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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That money is put into general-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: So it is money earned from the shop, etc.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: There was an awful controversy about shops there. I will not revisit the matter. My next question concerns firearms fees, which went from being very low to €400,000. Can our guests explain that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: It increased a great deal between 2017 to 2019. Why has there been such an increase? It is a major jump - four or five times what it would cost in every other year. What did it cost so much in 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Can Mr. McGinley explain what a firearms fee is? Is it what it costs to buy a firearm?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is Mr. Twomey talking about the general public?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I understand that. I am a farmer and I know about shotguns and things of that nature.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Sorry, I thought it related to firearms in the police force.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The only reason I asked is because the sum has increased so much over four or five years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Okay. I have two questions about safety cameras, which have already been mentioned. There was talk about body cameras for each Garda. Is that a policy for the future or is it something at which An Garda Síochána is looking? What kind of costs would be involved? We see reports about it in the newspapers. Body cameras are used by other police forces, particularly those in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: What would it cost to roll it out? What would it cost to distribute 10,000 smartphones?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Would problems arise if the mobile phones were stolen?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Would that mean that if there was a fracas to which a Garda was sent, this camera would be on the entire time?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: An Garda Síochána would get a feel for what was happening on the ground and whoever was watching the footage would know exactly what was taking place. It would be for use in court in the future.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Are police cars fitted with those cameras?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Not every squad car is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is it policy to roll that out to every squad car in the future or is the cost prohibitive?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Deputy Kelly referred to CCTV. A commitment was provided under the programme for Government to introduce CCTV, particularly on motorways. I am speaking in particular about Kilkenny because two motorways go through Kilkenny and Carlow and there are many robberies that I would call fly-by-night robberies. They come from Dublin or Limerick. It is obvious they have some knowledge. They come...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: There will not, therefore, be CCTV cameras at every junction in coming off a major motorway either in the short term or the long term.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: When representatives from the Office of Public Works appeared before the committee some months ago, we had questions for them concerning the PULSE system and its use by An Garda Síochána. We know what happened in breath testing and the penalty points system. Is the PULSE system used by An Garda Síochána up to scratch? Is it an efficient and modern computer system? We...