briefed in July 2015. We know that. When does Mr. Waters believe that the Garda Commissioner received the audit report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Garda Commissioner did not inform Mr. Waters as per the legislation. He has not had a conversation with her. This is extraordinary. Has he spoken to the Tánaiste directly on the matters of the audit and the irregularities in Templemore?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the context of the internal audit function with An Garda Síochána, what is the relationship between the internal audit unit and the Department? Who is the go-to person for the head of internal audit or is there a bridging mechanism-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: In 2015, Garda Tony Golden was shot dead and Ms Siobhán Phillips, his partner at the time, was also shot and grievously injured by an individual known to An Garda Síochána, Crevan Mackin. Four days after the shooting Deputy Gerry Adams was in receipt of disturbing information as regards this individual and his relationship with An Garda Síochána. He wrote to the...

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: His independence is absolutely central and the co-operation of the Garda Síochána is taken as read. Nobody has any authority to tell him that they will not furnish to him the material he requires. Is that the case?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: What does the Commissioner make of that? Was she in position as Garda Commissioner at that stage?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will Mr. Ruane briefly describe for the committee his role in this? It has been described as crucial, no less. He is the legal adviser to the Garda Commissioner. Is that correct?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Garda Síochána Act.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the witness this advice on a matter in which she has said there was unacceptable behaviour and on a system that brought with it absolutely jeopardy in terms of the standing and reputation of An Garda Síochána. I think the witness would accept that. Her legal adviser advises her under the Act that this is a matter that ought to be reported to the Minister for Justice and...

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: But the witness, as Garda Commissioner, failed to inform the Minister despite having advice to that effect. What date did she inform the Minister of these happenings in Templemore?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (2 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...place to meet the needs of an area (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will request the national ambulance service to consider a group's suggestion that an ambulance be deployed in an empty Garda barracks. [20187/17]

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has been meeting at its annual conference in Killarney over the past number of days. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality did not attend. However, the Commissioner did, and yesterday, when attending the conference, she approached the podium to speak and was met with what was described in the media as an eerie silence....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...on for so long. The main thing is that we do it justice and get to the bottom of it when we deal with it. There is a point of urgency, as Deputy Kelly has said, around the issues pertaining to An Garda Síochána. In terms of the public perception of our hearings, I think there would be an expectation that we get to those issues sooner rather than later.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...and modernisation, his actions shout against those motivations. The Taoiseach is still wedded to the old way of doing things. That is the reality. The reason he is slow to relieve the Garda Commissioner of her duties is, I assume, a fear on his part of contagion. It is politics that is directing this matter. I cannot see any other rationale for it. The rationale of the Taoiseach's...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...lost in the midst of all of this is that we are now at a crossroads such that the decisions that we take now will affect not only us and policing in the here and now, but generations to come. The Garda Commissioner's position is untenable. Sin é; that is the position. The commission and restructuring will amount to nothing if the Taoiseach is not prepared to take the first step in...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the future of policing and justice in the State is at a crossroads. Public confidence in the management of An Garda Síochána has been shattered by scandal after scandal and there is a flagrant lack of accountability and a detached arrogance among the top brass. The extent of the damage done to the Garda cannot be overestimated - it is immense. This issue is bigger than...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: No review or inquiry, no matter how robust or comprehensive, will be successful in addressing the dysfunctionality at the heart of the Garda while Nóirín O'Sullivan remains in office. It is as simple and clear cut as that. She has presided over a litany of catastrophes and her position is untenable. In no other walk of life would this be a matter for debate. The Commissioner...

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...tests. There is one thing the Tánaiste could do that would more than anything restore public confidence and send a very clear message that there is accountability, namely, she could call the Garda Commissioner to account. Her failure and the Government's failure to do that is, as I said earlier, an absolute dereliction of their duty. All of the Tánaiste's fine words about...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...This is an absolute mess. Thousands of unsafe convictions, 1 million fabricated breath tests and the serious questions that therefore arise over any data, statistics or information produced by An Garda Síochána. The entire controversy undermines the very integrity of An Garda Síochána and flies in the face of what citizens expect from their policing service. We have...