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- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: When I asked Mr. Ó Cualáin whether additional stations were considered, I was clearly referring to stations over and above those six. He said there were four, which means ten stations were under consideration.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Such as what I alluded to in terms of where stations should be. Is that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Does Mr. Ó Cualáin recall how many there were in total, then, from his reading of this report yesterday or today, I assume?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Are these new stations, new bricks and mortar, or new locations?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: On top of that, there is clearly one other to which Mr. Ó Cualáin has alluded by name - Rush - which makes nine.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: I was not aware it was one of the six.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Is that the singular criterion for its consideration?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: However, that was part of the consideration.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: However, part of the consideration was that the building happened to be in State ownership, as opposed to there being a policing requirement. Does ownership come into the Assistant Garda Commissioner's work-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: -----as head of An Garda Síochána? Is that appropriate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: We will take that for granted. I am just asking whether it is the job of the Assistant Garda Commissioner to present a business case from a financial perspective or from a policing perspective, or is it both?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: I will ask the question again and be a bit more precise. Does the financial aspect of the location of a station, whether rebuild or new build, as well as the financial implication for the State, form part of the Assistant Garda Commissioner's consideration?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: That is acceptable. That makes sense. My question is whether the financial aspect is part of the criteria. Other than the six stations that were clearly in State ownership - otherwise they would not have been considered in the first place - and-or new builds based upon a policing model which clearly makes sense, my question is whether Assistant Garda Commissioner O'Driscoll had a condition...
- Other Questions: Cultural Policy (27 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: To respond to Deputy Tóibín, if a Deputy does not receive an accurate answer to a parliamentary question, it is entirely within his or her power to refer the matter to the Ceann Comhairle who will have the question answered. I also ask Members, including the Minister, to show respect for the House and the orders of the Dáil by adhering to the limits on speaking time.
- Message from Select Committee (27 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: The Select Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Legal Metrology (Measuring Instruments) Bill 2017 and has made no amendments thereto.
- Visit of Czech Delegation (27 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Before proceeding with business, I wish on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to a delegation from the Parliament of the Czech Republic led by Mr. Jaroslav Kubera, Vice-President of the Senate, Mr. Miroslav Nenutoil, Chairman of the Standing Senate Commission on Rural Development, and Ambassador Hana...
- Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Please, Deputy Burton.
- Other Questions: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: Deputy Burton has had plenty of replies from the Minister on this.
- Priority Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)
Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister. We will come back to her.