Results 421-440 of 1,163 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Would Dr. Coxon have an approximate figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Does that date back a specific period of time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: There is cash in hand that is in punts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: I understand. I would appreciate it if Dr. Coxon would get back to us with the specific figure. That would be good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Regarding non-public duty events, we have covered in general what overall outstanding fees are left. Do they accrue interest or penalties or is there any sort of consequence for contractors not paying some of those fees?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Are there trends in specific contractors being outstanding year on year? Are the costs debated?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Three hundred?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: We are looking at figures like €700,000 in 2024 and €420,000 in 2023. It seems to be quite a consistent and persistent issue and probably why the review has come out. Would some of those contractors be doing annual national events and if they did not pay in 2023, did An Garda Síochána still go back and provide the service in 2024?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: There was €420,000 in 2022 as well, so there definitely are consistent figures there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Who covers the personnel costs when these funds are outstanding? Where does that money come from?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Surely if resources are being used to provide security and address safety issues and costs are being incurred, payment for them is being taken from somewhere else.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: This week, we got an answer to a parliamentary question from the Minister for justice where we saw a budget allocation for budget 2025 of €100 million for IT equipment, specifically body-worn cameras. Given that we have had significant issues in various Departments regarding IT contractors and suppliers, will Ms Toale provide an update on how that budget line is progressing and when...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Specifically regarding the IT piece for body-worn cameras, to what extent is that project part of the €100 million and how is that progressing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Maybe it is not relatable to similar projects by other Departments where the internal competency might not be there on a very specialised area of interest. Given that this is a new venture in Ireland, is it being looked at in partnership with colleagues in other countries that have this experience? How is that expertise being galvanised?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: That is really interesting. I thank the deputy commissioner. I have one other question, if I have time, concerning the Garda Reserve programme. My colleagues might not share my line here, but I see underspending as being just as problematic as overspending at times. I am curious as there seems to be a significant underspend in respect of the Garda Reserve programme. I would like some...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Turning to the last question that Deputy Connolly raised with regards to domestic violence, I thought the contribution about a CPD module coming in for Garda members was very interesting. I assume that is also going to be part of the formation process for new recruits. Who was involved in the development of this module? Was it developed internally or were other stakeholders involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: I thank Ms Toale.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: I appreciate there has been a collective approach to our engagement this morning. I have found it really informative with the back-and-forth, but also going to seek answers and stuff. I really appreciate the witnesses' approach. On recruitment, we see in the PSNI new recruits and trainees are on salary from the minute they start their training programme, on point 1 of the scale, whereas...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: Definitely. From what I am hearing with representations it is the barrier for a lot of people who would love to consider the career. It seems to be the barrier. Maybe we could consider putting that business case forward. If we can remove the financial barrier, we might be closer to the target number sooner than we think.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025) Aidan Farrelly: From the Commissioner's experience, are there any concerns over a potential backlog in terms of recruitment? We have had a number of representations to our office where people applied in 2022 and did not really get the outcome of their application until 2025 in some cases. Is there a backlog with the college or the processes?