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Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Regarding those others, the six that are on that list that the Garda sent to the Department of Justice and Equality, the Garda has actually made some initial moves regarding all of them. In the first instance, the Garda has told the OPW: "Please, do not sell those. We are looking at those for reopening."

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: However, the Garda has gone a step further in commencing the preparations for Stepaside.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: What is the Garda's timescale? It is not a Government decision; it is a Garda Commissioner's decision, which is Mr. Ó Cualáin's decision. When will he move the others on that list to the same stage as this?

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: He has told us it is not a Government decision but a Garda Commissioner's decision. Does the Garda have the resources to move on the other-----

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The acting Garda Commissioner can come back to the committee on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will ask that a note be sent back to the committee on that issue. At this stage, I thank the acting Garda Commissioner and Mr. Nugent for their presence today. Before we suspend, I seek agreement from members that we will go straight on to HIQA now and will defer dealing with our correspondence and other routine matters until the afternoon. Representatives from HIQA have been waiting...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Does everybody who works in all the organisations that HIQA regulates require Garda clearance?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...meetings. The first item is No. 763B, a letter from the Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality, dated 20 September 2017, relating to the interim report regarding the reopening of Garda stations. We note and publish that as we have discussed the topic earlier. The next item is No. 766B, correspondence dated 22 September 2017 from Dónall Ó Cualáin, acting...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...any institutions or organisations in Ireland. We will just note that as we have no further action to take. Correspondence item No. 762, dated 14 September, from an individual who resigned from An Garda Síochána in 2013 alleges bullying. I propose that we write to the correspondent to advise that the matter is not within the remit of this committee and refer the individual to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...with follow-up correspondence and items that we requested. All these items are for publication. The first item in the schedule is No. 705B, dated 14 July 2017, from Claire Byrne, CEO of St. Raphael's Garda Credit Union, in relation to media coverage concerning comments made about the credit union during the committee's examination of the Garda college. The correspondence states that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: ..., correspondence dated 17 July 2017, from Ed Silvey, director of credit institution and supervision and acting registrar for credits unions in the Central Bank. The letter concerns St. Raphael's Garda Credit Union and states that, due to confidentiality requirements, it is not possible to provide the information requested by the committee regarding any investigation that may have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will keep on top of this issue. No. 734B is a note received from An Garda Síochána on 4 August regarding the interim report on the reopening of Garda stations. The note states that a final report will be submitted to the Minister for Justice and Equality and suggests it would be appropriate for the committee to make inquiries with the Department. The secretariat has written...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...is of no relevance. He knew that when he answered the question. We are not seeking to know how the Cabinet arrived at its decision, which is beyond our brief. We are seeking the material from An Garda Síochána-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...the acting commissioner, but I had intended we would write to him again to remind him of the commitment and, if we had that complete, that he would be invited. Rather than to get straight into the Garda, given that we can come to it in the work programme, we will give the Garda representatives the week to supply it. We will tell them that if we do not receive it, they will be invited in....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...office of the chief administrative officer writing to us to say something completely different. As far as I am concerned, I am now seeing a direct conflict between what I will call the civilian side of An Garda Síochána in how it is dealing with the committee and how the acting commissioner, who was the deputy commissioner-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will write to the acting commissioner today asking for a copy of the report prepared by An Garda Síochána - it is what is in An Garda Síochána, not what is in the Department of Justice and Equality or is going to Cabinet - by tomorrow evening, which is Friday, and we are requesting him to attend next Thursday morning. We will set aside a half an hour, with the time to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We were told one thing in public session at the previous meeting before the summer break and we are being told something completely different in this correspondence from An Garda Síochána in the meantime. The Committee of Public Accounts is not going to tolerate that kind of activity from any public body.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Nos. 738B(i) to (vii) are items of correspondence received from An Garda Síochána on 17 August enclosing information as requested by the committee on 13 July. The committee requested information on payments to AA Ireland for technical services, arrangements regarding tax clearance of suppliers, payments to public relations companies, the tender for Garda uniforms, sponsorship...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. This was on 17 July. The deputy commissioner had been here four days earlier saying he would give us the report. We find that immediately after the public commitment the Garda administration are in contact with the Department of Justice and Equality concerning the release of it. On 22 July, ten days later, our secretariat contacted the office wondering if there was any update. On 4...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Our issue as the Committee of Public Accounts is that we had a commitment from An Garda Síochána.