Results 361-380 of 790 for garda speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Transport (29 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Ministerial cars or vehicles from the fleet of An Garda Síochána have not been operated by my Department over the past six years.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (24 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...their Relevant Authority/employer consents. There are separate, lower minimum pension ages in the Single Scheme for certain non-standard (“fast-accrual”) membership categories such as An Garda Síochána, the Permanent Defence Force, Prison Officers and Firefighters. For further information, the Deputy will be aware that my Department is currently working on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (22 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...plates for special occasions on commercial vehicles or any other category of vehicle. The existing identification mark is integral to the operations of a number of agencies apart from Revenue, including An Garda Síochána, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, the Road Safety Authority and the...

Other Questions: Budget Targets (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...was €19.216 billion. This was €74 million, or 0.4%, below profile. Gross voted current expenditure, at €18 billion, was 1.1% ahead of profile. Timing issues related to child benefit and Garda pension payments, profiled for payment at the start of May but brought forward to April, accounted for a significant portion of the variance. As outlined in the April report,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., which is €192 million, or 1.1% ahead of profile, and an increase of €1,177 million, or 7.0% on the same period in 2017. This level of year-on-year increase is partly due to timing issues relating to Child Benefit and Garda Pension payments, profiled for May, which were brought forward to April. As outlined in the April Fiscal Monitor, this arose as the Trans-European...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...inclusion activities supported include: - the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, which tackles poverty and social exclusion; - Youthreach which provides education, training and work experience for early school leavers; - Garda Youth Diversion Projects, which support young people at risk of/or involved in anti-social and/or criminal behaviour; - Young Persons...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Recruitment (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware recruitment for An Garda Síochána is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner in the first instance. Recruitment for an Garda Síochána is undertaken by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) which is an independent recruiter for the civil and some parts of the public service. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...million. This is €74 million, or 0.4% below profile. Gross voted current expenditure of €18,084 million, is €192 million, or 1.1% ahead of profile. Timing issues relating to Child Benefit and Garda Pension payments, profiled for payment at the start of May but brought forward to April, account for the significant portion of this variance. As outlined in the April...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., a term of imprisonment or both. Under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011, any party with evidence of criminal wrongdoing is legally obliged to bring such evidence to the attention of An Garda Síochána. I am advised that at all times where NAMA has had reason to suspect that confidential information has been unlawfully released, NAMA has informed An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (16 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of broader policy initiatives such as, for instance, improving the engagement process between insurers and policyholders with claims submitted against them, and ensuring that enhanced communication between An Garda Síochána and the insurance industry will lead to more effective investigation and prosecution of cases involving insurance fraud.  Nevertheless, they are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (15 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...SCA relating to historical child sexual abuse, please see Table 1. Table 1: Active historical child sexual abuse claims Location Number of active claims Minister of Justice (Dept. of Justice, An Garda Síochána, Irish Prison Service, Courts Service) 13 Childrens Detention Schools 5 Day Schools 116 HSE 110 Residential Institutions 12 Tusla 31 Total 287 Definitions:...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ... 2 3 Director of Public Prosecution 1 Education and Skills 2 5 2 3 6 Employment Affairs and Social Protection 1 2 6 7 5 Finance 11 14 44 2 13 21 30 29 Foreign Affairs And Trade 2 11 2 2 2 2 3 Garda Civilian GSOC 2 1 Health 3 1 2 2 6 7 16 14 Housing, Planning & Local Government 1 3 2 2 3 4 3 Justice & Equality 1 6 1 2 13 20...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: NAMA Operations (27 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy asked two specific questions - on the commission of inquiry and on the role of An Garda Síochána in respect of NAMA - to which I do not have answers. However, I will make inquiries and revert to him with replies. When the Deputy initially raised this matter with me a number of months ago, my Department and I inquired into the policy in this area and I have shared the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (27 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to ensure that Revenue has the statutory powers necessary for undertaking its important work against the illegal tobacco trade. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Revenue, who in a joint operation with An Garda Síochána, as part of the Joint Agency Task Force, last week closed down an illicit commercial cigarette factory in Jenkinstown, Co. Louth.  I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Vacant Properties Data (22 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...diverse, property portfolio of over 2,500 properties on behalf of the State. Primarily these are commercial properties and range from office accommodation to heritage properties, visitor centres, Garda stations, warehouses, etc. At present, the OPW owns or manages in the region of 96 properties (buildings) and 32 sites (land) – a total of 128 - that are currently vacant. Vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (22 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to ensure that Revenue has the statutory powers necessary for undertaking its important work against the illegal tobacco trade. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Revenue, who in a joint operation with An Garda Síochána, as part of the Joint Agency Task Force, last week closed down an illicit commercial cigarette factory in Jenkinstown, Co. Louth. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan Data (20 Mar 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Management Shared Service 2022 Office of Public Works Estate Management Hawkins House Q4 2024 (completion date TBC) Leeson Lane Q4 2021 Tom Johnson House Q4 2023 Leinster House Q4 2018 Garda Programme Athlone Q3 2020 Bailieborough Site acquired March 2018 - completion date TBC Flood Risk Management* SCHEMES Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme 2025 Skibbereen Flood...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Sales (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...activity has been one of its priorities over recent years.  There is extensive formal and informal cooperation in place between Revenue and the UK tax authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which is the responsible tax authority in Northern Ireland.  Where appropriate, this also includes An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Act of 2014 which will be published in the first half of 2018. I will turn briefly to the issue of public service pay. Last year when I briefed the committee, we were addressing the aftermath of the Labour Court's ruling on Garda pay and the undermining effect it had had on the Lansdowne Road agreement. I outlined a two-phase process designed, first, to stabilise the Lansdowne Road...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...work is completed in the timings we have indicated. As I said, from the initial work we have done, we can already see the complexity of the matter. Information technology costs for the HSE and An Garda Síochána are matters for their individual Votes rather than mine.