Results 361-380 of 843 for garda speaker:Seán Fleming

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

Seán Fleming: What is clear here is that immediately after our meeting in which we got the commitment that we would be given the report, An Garda Síochána, through Joe Nugent's office, contacted John O'Callaghan of the Department of Justice and Equality regarding-----

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

Seán Fleming: We want to see the criteria in the report of An Garda Síochána.

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

Seán Fleming: ...with Curran Communications and a breakdown of expenditure on training and incidental expenses. We note and publish that. No. 743B, dated 30 August comes from the deputy commissioner of An Garda Síochána, enclosing information regarding the national anti-crime strategy, Operation Thor. We note and publish that. No. 744B, dated 31 August from Niall Cody, chairman of the...

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

Seán Fleming: There has been so much talk about the number of Garda accounts. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with the amount of accounts, but if some are dormant and tidying up is required then well and good. We will write back to An Garda Síochána for details, to ask it to review the accounts and decide if they are all necessary and, if not, to close them down. We are not going...

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

Seán Fleming: Two common themes have emerged today. The Garda Síochána and the HSE are possibly the two biggest and most powerful organisations in the State. The Garda Síochána is responsible for our safety and the HSE is responsible for our health. We were given commitments by both senior officials who attended meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts before the summer break...

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

Seán Fleming: ...issue of the commission is a different issue. The €600,000 is very much within our remit and is public money. Therefore, we are inviting both people. We will have the report by tomorrow from the Garda Síochána and one way or another they are invited for next Thursday, time to be agreed between the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and their office. We will...

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

Seán Fleming: ...of public funds to it. When we get a reply from the Department, we will deal with the matter. No. 704 is anonymous correspondence dated 16 July requesting the committee to make inquiries with the Garda Commissioner regarding the prosecution of child pornography cases. As this matter may be more appropriate for consideration by the justice committee, I propose that we forward it to that...

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

Seán Fleming: ...12 July, is from an individual who is inquiring about the status of previous inquiries of the committee regarding public funds provided to SIPTU. The correspondent was previously advised that An Garda Síochána was investigating the matter. The secretariat has requested an update from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation in recent days, which we await. We will note that...

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

Seán Fleming: It is proper to the justice committee because it relates to the Garda Vote.

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

Seán Fleming: ...with the committee regarding EirGrid. We will note the correspondence and forward it to Monaghan County Council. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 753 relates to an interim report on Stepaside Garda station. This is from Deputy Cullinane and we dealt with it during our earlier conversation. No. 754 is from an anonymous correspondent regarding Waterford City & County Council....

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

Seán Fleming: ...few meetings in the next month so as to show them the road. HIQA will be coming before us and IDA Ireland is up the following week. We are making provision for Mr. Tony O'Brien and for the acting Garda Commissioner to appear next Thursday if we have not received the report by tomorrow. We will have to squeeze that time in. I asked the Comptroller and Auditor General to name the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...Nos. 670 (i) and 670 (ii) are a briefing paper from Brendan Ryan, chief executive of the Courts Service and a briefing paper in respect of prosecutions for fixed charge notice motoring offences by An Garda Síochána. We will be returning to that matter in the autumn. We have indicated that as the complete report from An Garda Síochána is not available at present, we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: The next items of correspondence are Nos. 671A (i) to 671A (iii), inclusive. No. 671A is a covering email from the Garda Commissioner enclosing the interim report and the second interim report into the examination of the recording of breath tests. That is the matter to which I have just referred and we will await the final report and will deal with the issue then. In the meantime we can...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...him on notice that if it is not fully resolved he will be here in September. We will forward this to the commission also. The next items are Nos. 692B and 693B, correspondence received from An Garda Síochána. Both letters are from Niall Kelly, head of internal audit, in which he is keeping the committee up to date on his audit work. It states that two audits, on EU funded...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...from the Department of Health. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 684C is undated correspondence from an individual in respect to the work undertaken by the Committee of Public Account regarding the Garda College in Templemore. We will note the correspondence. No. 685C is correspondence, dated 5 July, from an individual alleging serious irregularities in respect of the thoroughbred foal...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...a clear audit opinion. We will note these with the exception of An Chéim, which we will come back to at our next meeting. The next item is our work programme. Today we are dealing with An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service. We will complete the public session around the voting bloc in the middle of the day today. It has been moved back to 1.47 p.m. and will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: It will be 3 p.m. or so when we come back in the afternoon. We have agreed to take a few hours in the afternoon to sign off on matters. I think we should agree at this stage to complete the Garda Síochána and Courts Vote before the voting bloc. If we start bit late when we come back in the afternoon after 3 p.m., we will take the required hours to finish out our business. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will find that out from the HSE and ask for whatever document is available. Returning to our work programme, we will complete our consideration of the report into the Garda Training College in Templemore later this afternoon and this evening with a view to launching it next Tuesday. I propose that we do so at 2 p.m., earlier in afternoon than 4 p.m. the last day, in the audiovisual room....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: On the work programme, I wish to deal with one item of correspondence that arrived this morning, 13 July, from An Garda Síochána. It was not listed on the correspondence because it was received only this morning. The letter is from Mr. Joseph Nugent. I will read it out because it has not been published. It states:I know from coverage in the media in recent days and from...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will have that circulated and published. We are dealing with the Garda Vote No. 20; the Courts Service Vote No. 22. The intention had been that we would have had a joint discussion with An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service to discuss the collection of fines for the penalty points, but I have been informed that the report is not ready. I understand there was no separate...