Results 341-360 of 742 for garda speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (6 Mar 2014)

Brendan Howlin: In line with the previously stated Disposal Policy the Commissioners of Public Works are examining the options for 155 non-operational (vacant) Garda Stations. Forty former Garda Stations have been identified for disposal on the open market and auctioneers have been appointed to manage the sale of these stations. Eight of the forty former Garda stations will be auctioned to the public at...

Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...management and so on, in the context of having shared services, thereby releasing money and staff to be reinvested in the front line. I was then able, for example, to relax the embargo on Garda recruitment. Along with the additional gardaí to be recruited this year, more than 900 resource teachers are being recruited and additional SNAs will also be deployed. We are using what I...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: .... There is a particular and understandable focus in the contributions of a number of Deputies, continuing today, on how the legal framework will accommodate whistleblowing involving members of the Garda Síochána. Section 19 of the current Bill relates to the regulation made under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in regard to the making of protected disclosures by members...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...Tullamore will consolidate and integrate payroll processes and practices from the 17 payroll centres currently providing payroll services to 53 Public Services Bodies.  During 2014, 27 of the 53 in-scope Bodies will transition into the Payroll Shared Services Centre, over a series of two waves. Garda and Prison Officer payrolls already transitioned from the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (25 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...from the 17 payroll centres currently providing payroll services to 53 Public Services Bodies.  During 2014, 27 of the 53 in-scope Bodies will transition into the Payroll Shared Services Centre, over a series of two waves.   Garda and Prison Officer payrolls already transitioned  from the Department of Justice and Equality late last year. When fully operational,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...the crisis and the need to do things more effectively. There can be more rational decisions now that we are out of the crisis and we can objectively decide on the optimum number of members of the Garda Síochána or whether we need more personnel or to deploy them differently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: That was an agreement we came to in the Haddington Road process with the different Garda organisational bodies. We undertook that we would do that review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...for example, through the shared services of PeoplePoint and the new shared payroll service, to supplement front-line services. That is why we have been able this year to restore recruitment to An Garda Síochána and give leeway to recruit extra resource teachers and special needs assistants. The numbers policy is a matter for debate in terms of what is the optimum number. For...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (19 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...service, but there has also been and will continue to be recruitment into key positions across the system - in health, in education, in some areas of the Civil Service and most recently in An Garda.     Budget 2014 sets out a revised ECF for public service numbers of 287,000 by the end of this year.  The appropriate path beyond...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ..., particularly electricity, will be restored to people as soon as possible. The point has been made before, but it bears repeating, that the staff of the ESB and local authorities, the members of An Garda Síochána and the Civil Defence and all the community groups that have been involved in addressing the unprecedented storms we have been experiencing in recent weeks must be...

Seanad: Public Sector Reform: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...in areas that work best for the citizen. In essence, I am saying that savings we make from shared services, better procurement and all of the efficiencies can be redeployed to some extent - for example, by reopening recruitment to the Garda Síochána or providing this year more special needs assistants, resource teachers and so on. We are moving from back-office efficiency to...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: The Garda Ombudsman Commission and the Garda Inspectorate are also involved.

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...false reports and no protection is provided for such reports. The definition of "worker" in the Bill covers as many persons interacting with the workplace as possible, and this includes members of An Garda Síochána, who, in common with every other worker in the State, may report instances of wrongdoing. I make special mention of An Garda Síochána because of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Update (22 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...for External Service Delivery can be explored and these are being considered for implementation in 2014.  This Plan is due to be considered by Government shortly. The Public Appointments Service outsourced Call Centres for the Garda Trainee recruitment campaign and the Internal Promotion campaigns at HEO and AP level being run for other Departments/Offices in the civil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (21 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...service, but there has also been and will continue to be recruitment into key positions across the system - in health, in education, in some areas of the Civil Service and most recently in An Garda.  Recruitment into these positions is open to all suitable candidates, including those who are availing of JobBridge. The...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...in those areas where redeployment does not suit. We have had considerable redeployment in many areas. This morning on radio, I gave the example of where we needed more people working in the Garda vetting unit in Tipperary but there were surplus staff in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine office in the same county. We transferred staff from the latter to the former on a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...December 2009. This figure covers the liability in respect of serving staff and pensioners from all Public Service pension schemes i.e. Health, Education, Civil Service, Defence Forces, Local Authorities, Garda Síochána, Ministerial  and non-commercial state bodies.  The figure represents the present value of the benefits earned by serving staff based on service to...

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...out in the regulation that gives effect to this legislation. It is my intention to cover all areas of the public service with the exception of those areas I have just mentioned. Specifically that will include public servants in the health sector, the local government sector, the civil service, An Garda Síochána, and the non-commercial semi-State bodies. The education sector...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...or injury; ‘public service body’ means—(a) the Civil Service, (b) that category of persons referred to in section 30(g) of the Defence Act 1954, namely civilians employed thereunder by the Minister for Defence, (c) the Garda Síochána, (d) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001, (e) the Health Service Executive, (f) an...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...:"(b) by substituting the following for the definition of "public service body":" 'public service body' means, other than for the purposes of Parts 6A and 7A—(a) the Civil Service, (b) the Garda Síochána, (c) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001, (d) the Health Service Executive, (e) an education and training board, and (f) such other...