Results 21-40 of 1,061 for speaker:Séamus McGrath
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: It is concerning that there is not a greater tracking system in place for people who have not been granted protection. It seems as if we almost just say, "Now you need to go."
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: It just strikes me as being a bit loose.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: We are making payments to those individuals for voluntary return. What is the payment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: What is "a small amount of money"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: Would we have a figure for how much was paid last year for that reason, for people to voluntarily leave? Would we have an overall, macro figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: I want to turn to the Prison Service, if I may. The overcapacity issue is well documented. Does that result in some prisons being a dangerous place?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: I am not being rude but I am caught for time and I have just a couple of quick questions. Ms McCaffrey said earlier that the service cannot refuse a committal and I understand that, but is it not the case that what really happens is someone else is just released early to allow a space to be freed up? What are the early-release figures?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: What is the average length of time someone serves as their sentence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: What is the up-to-date figure for reoffending rates? I think it is somewhere around 50% if I am right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025) Séamus McGrath: That is extraordinarily high.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (22 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage loans sold by banks to non-bank entities vulture funds in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he plans to introduce further protections for mortgage holders to reduce the number of loans being sold off by the main banks. [57557/25]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [46844/25]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He mentioned the importance of investing in the future. Critical to that is investment in our city centres. Will he give an update on the task force for Cork city? The programme for Government states that the model applied to the Dublin city task force will also be applied to Cork and will happen shortly. I hope this task force will deal with such...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: If it is okay, I will defer to my colleague, Senator Joe Flaherty. I may have to run to the Chamber in a minute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Apologies. I missed some of the discussion so if I am repeating, I apologise. It is important to say there is a lot more discussion on the whole issue of vacancy and dereliction than in the past, which is very welcome. Increasingly, we get briefings on the issue. A discussion is to take place in Buswell’s Hotel in the next week or so on the issue. It is gaining a lot more traction...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Sorry, time is against me. On the different measures, what is a fair average figure for vacancy? In one sense, it is not good that we do not have a precise figure on the number of vacant units across the country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: No, that is perfect. My view is the vast majority of those buildings are lying vacant without any consequences. What is our best estimate of the number of properties on the derelict sites register nationwide? We know there is a levy but have we an estimate of how many properties there are nationwide? Each local authority manages it. I know a change was announced in the budget that it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Are there 11,000 commencements on the CPO process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Are all those properties considered derelict?